Seeing Green – Ink That Is

Sometimes making a list helps me organize. This time my list revealed that I like a lot of brands but it also revealed a surprising color bias. Out of my eleven top choices, four are green while both blues have more than a hint of green in their formulas. Then there is Waterman BBk that can appear quite green depending on the pen and paper. Who knew I had such a bias in favor of green!

One favorite ink from a variety of major manufacturers…

• Diamine – Mediterranean Blue in a Namiki Falcon
• J. Herbin – Lie de Thé in the mink brown Levenger True Writer F
• Rohrer & Klingner – Solferino in a Pilot Elite Newton F
• Noodler’s – Red-Black in a Sailor 1911 F
• Iroshizuku – Ku-Jaku in a rhodium and black Sailor Sapporo F
• Sailor – Uranari Green in a Lamy Safari 1.1 mm
• Montblanc – Racing Green in the Lamy Safari custom cursive italic
• Private Reserve – Avacado in a Waterman Carene Stub
• Waterman – Blue-Black with any flex nib
• Stipula – Moss Green in a Pilot Elite F
• Parker Penman – Ruby in a Namiki Falcon

Seldom used inks but still my first choice from these manufacturers…

• Pelikan – Blue-Black
• Duke – Blue-Black
• Levenger – Amethyst
• Aurora – Black
• Parker Quink – Blue-Black
• Visconti – Blue
• Sheaffer – Blue-Black
• Platinum – Black
• De Atramentis – Aubergine

When you look at your list of favorites, do you see a strong color influence or are you less slanted in your choices?