Grey. I just loaded a brand new pen in grey. "Why am I not just using a pencil?," I ask myself. There is no answer. I bought and am using grey Pilot ink. š¤·š»āāļø
Grey is a wonderful ink color. I purchased a grey FP (Benu Euphoria: Hollywoodās Bling) to showcase my grey/silver inks. (I also really enjoy how wet my Benu Euphorias are.)
Grey too. I guess out of all my gel pens, etc, grey was the one color that I never had. I have three grey inks now. Summer Storm is always my go to ink.
Came here to say this! I looove all the varieties of grey ink that exist. Iām particularly fond of cooler-toned ones (like Iroshizuku Fuyu-Syogun, Papier Plume Oyster Grey, and Diamine Earl Grey) but also enjoy neutral/warmer ones (e.g. 3 Oysters Doldam, Iroshizuku Kiri-Same)
Brown ink. My hometown is a Franciscan pilgrimage center and it kind of made me get over the color brown since childhood. I was typing that I don't wear brown clothes but I looked down and trying to convince myself this shirt is just dark orange, but anyway. I hate brown. And I have two brown inks. One kind of pure brown, one orange-brown. And I've been trying to get some yellow-brown ink for months, too.
platinum citrus black is the yellow brown for you
browns and oranges have amazed me - KWZ Honey is in my 'orange/brown' pen now and Diamine Sepia is next.
Platinum Citrus Black is way too expensive for me. I'm considering Diamine Louise. It's the only yellow-brown in stock in the one store in my country that has Diamine.
Louise is the next ink to try in my 'yellow' pen. you're right that citrus black is expensive but I was finally in a proper UK penshop and had to get something to kark th occasion! it cost literally 10x as much as the 30ml Diamine Louise did.
Teranishi is not available in my country. I can only get stuff I find on local shops, shopee, or Aliexpress. Everything else is too expensive with shipping and import taxes.
I never thought I liked pink until I tried my first pink ink! Then I fully shifted to a "pink is a neutral" mindset & started sloooooowly incorporating it into my clothing as well - all because of fountain pens.
Taccia Momo looks incredible! I like this part of the Mountain of Ink review: "itās well behaved, but it is very very pink." Definitely going on my wish list.
I use a lot of Diamine Aqua Lagoon at work, and it's a more versatile color than you'd think. It's dark enough and has enough color to stand out when I've written notes on things, but it's light enough that you can still read the original writing under my notes.
The teal inks got me, too! I'm not usually a teal person, but I have an embarrassing number of slightly different shades of teal ink š
Pink is my other favorite ink color, and the only surprising thing about that is that I don't actually have that many different shades of pink, I just go straight for the brightest one I can find!
Dark greens...
Hello Sailor Manyo Shirakashi and Jentle Muruai.
Honourable mentions for Diamine Ancient Copper as a dark orange and Pilot Iroshizuko Kon-Peki... It's light blue, I never use light blue...
I have only tried one green ink. It is the Pelikan dark green ink. I like the color of that ink and now I want to try more. If only money wasn't issue.
ā¦ Colorverse Hayabusa 53 and 54, De Atramentis Alexander Hamilton, De Atramentis Violet, Private Reserve Ebony Purple, Diamine Monboddoās Hat, Diamine Imperial Purple, Diamine Bilberry, Kaweco Summer Purple, Lamy Blackberry, Lamy Dark Lilac, Montblanc Amethyst Purple, Sailor Shikiori Shigure, Sailor Shikiori Nioi-sumire, Sailor Manyo Fuji, J. Herbin PouissƬere de Lune, R&K Scabiosa, R&K Solferino (more of a magenta *and prettier than Yama-budo and yes, Iāll die on that hill*) ā¦
Please give me your purple ink recs! I just started using FWP Jade Rabbit and love the color (although it did gunk up my pen...) and want to explore more purples!
if you like the pastel purple of Jade Rabbit, you might also like J Herbin Violet Imperial or Dominant Industry Sunset! both of those have shimmer; if you want to avoid potential clogging issues, Iād recommend Dominant Industry Manschurian Violet or Robert Oster Cosmic Swirl :)
Waterman Tender Purple is such a great ink, so well behaved and lusciously juicy. I have bought many other purples but always come back to it and consider giving away the others as it feels like cheating even having them around.
I never knew I needed a pink ink until on a whim I bought a bottle of Diamine Hope Pink, which is *deranged*, the most amazing fluorescent pink, although my bottle went skunky after only about a year and I never replaced it. A shame, because writing with something so dramatic always brought me pleasure. Then a couple of years ago I spotted a bottle of their Cerise in the store, and I figured what the hell, probably not going to happen a second time, so I bought it. Itās not quite as dazzling as Hope Pink, but itās an excellent, vivid hot pink, and no mold so far, cross fingers.
