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

[Noihvo]

. . . . and here's a summary history to show how I got here (written in the four finalists - to present each of these in their own color would be quite a labor!).

Honorable mentions in the Stone Green category to De Atramentis' Cement (=Charles Dickens) and J. Herbin Vert Empire.

New additions in the Earth Green category (my favorite!) are Rikyu Cha and Stipula Calamo Verde Muschiato, both of which give an initial impression of magnificence, but neither of which have pushed Jean Jaques of his podium just yet!

 

[pgcauk]

If it helps someone spend a bit less money than I have narrowing down their choices then I'm happy to be of help!
This morning I noodled my top three Stone Greens for another thread, but I might as well add them here too?

. . . . and here's some earthy ones:

(I've subsequently added Stipula Calamo Verde Muschiato, which is quite gorgeous on the yellower end)

[VivaTerlingua]

Murky greens, dark greens, earthy greens, stone greens, I absolutely adore greens with character. Just cannot get enough of them. Here are some swabs from the samples collection! Sailor Jentle/Kobe are obviously the gold standard in this realm, but Robert Oster makes some dynamite inks that blur the lines between green and brown, too.

 

[senzen]

The latest greens and inks with a slight greenish tinge.

 

http://i65.tinypic.com/qplc39.jpg

[pgcauk]

Ravishing stuff Viva!
Greens is an endless world for me. Other colors I can pin down a reliable constant companion, but with greens I usually have a wide range in use at any one time, and am constantly rotating options. I love how they play together, and how they play with other colors*!
I have many of these already, but that Giwa looks gorgeous, and I have a feeling I might just need to try everything from KWZ with "gold" in the title (especially the three IG options).

Have you tried Kobe #49? The first ink I have taken to carrying with me everyday (it's drab, but it sets off everything else!). . . . . . or Birmingham's Arugula??

 

*The other day I was playing with violets, and I find I prefer them in conjunction with greens!
Here's some greens with violets . . . and with reds!

A bit of green makes everything else look better!

[Sailor Kenshin]

There's a couple here I no longer have, like Chesterfield Erinite. And now it's Unobtainium.

 

 

http://extras.ourpatioparty.com/files/5015/7091/1048/Green_001-640p.jpg

 

 

Rhodia paper. And I think a glass dip pen.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Three greens murky enough to be classified brown, maybe. Rhodia Ice paper, glass dip pen.

 

 

http://extras.ourpatioparty.com/files/3815/7106/9561/Murk-640p.jpg

 

Papier Plume Moss goes down very dry.

[pgcauk]

Dark but Green-ish!

[LizEF]

Hmm. Snapped this for my Waterman Harmonious Green review thread. May as well include it here too. Please excuse the three teals. Also, is it just me, or is green the hardest color to photograph? It never looks quite right.

 

http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/2020/LotsOfGreens.jpg

[amberleadavis]

Very nice.

[Noihvo]

 

 

 

 

[pgcauk]

I think Green Golds belong with Green rather than Gold? . . . or is it "Murky"?
Anyway, I have enough and like enough Green Golds that I have decided to order a designated pen to carry them. I wrote about this yesterday over in Browns, where I decided to split my colors under the banners: Taupe, Green-Gold, Greenish Browns, Earthy Greens and Browns. Phew!

So today I took a sample from each ink that might come under the "Green-Gold" banner. What I find is this is a super tricky color area to document. The Scanner throws everything one way, the camera another and neither look much like what my eyes see! If I can find a better method I'll make adjustments!
Here's the scan:

. . . . and just for the shocking contrast - here's a phone pic (taken in natural light):

If I edit, it's for quality control!

[pgcauk]

Prettiest Green-gold I ever had was Organics Studio Willow Green. Such a lovely (or is that rotten?) color, but unfortunately my bottle was a bit too 'organic' for safe FP use. Filtered and dilute with Smirnoff, it's now reserved for dip-pen only.

[amberleadavis]

 

 

 

 

 

 

OH MY, hard to believe that is the same ink. Thank you for sharing.

[amberleadavis]

I think Green Golds belong with Green rather than Gold? . . . or is it "Murky"?

Anyway, I have enough and like enough Green Golds that I have decided to order a designated pen to carry them. I wrote about this yesterday over in Browns, where I decided to split my colors under the banners: Taupe, Green-Gold, Greenish Browns, Earthy Greens and Browns. Phew!

So today I took a sample from each ink that might come under the "Green-Gold" banner. What I find is this is a super tricky color area to document. The Scanner throws everything one way, the camera another and neither look much like what my eyes see! If I can find a better method I'll make adjustments!

Here's the scan:

. . . . and just for the shocking contrast - here's a phone pic (taken in natural light):

If I edit, it's for quality control!

 

 

BEAUTIFUL

[pgcauk]

Not only self-isolating during Spring Break, but today (most of this week in fact) in Los Angeles it is raining!
A perfect opportunity to seperate my "Greenish Browns" (file under "Brown") from my "Earthy Greens" (file under Green!).
Oh how subtle my vocabulary is becoming!!

A range somewhere between Olive and Army?

[pgcauk]

Stay at home continuing, here's green-gold, which
I like so much I now have a designated pen!

The unlabeled stripes at the bottom are Sahara Grau and Havanna Brown.

Edited April 13, 2020 by pgcauk

[pgcauk]

For those who like olives, here's three from De Atramentis. One is Olive Green, one is Bahama brown and the third, mysteriously enough, Sahara Grey - but they seem more like variations on a theme than different colors to me? Which flavor would you prefer?

Edited April 19, 2020 by pgcauk

[HalloweenHJB]

If you enjoy olive green, a very bright and gleeful one is Herbin Vert Olive. It never fails to cheer me up.

 

[pgcauk]

Now that is an olive with pep!
Mine look so dull in comparison . . . but I find that, for daily writing, dull is not a bad thing (as long as it's not monotonous, and there's plenty of space for highlights!)