Inky T O D - Color Swatches - Blue - Please Post Your Pictures And Tell Us Your Thoughts

[gmathio]

This Birmingham Truss Blue, looks very nice !

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

"All in the golden afternoon / full leisurely we glide," etc. What a great incipit. This is Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland by the way.

Pen is Wing Sung 618.

Ink is Pelikan 4001 Konigsblau.

Paper is Rhodia pad #18 80g/m.

 

[Jan2016]

Birmingham Grandview Avenue midnight Horizon

 

[Jan2016]

Birmingham Point Park Fountain Turquoise

 

[ErrantSmudge]

Monteverde Ocean Blue.

 

I tried a writing sample at the Yafa booth at this year's LA Pen Show and knew I had to have a bottle. I love most of the Monteverde blues, and my previous favorite was Monteverde Sapphire. But now, I don't know - this ink is so good. I love them both.

 

Ocean Noir is a deep midnight blue that I think could also classify as a blue-black. It has a burgundy colored sheen on Clairefontaine paper as shown here. Dry time is on the good side of inks I have tested with Clairefontaine.

 

 

Edited March 25, 2018 by ErrantSmudge

[ErrantSmudge]

Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black. I got the remnants of a bottle in a trade with another FPN member (I really was after the Montblanc bottle holding the ink).

 

Some people like this ink. It is a very dry writer and is supposedly good with dip pens. (I have tried it with dip pens but don't have enough experience to have a real opinion).

 

[amberleadavis]

Monteverde Ocean Blue.

 

I tried a writing sample at the Yafa booth at this year's LA Pen Show and knew I had to have a bottle. I love most of the Monteverde blues, and my previous favorite was Monteverde Sapphire. But now, I don't know - this ink is so good. I love them both.

 

Ocean Noir is a deep midnight blue that I think could also classify as a blue-black. It has a burgundy colored sheen on Clairefontaine paper as shown here. Dry time is on the good side of inks I have tested with Clairefontaine.

 

 

 

I am enjoying the sample you sent me. Do you have it side by side with MV Sapphire?

[lgsoltek]

Monteverde Ocean Blue.

 

I tried a writing sample at the Yafa booth at this year's LA Pen Show and knew I had to have a bottle. I love most of the Monteverde blues, and my previous favorite was Monteverde Sapphire. But now, I don't know - this ink is so good. I love them both.

 

Ocean Noir is a deep midnight blue that I think could also classify as a blue-black. It has a burgundy colored sheen on Clairefontaine paper as shown here. Dry time is on the good side of inks I have tested with Clairefontaine.

 

 

I think it reminds me of Diamine Oxford Blue.

[ErrantSmudge]

Monteverde Ocean Noir, side-by-side with Monteverde Sapphire. Tomoe River paper.

 

The two inks are close - even to the eye with natural light - but Sapphire is a touch lighter and a touch more purple. Ocean Blue is more of a true blue and has a dark undertone, especially when it shades. I love them both - the vibrancy of purple in the Sapphire, and that deep dark shading in Ocean Noir.

 

 

Edited March 28, 2018 by ErrantSmudge

[amberleadavis]

Ah darn... which ever shall I choose. They are similar enough that I only need one.

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

Monteverde Ocean Noir looks more interesting to me.

[dcwaites]

Ah darn... which ever shall I choose. They are similar enough that I only need one.

 

Heresy. Especially from you...

 

 

Anyway, this is a blend of 1 slurp of R.Oster School Blue + 1 slurp of Bondi Blue, in a Jinhao 159. Recalibrate your eyeballs to make it look a bit bluer.

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

A typography exercise with this lovely broad nib.

Pen used: Faber-Castell Loom <B>. Juicy!

Ink used: Diamine Steel Blue. Such an indescribable color.

Paper used: Clairefontaine 90g/m.

 

[amberleadavis]

Awesome.

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

Your current icon is awesome. Love this Thor ghost though I'll miss Judge Inky.

[HalloweenHJB]

Question for the blue-ink lovers! I would like to find an FP ink that is "periwinkle" color.

 

And yes, I know that J. Herbin considers their Bleu Pervenche a periwinkle, but I'm looking for a different color than they define it. Colors and names are often fairly personal (and cultural!), right?

 

Here is a gradient that sums up my image of periwinkle [ from rgba (98,125,203,255)), to rgba (62,78,174,255)));:

 

 

Does such a color exist in our inky world?

Edited April 1, 2018 by HalloweenHJB

[lgsoltek]

Question for the blue-ink lovers! I would like to find an FP ink that is "periwinkle" color.

 

And yes, I know that J. Herbin considers their Bleu Pervenche a periwinkle, but I'm looking for a different color than they define it. Colors and names are often fairly personal (and cultural!), right?

 

Here is a gradient that sums up my image of periwinkle [ from rgba (98,125,203,255)), to rgba (62,78,174,255)));:

 

 

Does such a color exist in our inky world?

 

Iroshizuku Ajisai?

[lgsoltek]

Maybe this one as well:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/328283-penbbs-179-ink-of-the-year-serenity/

Edited April 1, 2018 by Lgsoltek

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

The closest I've got (but I don't have much) is good old Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue with a wet nib.

 

 

 

 

Also, Sailor Jentle Fuji-Musume?

Edited April 2, 2018 by RoyalBlueNotebooks

[roaringrabbit]

 

Iroshizuku Ajisai?

I will second Ajisai, the lighting shows it a tad bit lighter than it is (and this is in an EF Visconti nib)

 

Edited April 1, 2018 by roaringrabbit