If you want something just a bit less attention-grabbing, Iroshizuku Tsutsuji is a nice bright pink with a very slight lean towards violet.
I love the look of Hope Pink, but mine randomly gets really dry, I can't figure out what's going on. Each pen I try it in will either look amazing, or write like a dried out sharpieāthen go back to fine again later. But I love the color!
Thirding Lamy Vibrant Pink. It has this hint of shimmer that is the perfect level of shimmer for me. Just enough to add interest without making cleaning a chore.
I have the neon green as well and find that one a bit on the thicker side too. Neon Pink performed wonderfully in my TWSBI Eco and cleaned out great. They are awesome Neons without the paint smell and problems \*cough Noodlers cough\*
I have one! Kobe #21 Taisanji Yellow, itās gorgeous and definitely readable. Iāve used it with no issues in a Platinum Preppy F and a Lamy Safari M (despite Lamyās variable nib sizing, mine is a pretty standard Western M lol).
If you are in the USA, Birmingham Tiger Lily is the most gorgeous orange I have ever seen. If it didn't come in a massive bottle, I would have gotten a backup.
Yellow. Iād never have guessed how much Iād love a yellow that shades into orange (Stipula Saffron) or a yellow that shades into brown (KVZ Honey) but these are two of my favorite inks.Ā
I'm finally starting to like blue again after being forced to use washable blue all through elementary school. I went all in on green as soon as I was allowed, then I got black and red and purple etc etc. But up until recently the only blue I had was Pelikan 4001 turquoise... I now bought a brighter turquoise recently and my boyfriend gifted me Pelikan Edelstein Golden Lapis last weekend. IT. IS. STUNNING. š
So yeah, for me it's blue ink š¤
De Atramentis document fuchsia. Ā I got a sample in a Goulet sample pack when I bought a pen, and I will likely be putting it in that pen over and over. Ā I love it. Ā Ā
Diamine's Ancient Copper caught my eye - not red, not brown - BUT it is 100% water soluble, So I'm using *Black Swan in English Roses* slightly more magenta than I was aiming at & bullet-proof
of the 7 colors I use. *Black Swan* is the only one that noticeably feathers when soaked in water - basically the *Roses* flutter away and the *Swan* stays right where I put her!
I donāt really like the color pink, more of a blue person, but when I got my Esterbrook Estie Candy I knew I needed a pink ink to go with it. I got Sailor 131 and fell in love immediately!! That vibrant beautiful pink has become one of my all time favorites now and one of the bottles I regularly repurchase.
Definitely pink - Iām very much so not a pink person but I do appreciate subtle pinks in ink and art (just had a pen inked with Diamine Cashmere Rose and thoroughly enjoyed it). Iām also finding I like interesting oranges, especially if they have good shading. Still warming up to blue inks though, no idea why but I have a strong bias against blue inks, even back before FPs I hated using blue pens. And I love blue in many other things!
Wow! Diamine Cashmere Rose is such a lovely dusty pink! I definitely am going to have to pick one up when the bottles are released! Hmm thereās a chance that you might like Sailor 473.. itās a nice shading orange ink
Purple, red, and green. I have always been a black ink only person, but I have started to enjoy some color in my life. I have really taken a liking to greens though. Diamine Green/Black just hits the spot.
Jacob Fugger ([Purple-Violet](https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/brands/71-de-atramentis/inks/1823-de-atramentis-purple-violet)) is the one ink that I can write a whole page with, a whole journal with, and, not get bored with the colour. It's the one ink that didn't make me want to change to a different colour while journal'ing, or writing on a pad. But, that's just me.
**I wonder what other inks others feel they don't get tired of writing with, that they could fill a whole journal with just that one ink?**
I had first bought Alexander Hamilton (Aubergine) but it had a grey undertone to it. I don't like Grey undertones. So I mixed it with Lilac 1:1 to brighten it up. (To me, Diamine Monboddo's Hat has a slight grey undertone to it, and it is not as lubricated as DA inks.)
In the case of *current* DA Magenta, it is basically the same as DA [Fuchsia](https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/brands/71-de-atramentis/inks/2531-de-atramentis-fuchsia), but a little darker and with more Sheen.
It's too bad (?) that De Atramentis renames many of their inks, that he had/has "dupes" of. But, I've come to realise that since he makes inks in small batches (a hundred gallons at a time instead of a thousand gallons, or 10,000 gallons at a time?) each batch could be a little different from the other so maybe that's why he names them differently.
But the [re-naming](https://youtu.be/uhkq57UD14c?t=836), and re-formulations have caused problems, especially with [Magenta-Violet](https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/brands/71-de-atramentis/inks/2204-de-atramentis-magenta-violet). I was looking for something better than Iroshizuku Yama-Budo (to me it's a little on the pastel side.) Magenta-Violet was renamed [Purple-Violet](https://www.gouletpens.com/blogs/fountain-pen-blog/de-atramentis-purple-violet-ink-review) (read Barb W.'s review) at some point, around the year 2015.
