Comparison Of 48 Greens

[lipidsnake]

WOW this is amazing! Might I recommend the Edelstein Jade? I purchased a bottle recently and it's become my favorite green!

[visvamitra]

All recommendations are welcome Soon I'll add some new greens.

[JeanManuel]

Outstanding comparison! I love the ink splashes.
Green is a tricky color imo.
R&K Verdigri is definitely missing, and of these colors "ebony green" is the only one which I might buy someday.

[visvamitra]

@JeanManuel - I absolutely enjoy Verdigris however it's not really green I can include it in future posts, why not.

[Bo Bo Olson]

That is one hell of a good job.

In doing a paper test I did 11 green-greenish inks

For Green-Green inks which are close to hue, in shading

R&K Verdura beat MB Irish by a head and Pelikan 4001 Green by a neck.

 

Pelikan Green is a most under rated ink. It did beat it's little brother Aventurine which feathers on some papers.

Feathering/wooly line is always a part of my ink testing...Take Feathering to include wooly line.

 

BEF= bare eyed feathering from a normal sitting position.

NEF= near eye feathering

MagF....feathering under a big honking magnifying glass.

NoMagF= perfect, no feathering or wooly line..

[JeanManuel]

@JeanManuel - I absolutely enjoy Verdigris however it's not really green I can include it in future posts, why not.

OK. Maybe it is green-blacks I am looking for.

 

Edited June 24, 2014 by JeanManuel

[betweenthelens]

Much, much appreciated. I just bought Rohrer and Klingner's Alt-Goldgrun.

[Pentulant]

Just came across this....impressive piece of work!

[visvamitra]

Thank you

[LeonW]

Parker Penman, is my preference, now to source it.

[Marky Mark]

Thank you for this, the splashes are fantastic!

[napalm]

Your combined splashes look like a modern art gallery

[Pentulant]

Would you mind sharing how you made your splashes? They are really nice and look consistent in some ways.

[mallymal1]

I like green inks, but I didn't realise there were so many! Thank you for this.

[EFP]

Wow! Thank you, visvamitra, for such a thorough comparison ~ so many beauties, the Sailor Suwayama Leaf Green stands out for me.

[stevesurf]

Thanks so much for the wonderful comparisons; it's really nice seeing the shading that inks I regularly use, actually are capable of, like MB Irish Green, Iro Ina-Ho and Diamine Sherwood and Forest Green. Sailor Leaf Green is now on my list thanks to you!

 

The complexity of PR Ebony Green is spectacular.

[visvamitra]

@pentulant - I make splashes with syringe I fill it with ink, shot on a paper, then scan it and crop the part I find most interesting.

[Pentulant]

Love it!

[annettefhorn]

Beautiful! Although you've triggered my craving for Penman Emerald.

 

For those of you looking for a black-green: in addition to PR Ebony Green may I recommend Diamine Green Black and De Atramentis Black-Green.

 

And there's always Zhivago.

[meiers]

This ink review is SO MUCH FUN to view.

Thank you for this labor of love.

 

I am going for the Faber-Castell moss green. Heading out the door right now.