Inky T O D - Ink Colors At Work?

[PaperDarts]

Almost all of my work is on a computer, so when I write by hand it's my own notes. Still, I tend to use dark colours. I use blue ink when I have to sign something official, to distinguish originals from photocopies which are usually not in colour. The exception is when I'm doing editing or mark-up and then I use a nice bright red or green.

[dcwaites]

I have yet to find a computer text colour that matches Parker Penman Sapphire.

 

Sigh... not even close. And no shading.

Edited April 24, 2014 by dcwaites

[Uncle Red]

I use any color I like at work. I don;t have any turquoise or green inks.

[Jimmy Joe]

Noodler's Black and a waterproof blue, currently Pilot Blue, for lesson plans. Green--Gruene Cactus--for side work in said lesson plans. Skrip Red for marking tests and quizzes and for making notes to lesson plans after teaching them to make modifying them for next year easier. An easy to clean blue, currently Waterman Serenity Blue, for direct instruction. I keep all my lesson plans for a course in a composition book, so alternating between blue and black makes it easy to see where one stops and another begins. I've not had anything happen to them, but I'd prefer not to lose a year's work if I spilled a beverage.

[AFountain]

The majority of any hand-writing at work is for my own notes and I use any color that I happen to be using at the moment. My current favorites are Diamine Bilberry and Diamine Ancient Copper. I have each in several pens.

 

When I need to jot a note to a colleague rather than send an e-mail, I tend to stick with something that at least approximates a traditional business color, even if it's brighter or shows some shading.

[RussAdams]

I've only recently returned to a fountain pen after many years away. Hah.

 

So - I'm currently experimenting.

 

Noodler's Black at the moment. In a 50's Montblanc 144 XF Oblique. But I'm finding it is taking too long to dry, so this will be changing soon. Noodler's is the blackest I've seen so far, but is taking too long to dry. I will try loading up Aurora Black. It's very close to being as black as Noodler's Black, but not quite. Will see if it drys quick enough for me. This is on cheap notebook paper BTW.

 

Montblanc Royal Blue. Love the color but have not used it a lot at work yet. It's loaded into a 50's Montblanc 146 OB. Love the look, but too broad for my daily notes. I want to load something into my XF point.

 

For the future, I'm hoping to find an acceptable HIGHLIGHTER color to load into a B tip... but I've not experimented yet. Need one that drys quickly and does not smear the ink below. I have a feeling that's going to be quite a challenge!

 

Hooked, I am.

 

Russ

[Tanzanite]

I use almost any colour but it depends on what I will write and the situation.

[FayeV]

I use whatever color I want, with a preference for purple and lighter (turquoisy) blues. I have no black inks (although I probably should pick up one just to have on hand).

[amberleadavis]

I've only recently returned to a fountain pen after many years away. Hah.

 

So - I'm currently experimenting.

 

Noodler's Black at the moment. In a 50's Montblanc 144 XF Oblique. But I'm finding it is taking too long to dry, so this will be changing soon. Noodler's is the blackest I've seen so far, but is taking too long to dry. I will try loading up Aurora Black. It's very close to being as black as Noodler's Black, but not quite. Will see if it drys quick enough for me. This is on cheap notebook paper BTW.

 

Montblanc Royal Blue. Love the color but have not used it a lot at work yet. It's loaded into a 50's Montblanc 146 OB. Love the look, but too broad for my daily notes. I want to load something into my XF point.

 

For the future, I'm hoping to find an acceptable HIGHLIGHTER color to load into a B tip... but I've not experimented yet. Need one that drys quickly and does not smear the ink below. I have a feeling that's going to be quite a challenge!

 

Hooked, I am.

 

Russ

 

More inks than you think will work well.

[Runnin_Ute]

Today I used a lot of Diamine Sherwood Green.

 

For documents that will be sent to customers - dark professional colors: Blue Black, Black, Sherwood Green, something like Shocking Blue or Empyrean or even Akkerman Gray are acceptable.

 

For my notes-just about anything. Classic Red, Steel Blue, Apache Sunset among others including the above.

[ac12]

In an exercise in frustration, I have a pen that writes Waterman green as dark as if it were Sherwood Green or green-black. And I would use it in the office, but that is of my desk pen, not one of my clip pens that I would use for work. The clip pens write Waterman green in various lighter shades of green. argh....

[P_Uni]

For work and study I tend to use black(Noodler's Black or Sailor's) and blue-black(Noodler's Navy, though it isn't the real blue-black). Sometimes I like to use R&K Salix.

[amberleadavis]

For work and study I tend to use black(Noodler's Black or Sailor's) and blue-black(Noodler's Navy, though it isn't the real blue-black). Sometimes I like to use R&K Salix.

 

Welcome to FPN!

[P_Uni]

 

Welcome to FPN!

Thank you! My English is not very well and I'm afraid that I would make some mistakes

[amberleadavis]

Thank you! My English is not very well and I'm afraid that I would make some mistakes

 

You'll do well, and you'll get better the more you practice.

[Komitadjie]

I use primarily black and red. That has been typically Noodler's Bulletproof Black, but in the last couple weeks I've discovered the awesomeness that is Platinum Carbon Black, and have transitioned to that in my daily-use pens for the most part. I also use blue, that exact colour has changed around a fair bit. I've mostly used Noodler's Bernake Blue, but recently I've added Waterman's blue to that as well. I used BSB briefly for my blue at work, but I've been hesitant to put that into the pens I like for work use. Reds are commonly used as well, for me, for drawing mark-ups. I've used Noodler's Rattler Red for a while, but it really was too deep, rich of a red for my ideal and feathered a bit too much on the crappy paper we use at work. I've recently added Waterman Red to that, and it seems somewhat better. I really would like to find a better, more interesting red that'll still work on (bleep) paper, and a really good blue. The search goes on!

[ac12]

.... Reds are commonly used as well, for me, for drawing mark-ups. I've used Noodler's Rattler Red for a while, but it really was too deep, rich of a red for my ideal and feathered a bit too much on the crappy paper we use at work. I've recently added Waterman Red to that, and it seems somewhat better. I really would like to find a better, more interesting red that'll still work on (bleep) paper, and a really good blue. The search goes on!

 

Try Sheaffer Skrip Red. It is a nice clean red (well that also depends on your pen).

Edited April 30, 2014 by ac12

[Komitadjie]

Looks pretty inexpensive too, AC12. I'll have to add that to my next order from Goulet!

[Lou Erickson]

IIRC, Richard Binder's website sings the praises of Skrip Red, too.

 

All my completed work is on the computer, so I can use any color I darn well please for my own notes.

 

That being said, I carry two pens. One almost always has something "normal" looking - a blue, black, or blue-black. Although, I will use BSB as the "blue". A Baystate Blue signature is still blue!

 

The other tends to wander about. I've got Ancient Copper now, but will probably try Momiji next.

[DanF]

I work in a hospital, and we are limited to blue or black for official documents, but I tend to push the limit of blue through the entire blue spectrum from greenish blues to violet blues. I never use black, but do have a number of blue blacks. I use a lot of other colors for personal notes on my patient list, including all manner of greens, violets, browns, reds/burgundy, orange, just about anything that is easily visible and stands out from the black the list is printed in.

 

For work I always have at least one pen inked with a waterproof or very water resistant ink for flow sheets that might come into contact with spills or condensation from the ice water pitchers. Sei Boku, Henry Hudson Blue, Pilot Blue and Blue Black, or Upper Ganges Blue are the most frequently used in this category.

 

Dan

Edited May 1, 2014 by DanF