Thistle #2 Review

[white_lotus]

This is a mostly handwritten review of the Thistle T2 ink powder/concentrate provided by Amber. I diluted the concentrate by 1/3rd based on the recommendation of dcwaites. Unfortunately, the manufacturer of this ink disappeared a long time ago. So this ink is a relic of the past. Thanks for the chance to use this vintage ink.

 

 

 

 

[cleosmama]

Thanks for this review. Did it have a color name? It looks somewhat teal in the review.

[white_lotus]

No specific color name that I know of. It was a vintage ink powder that was obtained and distributed in concentrate form to the PINKs (Powdered Ink Testers).

 

There is some greenish cast to the blue, but far from teal, definitely a blue.

[dcwaites]

The ink is officially called Blue-Black (there is a photo of the packet somewhere on the FPN). However I always felt it to a greeny blue-black

[ScienceChick]

And to me it's teal. I think our differing color perceptions/interpretations are fascinating.

[white_lotus]

Yes ScienceChick I agree. To me teal is much brighter color, but that's me.

 

Do you have any red-green color blindness? Just curious. I know I'm not really color blind, but in the visual tests for red-green color blindness I see some of the pattern that a color blind person would see. Maybe 1/3rd of it.

 

I lived in a house in NM that to me was definitely blue-violet. Nearly everyone else called it "purple". And there's no way that house was purple by a long shot.

[musicman123]

A Google images search of "teal" led me to a page with plenty of vastly different shades of teal. To me, I would consider this ink not to be a teal. Teal to me is a light color, much like sky-blue, but with a bit of green.

 

This ink seems like a darker color, very much like Dromgoole's Blue Steel.

 

 

Edited March 12, 2015 by musicman123

[dcwaites]

Depending on the concentration of the Thistle Ink, any of the colours above apply, including Black through to Blue-Black.

[musicman123]

Definitely true. My undiluted #1 looks super dark. My #2 looks a bit light though.

[white_lotus]

At the dilution I gave, the value (traditional lightness-darkness range) for T2 is about the same as OS Blue Crab or Dromgooles Blue Steel. I wouldn't consider that light.

 

I personally have never found swabs to have any value whatsoever as they never show you the color of ink the from a pen. Which is what is important to me as the writing instrument. Well, if people wish to write with a q-tip, who am I to say?

[amberleadavis]

I'm not surprised T1 ended up a little darker. I had it in the bottle for a year.

[ScienceChick]

I don't think I have any red-green colorblindness tendencies but I could be wrong; I'll look into that.

 

I know finding a blue I liked was a huge challenge because, to me, most were more purple than blue. Makes me wish I could look back in time and see your NM house and compare perceptions.

[white_lotus]

Well ScienceChick, travel to Madrid, NM via the Turquoise Trail. Stop at the Mine Shaft Tavern for a beer and a meal. Sitting on the porch, look up the hill across the way. There is only one blue/purple house. My guess is the color hasn't changed in 10 years.