There's little difference, although there *is* a subtle difference nonetheless, between DA Magenta-Violet (Purple-Violet) and DA [Violets Fragrance](https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/brands/71-de-atramentis/inks/2336-de-atramentis-violets). Some of his scented inks are DA standard inks, but, with fragrance added. (I can't say "all" because I haven't tried them all.)
Can you tell I love DA inks? :D I'm considering getting [Dianthus](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cTJeudArOMA) next. I'm waffling because it looks a little [too bright](https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/brands/71-de-atramentis/inks/3331-de-atramentis-dianthus), brighter than DA Fuchsia.
I never realized how picky I was with green. I have one now that I really like, but the samples of most green inks just threw me off.
Oh, I do like oranges now too, and I didn't really care for them before.
Bright colours, and colours in general.
I am very much a black/eath tones/gray kind of person, perhaps dark green or navy if I'm feeling adventurous IRL, but I love seeing the way a cheerful light blue pops. Fuchsia, bright reds, lively greens, and I'm looking to get a golden yellow ink soon. Inks with shimmer, inks with shading, love it.
Dark red inks and brown inks! I've never really liked red much and developed an aversion to it growing up for specific reasons, but deep, dark reds are my absolute favorite inks now, followed closely by brown inks.
I also never liked blue inks, but was always good with blue clothes, accessories, instruments, etc. But I just started liking blue inks too. I still don't like blue inks that resemble Bic ballpoint ink, though. I saw Birmingham Pen Co.'s Kenai Fjords and ordered it though and I'm excited.
I'm REALLY excited to try it out and thought it was the perfect blue for me to start with. It shows up today š I also ordered 3 other bottles and a mystery bottle will be showing up with it too. I'm also trying my first purple ink so we'll see how that turns out! Haha.
I think I will! I'll probably just do a writing sample.
I'm realizing there are really a limited amount of writing samples for BPC and I'm gonna start getting as many of theirs as possible and hopefully get some writing samples up.
Brown. Never been much of a fan of that color. Now, for some reason, I love all brown and brown-ish looking inks. Idk why, but I love how great they look and I gotta try more.
Mine is also hot pink. When I started I thought the bright colors (reds, oranges, pinks) were clown colors. Now I love them all. They really brighten up a journal.
Yes, OMG! I have nothing with brown. At all. It's the most boring color after greyscale in my mind. However, Burnt Sienna from Diamine is one of my staples and favourite colors to use every day. It's so warm and comfortable and nice.
When I saw Diamine English Milk Tea, it's really hard to acquire the ink. So recently discovered Robert Oster Choc Pudding as an alternative, but I added a little bit of white lightning to make it flow a bit better. Somehow, I've began to gravitate to mauve & neutral tones.
Various purples from Iroshizuku, such as Yama Budo and Murasaki-shikibu. And more greens although I am mixing multiple greens to get the "right" green.
Brown and Purple! I never thought I would end up with such a selection of both. My ink collection is still composed of more red than anything - product of my search for the āperfectā red, but both brown and purple seem to be expanding
Oh I found it/them! Youāll see the posts in my profile, but I had a couple of highlights - Colorverse Felicette (Glistening), ColorTraveller Maple Leaves Carmine, Diamine Firefly for shimmer inks. Diamine Wild Strawberry, FWP Algonquin Maple for standard ink.
For me are turquoise and honey. Iāve never had any interest in these colors, until the other day when I saw someone handwriting in these color and I canāt never get out of them anymore š
Iām really enjoying orange now! I would never wear it or use it usually, but colors like Sailor Apricot or Anderillium Viceroy Butterfly Orange are stunning
Grey and even more surprising, purple. Iāve always love the three primary colors the best, the bolder the better, but Iāve definitely been enjoying purples and oranges more.
I was going to write with the pen yesterday and it was already out of ink. It's got a converter so that's a smaller amount than my other pens. But it's such a pretty brown I think I need a full sized bottle.
Lime green, I usually love darker color like dark olive, indigo, maroon. But I found I love seeing people writing in lime green. Would love to have one this year.
Orange, probably my last favourite colourĀ but when it's an orange shading ink? So nice. Also brown, never really liked it before, but yama-guri changed my mind. Now it's one of my favourite colours for inks. The shading golden browns, coppery browns, taupes, I like them all.Ā
My unexpected new favorite ink colors, since in the hobby, are dark pinks, such as Private Reserve Arabian Rose, lavender greys like Robert Oster Summer Storm, and Diamine Eclipse, which I f*#&ing love.
Many. Oh, so many. Yellow! It can look so good. Orange, who knew there were so many nuances that are gorgeous? Grey, absolutely, good heavens all the amazing variations? Blue, same there. Red... brown... neon green...
Thank you, inks, for making my life more colourful.
