Not Quite Black Please

[Karmachanic]

36 minutes ago, PithyProlix said:

Green: PenBBS 232 Ugly

 

Managed to get it in within edit time

[Karmachanic]

delete

 

[InesF]

Hi @Karmachanic.

There are already so many good recommendations. But I like to add three more:

 

deAtramentis Deepwater Obsession line: black-blue and black-green.

There is also a black-brown (I do not know) and a black-red that isn't black.

 

Diamine Green/Black which is black when written with a wet pen but is more a dark olive green written with a dry pen. My Pineider F delivered a black line that shows some green in direct sunlight.

 

Honorable mention: Colorverse Sunspot which should be neutral black, but it's sheen is golden-ochre. It lets you guess if it is black or not.

 

And finally: you can mix inks with saturated colours with a black ink of similar pH-value. Starting with 1 part colour and 5 parts black can already be what you are searching for. From there, adapt as required.

 

[Karmachanic]

Thanks for tryin' @InesF Mr Picky ( that would be me) says both the de Atramentis and Diamine inks are just darker versions of the original colour, and do not get close enough to black to qualify as NQB.  This from reviews I've bee able to find.

 

Colorverse Sunspot is black, sheen aside. Black inks don't qualify as NQB

[InesF]

Indeed, @Karmachanic, I tried.... 😇

I fully understand you attempt!

[Karmachanic]

Added KWZ Grey Lux in the Brown category

 

 

BLUE
Octopus Schwarz
KWZ Warsaw Dreaming
KWZ IG Blue Black
Akkerman Dutch Masters  Ruisdaels Stormachtig   Blauw.
Sailor Kobe #51 Kano cho Midnight
Sailor Kobe #70 Rokku Forest Blue
Diamine 1864
Noodler’s Dark Matter
RO Thunderstorm ?
R&K Leipziger Schwarz
Van Dieman Pepperberry

PenBBS #274 Obsidian
Penonia Lila Árnyék
Colorverse Extra Dimension

BROWN
KWZ IG Gold

KWZ Grey Lux
Taccia Ukiyo-e Usuzumi
Sailor Do-you
Sailor Yama-Guri ?
 

GREEN
Noodler’s El Lawrence
Noodler's Zhivago.
Iroshizuku Hoteison ?
Papier Plume Iron Lace
KWZ Hunter Green ?
KWZ Rotten Green
KWZ Midnight Green
Lamy Crystal Obsidian

PURPLE
Bungu Box Ink of the Witch
Diamine Purple Rain ?
Diamine Eclipse
Sailor Chushu
Sailor Studio #650
KWZ Grey Plum ?

 

RED
KWZ IG Red #3
Diamine Writers Blood?

[Runnin_Ute]

Blackstone Daintree Green- at least in my Lamy 2000 with a fine nib. It does show some sheen. Issue might be availability. 

[inkstainedruth]

Just tried a sample of Monteverde Ocean Noir, which is a very dark blue-black.  I haven't done much in the way of formal testing, but it's super dark the way Diamine Anniversary 1864 and and Diamine Eclipse are.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[IlikeInksandIcannotlie]

J Herbin BdP in a wet nib is pretty close to a red-sheening purpley-grey- black.

 

[Karmachanic]

On 5/16/2022 at 3:02 AM, Runnin_Ute said:

Issue might be availability.

 

Unobtanium

[Karmachanic]

On 5/16/2022 at 5:52 PM, inkstainedruth said:

but it's super dark

 

Not almost black either!

[Karmachanic]

2 hours ago, IlikeInksandIcannotlie said:

J Herbin BdP

 

A bit too blue for me.

[IlikeInksandIcannotlie]

Oh ok. It needs a wet nib to show off the purpley-blackness well anyways.

 

[IlikeInksandIcannotlie]

3 minutes ago, Karmachanic said:

 

A bit too blue for me.

How about MB Midnight blue? This ink made me trust reviews less. It turns grey-black on the page after a while, despite being non-IG.

[Karmachanic]

11 minutes ago, IlikeInksandIcannotlie said:

MB Midnight blue?

 

I have a Soennecken permanently running Midnight Blue for three plus years.  Doesn't make the list in my experience.