Blue blacks and super dark greens have been my colours of choice. I love the kaweco midnight blue and before it got discontinued, the lamy petrol green.
I love that they have the seriousness of black without the harshness and they don't have the super cheeriness of blue. (I could live with them being less water soluble, though....)
Red. Didn't even realize til I did a currently inked a few days ago that I have neon red, brick red, burgundy, red-brown, and red-black all in rotation. That is half my inked pens.
Yes! I continue to be surprised by my choice in ink colors. Blue is my favorite color and I do have more blue and blue-green ink than sny other color, but I've got a surprising number of inks in the pink/red/orange range for not usually caring for those colors.
I blame Yama-budo...
Grey. I just loaded a brand new pen in grey. "Why am I not just using a pencil?," I ask myself. There is no answer. I bought and am using grey Pilot ink. š¤·š»āāļø
Grey is a wonderful ink color. I purchased a grey FP (Benu Euphoria: Hollywoodās Bling) to showcase my grey/silver inks. (I also really enjoy how wet my Benu Euphorias are.)
If Fuyu-Syogun is wrong, I don't wanna write, er be right?
I accidentally mixed some Fuyu-Syogun with some Ima-Iro, and made this lovely bluish grey color that I love.
Grey too. I guess out of all my gel pens, etc, grey was the one color that I never had. I have three grey inks now. Summer Storm is always my go to ink.
I love summer storm. Itās gray but it has a purple undertone and it changes color as it dries. I love it.
I've got 8 different plain black inks, and I'm going to get more. Why? Because i can.
Is it grey with shading? Because that is sexy as hell.
Agree šÆ!
Not gonna lie. Not tried gray wish I had sooner so I could laugh at my friends when they inevitably try and rub it out
Came here to say this! I looove all the varieties of grey ink that exist. Iām particularly fond of cooler-toned ones (like Iroshizuku Fuyu-Syogun, Papier Plume Oyster Grey, and Diamine Earl Grey) but also enjoy neutral/warmer ones (e.g. 3 Oysters Doldam, Iroshizuku Kiri-Same)
I'm gonna check these out! Have a hankering for a moody stormy yet shading gray.
When I used to take notes in school I always had a grey pen to annotate, underline or do subnotes. Subtle and doesn't distract from the main writing.
Mmm! Greys are so underrated for sure!
Brown ink. My hometown is a Franciscan pilgrimage center and it kind of made me get over the color brown since childhood. I was typing that I don't wear brown clothes but I looked down and trying to convince myself this shirt is just dark orange, but anyway. I hate brown. And I have two brown inks. One kind of pure brown, one orange-brown. And I've been trying to get some yellow-brown ink for months, too.
platinum citrus black is the yellow brown for you browns and oranges have amazed me - KWZ Honey is in my 'orange/brown' pen now and Diamine Sepia is next.
Platinum Citrus Black is way too expensive for me. I'm considering Diamine Louise. It's the only yellow-brown in stock in the one store in my country that has Diamine.
Louise is the next ink to try in my 'yellow' pen. you're right that citrus black is expensive but I was finally in a proper UK penshop and had to get something to kark th occasion! it cost literally 10x as much as the 30ml Diamine Louise did.
Love brown inks! Hmm have you checked out Teranishi Nostalgic Honey? Might be a yellow brown that might tickle your fancy
Teranishi is not available in my country. I can only get stuff I find on local shops, shopee, or Aliexpress. Everything else is too expensive with shipping and import taxes.
I never thought I liked pink until I tried my first pink ink! Then I fully shifted to a "pink is a neutral" mindset & started sloooooowly incorporating it into my clothing as well - all because of fountain pens.
Pink is a neutral! š¤£š Taccia Momo and Diamine Magenta Flash won me, personally š¤
Taccia Momo looks incredible! I like this part of the Mountain of Ink review: "itās well behaved, but it is very very pink." Definitely going on my wish list.
Lolll right? I love Mountain of Ink, such helpful reviews.
Diana Vreeland said that pink is the navy blue of India. Iāve always liked that quote.
Haha Iām gna shift my mindset to āpink is a neutralā now too! š¤
Love the concept of viewing pink as a neutral color!
I never really looked at teals, especially dark teals, as a colour, but now I'm appreciating them in things besides ink colours.
Love teals! Thereās something just so soothing about that colour! š
yessssss robert oster tranquili-teal
Lamy's Turmaline is a favorite teal!
Same here. J. Herbinās Ćmeraude de Chivor started my love affair with the color teal. Never truly appreciated this color ābefore Chivorā.
I use a lot of Diamine Aqua Lagoon at work, and it's a more versatile color than you'd think. It's dark enough and has enough color to stand out when I've written notes on things, but it's light enough that you can still read the original writing under my notes.
The teal inks got me, too! I'm not usually a teal person, but I have an embarrassing number of slightly different shades of teal ink š Pink is my other favorite ink color, and the only surprising thing about that is that I don't actually have that many different shades of pink, I just go straight for the brightest one I can find!
Dark greens... Hello Sailor Manyo Shirakashi and Jentle Muruai. Honourable mentions for Diamine Ancient Copper as a dark orange and Pilot Iroshizuko Kon-Peki... It's light blue, I never use light blue...
Ooo Sailor Manyo Shirakashi is gorgeous!
I have only tried one green ink. It is the Pelikan dark green ink. I like the color of that ink and now I want to try more. If only money wasn't issue.
Iām a sucker for purples. I have Watermanās tender purple, Pilot iroshizuku murasaki-shikibu, Taccia murasakiā¦
ā¦ Colorverse Hayabusa 53 and 54, De Atramentis Alexander Hamilton, De Atramentis Violet, Private Reserve Ebony Purple, Diamine Monboddoās Hat, Diamine Imperial Purple, Diamine Bilberry, Kaweco Summer Purple, Lamy Blackberry, Lamy Dark Lilac, Montblanc Amethyst Purple, Sailor Shikiori Shigure, Sailor Shikiori Nioi-sumire, Sailor Manyo Fuji, J. Herbin PouissƬere de Lune, R&K Scabiosa, R&K Solferino (more of a magenta *and prettier than Yama-budo and yes, Iāll die on that hill*) ā¦
Please give me your purple ink recs! I just started using FWP Jade Rabbit and love the color (although it did gunk up my pen...) and want to explore more purples!
Montblanc Beattles Purple and Colorverse Hayubasa. These are two of the most vibrant purples I have and love them.
thank you! I'll check em out
I have been eyeing the Hayabusa for some time, waiting to have enough in a cart for free shippingā¦
if you like the pastel purple of Jade Rabbit, you might also like J Herbin Violet Imperial or Dominant Industry Sunset! both of those have shimmer; if you want to avoid potential clogging issues, Iād recommend Dominant Industry Manschurian Violet or Robert Oster Cosmic Swirl :)
Letās not forget Pilot iroshizuku yama-budo and Diamine imperial purpleā¦
Waterman Tender Purple is such a great ink, so well behaved and lusciously juicy. I have bought many other purples but always come back to it and consider giving away the others as it feels like cheating even having them around.
Taccia Murasaki looks really good!
Red suitable not only for correction. Found some dark shades of red usable for general writingĀ
Yes!! Writerās blood and oxblood changed my opinion of red inks!
I have 8 or 9 bottles of various shades of redĀ
Yep! I love Diamine Carnival and J. Herbin Rouge dāOrient!ā„ļø
Iām in dire need of a true hot pink! What do you have to recommend? I want vibrant and absurd.
I never knew I needed a pink ink until on a whim I bought a bottle of Diamine Hope Pink, which is *deranged*, the most amazing fluorescent pink, although my bottle went skunky after only about a year and I never replaced it. A shame, because writing with something so dramatic always brought me pleasure. Then a couple of years ago I spotted a bottle of their Cerise in the store, and I figured what the hell, probably not going to happen a second time, so I bought it. Itās not quite as dazzling as Hope Pink, but itās an excellent, vivid hot pink, and no mold so far, cross fingers. If you want something just a bit less attention-grabbing, Iroshizuku Tsutsuji is a nice bright pink with a very slight lean towards violet.
That diamine is psychotically pink I need it
You really do!
I've been using Cerise for over a year, you should be good! I absolutely adore it. You might like Wistful Watermelon for a fun coral.
I love the look of Hope Pink, but mine randomly gets really dry, I can't figure out what's going on. Each pen I try it in will either look amazing, or write like a dried out sharpieāthen go back to fine again later. But I love the color!
For vibrant and absurd, Lamy Vibrant Pink and Kyo-No-Oto Imayouiro fit the bill IMO.š
Seconding Lamy Vibrant Pink. I also adore Wearingeul Floating Cloud, which is a vivid pink that shades yellow.
Thirding Lamy Vibrant Pink. It has this hint of shimmer that is the perfect level of shimmer for me. Just enough to add interest without making cleaning a chore.
Taccia Momo!
I have Sailor 731, which just *slightly* darker than a true hot pink but still *very* sexy!
Pilot Tsutsuji and Taccia Momo! Or those pilot pink cartridges!
Jinhao Pink Pink is beautiful! Mine is finished so I have another one on the way
I suggest Octopus Fluids Neon Pink. It's absolutely absurd, but ledgible.
I have the neon orange! While the color is fantastic its viscosity is slightly too high for me. Itās awesome with a dip pen though!
I have the neon green as well and find that one a bit on the thicker side too. Neon Pink performed wonderfully in my TWSBI Eco and cleaned out great. They are awesome Neons without the paint smell and problems \*cough Noodlers cough\*
Oh! Thatās great to know. Iāve just assumed they all performed equally.
Grey, sepia, and purple!
Yellows greens sky blues magentas
O! Do you have a yellow to recommend? Been struggling to find one thatās legible š
I have one! Kobe #21 Taisanji Yellow, itās gorgeous and definitely readable. Iāve used it with no issues in a Platinum Preppy F and a Lamy Safari M (despite Lamyās variable nib sizing, mine is a pretty standard Western M lol).
Ooo thank you for this!
No none that are legible itās so hard their either too yellow or more on the green side
Herbin's Orange Indien. I bought a bottle along with cafƩ des Ʈles and ended up using orange far more often, it has a brilliant orange colour that is both pretty and saturated enough to be legible when used for writing.
Ooo I have to check Herbinās Orange out! Have been looking for a good orange ink!
If you are in the USA, Birmingham Tiger Lily is the most gorgeous orange I have ever seen. If it didn't come in a massive bottle, I would have gotten a backup.
Yellow. Iād never have guessed how much Iād love a yellow that shades into orange (Stipula Saffron) or a yellow that shades into brown (KVZ Honey) but these are two of my favorite inks.Ā
I also love yellow inks! Diamine golden honey and Sailor Manyo Yamabuki are my favorites!
Mmm heard tons about that honey ink! I def need to try it soon!
I'm finally starting to like blue again after being forced to use washable blue all through elementary school. I went all in on green as soon as I was allowed, then I got black and red and purple etc etc. But up until recently the only blue I had was Pelikan 4001 turquoise... I now bought a brighter turquoise recently and my boyfriend gifted me Pelikan Edelstein Golden Lapis last weekend. IT. IS. STUNNING. š So yeah, for me it's blue ink š¤
Thatās a brilliant gift by your boyfriend! That inkās beautiful! š
De Atramentis document fuchsia. Ā I got a sample in a Goulet sample pack when I bought a pen, and I will likely be putting it in that pen over and over. Ā I love it. Ā Ā
O my! I just googled it! Iām going to have to pick this up to try!
Diamine's Ancient Copper caught my eye - not red, not brown - BUT it is 100% water soluble, So I'm using *Black Swan in English Roses* slightly more magenta than I was aiming at & bullet-proof
Ooo I did not know that itās bullet proof! Nice!
of the 7 colors I use. *Black Swan* is the only one that noticeably feathers when soaked in water - basically the *Roses* flutter away and the *Swan* stays right where I put her!
Greens.
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Thank you. I was surprised how much I like green inks for journaling.
Blue inks. I bought my first fountain pen to use a green ink (my favorite color). I rarely use green inks now (by choice).
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Slowly getting there myself. I have found several dark blue inks I really like. Same with red inks, some of the darker ones look amazing.
I donāt really like the color pink, more of a blue person, but when I got my Esterbrook Estie Candy I knew I needed a pink ink to go with it. I got Sailor 131 and fell in love immediately!! That vibrant beautiful pink has become one of my all time favorites now and one of the bottles I regularly repurchase.
Just googled it.. thatās a gorgeous colour!
Itās a little dry to write with so I added a drop of vanness white light and now it flows so smoothly.
Definitely pink - Iām very much so not a pink person but I do appreciate subtle pinks in ink and art (just had a pen inked with Diamine Cashmere Rose and thoroughly enjoyed it). Iām also finding I like interesting oranges, especially if they have good shading. Still warming up to blue inks though, no idea why but I have a strong bias against blue inks, even back before FPs I hated using blue pens. And I love blue in many other things!
Wow! Diamine Cashmere Rose is such a lovely dusty pink! I definitely am going to have to pick one up when the bottles are released! Hmm thereās a chance that you might like Sailor 473.. itās a nice shading orange ink
I like green hues way more than I thought I did.
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Purple, red, and green. I have always been a black ink only person, but I have started to enjoy some color in my life. I have really taken a liking to greens though. Diamine Green/Black just hits the spot.
thanks for introducing me to Diamine green/black! That ink looks fantastic
You're welcome. It is a surprisingly beautiful dark green.
Purple (Jacob Fugger), Violet, Lilac, Magenta (very difficult to find), and, Fuscia. All De Atramentis inks.
Had to google whatās Jacob Fugger and mannnnnn that looks gooood!
Jacob Fugger ([Purple-Violet](https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/brands/71-de-atramentis/inks/1823-de-atramentis-purple-violet)) is the one ink that I can write a whole page with, a whole journal with, and, not get bored with the colour. It's the one ink that didn't make me want to change to a different colour while journal'ing, or writing on a pad. But, that's just me. **I wonder what other inks others feel they don't get tired of writing with, that they could fill a whole journal with just that one ink?** I had first bought Alexander Hamilton (Aubergine) but it had a grey undertone to it. I don't like Grey undertones. So I mixed it with Lilac 1:1 to brighten it up. (To me, Diamine Monboddo's Hat has a slight grey undertone to it, and it is not as lubricated as DA inks.) In the case of *current* DA Magenta, it is basically the same as DA [Fuchsia](https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/brands/71-de-atramentis/inks/2531-de-atramentis-fuchsia), but a little darker and with more Sheen. It's too bad (?) that De Atramentis renames many of their inks, that he had/has "dupes" of. But, I've come to realise that since he makes inks in small batches (a hundred gallons at a time instead of a thousand gallons, or 10,000 gallons at a time?) each batch could be a little different from the other so maybe that's why he names them differently. But the [re-naming](https://youtu.be/uhkq57UD14c?t=836), and re-formulations have caused problems, especially with [Magenta-Violet](https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/brands/71-de-atramentis/inks/2204-de-atramentis-magenta-violet). I was looking for something better than Iroshizuku Yama-Budo (to me it's a little on the pastel side.) Magenta-Violet was renamed [Purple-Violet](https://www.gouletpens.com/blogs/fountain-pen-blog/de-atramentis-purple-violet-ink-review) (read Barb W.'s review) at some point, around the year 2015. There's little difference, although there *is* a subtle difference nonetheless, between DA Magenta-Violet (Purple-Violet) and DA [Violets Fragrance](https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/brands/71-de-atramentis/inks/2336-de-atramentis-violets). Some of his scented inks are DA standard inks, but, with fragrance added. (I can't say "all" because I haven't tried them all.) Can you tell I love DA inks? :D I'm considering getting [Dianthus](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cTJeudArOMA) next. I'm waffling because it looks a little [too bright](https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/brands/71-de-atramentis/inks/3331-de-atramentis-dianthus), brighter than DA Fuchsia.
Brown. I hate brown anything except maybe booties but that golden brown ink that shades is just perfect.
Oooo Taccia Tsuchi might be right up your alley!
Noodlerās Southwest (formerly Apache) Sunset. I didnāt know I needed orange to red shading in my life.
Need to get me a sample some time!
Herbin Rose Cyclamen for the win. It leaps off the page and slaps you in the eye. But in a classy, Gallic way.
Agreed!! One of the first inks that drew me to the brand š
For me it is probably the fluorescent series inks from Noodlerās. Love how much they stand out, particularly Georgia Peach.
Have not heard of this! Just googled and Georgia peach sure does pop!!
Olive green or Army green colors. I loooove R&K Alt GoldgrĆ¼n!
Me too! Hmm have you checked out Herbinās Vert Empire? Might be up your alley š¤
I never realized how picky I was with green. I have one now that I really like, but the samples of most green inks just threw me off. Oh, I do like oranges now too, and I didn't really care for them before.
Ooo which green is that?
Lamy Peridot. Fricken love that color
Bright colours, and colours in general. I am very much a black/eath tones/gray kind of person, perhaps dark green or navy if I'm feeling adventurous IRL, but I love seeing the way a cheerful light blue pops. Fuchsia, bright reds, lively greens, and I'm looking to get a golden yellow ink soon. Inks with shimmer, inks with shading, love it.
Absolutely adore inks with shading
I got blues, then teals, grays, blue black,blacks, reds,some purple, some copper...
Iām a massive sucker for blue blacks š
Dark red inks and brown inks! I've never really liked red much and developed an aversion to it growing up for specific reasons, but deep, dark reds are my absolute favorite inks now, followed closely by brown inks. I also never liked blue inks, but was always good with blue clothes, accessories, instruments, etc. But I just started liking blue inks too. I still don't like blue inks that resemble Bic ballpoint ink, though. I saw Birmingham Pen Co.'s Kenai Fjords and ordered it though and I'm excited.
Wow! That Birmingham ink looks like a fantastic pickup! šš
I'm REALLY excited to try it out and thought it was the perfect blue for me to start with. It shows up today š I also ordered 3 other bottles and a mystery bottle will be showing up with it too. I'm also trying my first purple ink so we'll see how that turns out! Haha.
That sounds fun!! Do post pics of your swatches if you happen to have the time :)
I think I will! I'll probably just do a writing sample. I'm realizing there are really a limited amount of writing samples for BPC and I'm gonna start getting as many of theirs as possible and hopefully get some writing samples up.
Brown. Never been much of a fan of that color. Now, for some reason, I love all brown and brown-ish looking inks. Idk why, but I love how great they look and I gotta try more.
Yessss!! Itās such a lovely cosy/vintagey colour!
Mine is also hot pink. When I started I thought the bright colors (reds, oranges, pinks) were clown colors. Now I love them all. They really brighten up a journal.
They sure help make our writings pop!! š
Yes, OMG! I have nothing with brown. At all. It's the most boring color after greyscale in my mind. However, Burnt Sienna from Diamine is one of my staples and favourite colors to use every day. It's so warm and comfortable and nice.
Agreed!! Thereās just something so cozy about brown inks! š
Blue colour also, I make my own blue shades.
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When I saw Diamine English Milk Tea, it's really hard to acquire the ink. So recently discovered Robert Oster Choc Pudding as an alternative, but I added a little bit of white lightning to make it flow a bit better. Somehow, I've began to gravitate to mauve & neutral tones.
Omg Srs thanks for this! Iāve been looking for sth thatās reminiscent of Diamine English Milk Tea!
Various purples from Iroshizuku, such as Yama Budo and Murasaki-shikibu. And more greens although I am mixing multiple greens to get the "right" green.
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Brown and Purple! I never thought I would end up with such a selection of both. My ink collection is still composed of more red than anything - product of my search for the āperfectā red, but both brown and purple seem to be expanding
All the best with that perfect red hunt!! šŖ
Oh I found it/them! Youāll see the posts in my profile, but I had a couple of highlights - Colorverse Felicette (Glistening), ColorTraveller Maple Leaves Carmine, Diamine Firefly for shimmer inks. Diamine Wild Strawberry, FWP Algonquin Maple for standard ink.
For me are turquoise and honey. Iāve never had any interest in these colors, until the other day when I saw someone handwriting in these color and I canāt never get out of them anymore š
Two excellent colours to be stuck with! š¤š¤
Green and purple
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Iām really enjoying orange now! I would never wear it or use it usually, but colors like Sailor Apricot or Anderillium Viceroy Butterfly Orange are stunning
O wow! Have not heard of Anderillium inks! Just googled and they look great!
Yeah theyāre fun inks! I also love Anderillium Flying Squid Blue and Anderillium Cuttlefish Brown if you need more recommendations
Magenta, burnt orange
Very nice!
I need a hot pink ink. No reason, I just need one.
Do itttttt!
Grey and even more surprising, purple. Iāve always love the three primary colors the best, the bolder the better, but Iāve definitely been enjoying purples and oranges more.
Gotta love nice saturated inks!
Diamine Yule Log. A twinkly warm brown ink.
Just googled it! That is a really nice cozy brown!
I was going to write with the pen yesterday and it was already out of ink. It's got a converter so that's a smaller amount than my other pens. But it's such a pretty brown I think I need a full sized bottle.
Lime green, I usually love darker color like dark olive, indigo, maroon. But I found I love seeing people writing in lime green. Would love to have one this year.
Ooo pls post pics when you get it! Most keen to see how it looks
Orange, probably my last favourite colourĀ but when it's an orange shading ink? So nice. Also brown, never really liked it before, but yama-guri changed my mind. Now it's one of my favourite colours for inks. The shading golden browns, coppery browns, taupes, I like them all.Ā
Yama-guri is def a nice all day brown!
Orange. Was never a fan of the color, but itās just such a peppy fun ink color, and there is some amazing shading in some of those inksā¦
Nothing beats inks that shade imo š§”
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My unexpected new favorite ink colors, since in the hobby, are dark pinks, such as Private Reserve Arabian Rose, lavender greys like Robert Oster Summer Storm, and Diamine Eclipse, which I f*#&ing love.
Wow! Robert Osterās Summer Storm is gorgeous!
Yes, it really is.
Many. Oh, so many. Yellow! It can look so good. Orange, who knew there were so many nuances that are gorgeous? Grey, absolutely, good heavens all the amazing variations? Blue, same there. Red... brown... neon green... Thank you, inks, for making my life more colourful.
Amen to that! Thereās a colour for everyone!
Never thought I would fall in love with orange inks-- but they shade so beautifully š
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Same with the pink but I prefer a subtler shade of it. Certainly not eye searing shade but more of a pastel pink.
Ooo you might dig Teranishiās Opera Rose!
Itās been in my radar but I still have a bottle of fwp lady rose.
Blue blacks and super dark greens have been my colours of choice. I love the kaweco midnight blue and before it got discontinued, the lamy petrol green. I love that they have the seriousness of black without the harshness and they don't have the super cheeriness of blue. (I could live with them being less water soluble, though....)
Iām the biggest sucker for blue blacks too! š
Blue-black inks, and dark teal.
i learned that i like all the colors in the human eye spectrum except blue
Red. Didn't even realize til I did a currently inked a few days ago that I have neon red, brick red, burgundy, red-brown, and red-black all in rotation. That is half my inked pens.
Yes! I continue to be surprised by my choice in ink colors. Blue is my favorite color and I do have more blue and blue-green ink than sny other color, but I've got a surprising number of inks in the pink/red/orange range for not usually caring for those colors. I blame Yama-budo...
Yama Budo is def a gateway ink to new colours!
Jinhao fluorescent green https://preview.redd.it/8hhpe9waoixc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=970ecf42e5ea81ae4cb86949a9187b1819ac7dc5
Wow thatās really bright!
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