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By: Dax

Dax — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:46:53 +0000

Perle Noire! (J. Herbin’s black) is my favorite color, then blues (Waterman’s Florida blue, bleu nuit or Eclat de Saphir). Purple’s comes next…. but I definetly like blacks for my journals … that color seems to give the writing an aura of old manuscript… and I love that about black inks; specially on ivory paper. Also is standard office ink for legal use. If I’m going to write something at the office on a meeting, I think it does not look very serious if I start writing in green or purple. Don’t get me wrong, I use those colors… but just for fun at home. :)

By: Sophie Brown

Sophie Brown — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:26:23 +0000

This site is pretty cool I think partly because of the talk about fountain pens and I’m not sure I’ve seen that elsewhere.
Actually I do not own a fountain pen and Iwas getting interested just reading these entries.

By: TubbyMike

TubbyMike — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:36:58 +0000

Personally, Herbin Bleu Pervenche and Lie de The are the colours that are my favourites. They perform very well on Rhodia and Clairfontaine papers. I use them at work too on generic paper. My colleagues always know that I’ve left them a note when they see these ink colours.
I’m not sure why I like them, just easy on the eye I suppose.

By: The Archer

The Archer — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:31:50 +0000

i love browns, and blues, but the one i love the most is Waterman South Sea Blue. :) it’s just perfect on my moleskines!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:34:43 +0000

Pelikan Royal Blue has been my go-to color since my international education experience in 1989 and 1990. Though, I do dabble with Havana Brown because it is a beautiful color and a lovely Tulipe Noire for grading papers….

Red stains my pens and I do not use it anymore. Black is unfortunately boring to me. C’est la Vie!

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:53:45 +0000

I will write in anything dark as long as it is not you basic black or blue. I stopped writing in red for a while after being scolded by a professor that making corrections to papers is red was no longer traditional but frowned upon. So although I love glitter pens, purple and green are easiest to find next to black and blue.

By: Frankie

Frankie — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:40:55 +0000

Brown is the new black, seriously. I love my chocolate ink, it looks rustic and traditional and is especially nice on creamy paper. Otherwise I’m all for turquoise and purple for brightening up boring meeting notes!

By: dianeb

dianeb — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:55:32 +0000

Purple, blue, deep black are my main colors. They are comfortable, no-nonsense colors that mean business and serious thought. And for whimsy I have turquoise and chocolate, softer colors that can say anything.

By: MPeriodPress

MPeriodPress — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:41:40 +0000

Blue. Definitely blue. I love the idea of colored inks…sort of like I enjoy some statements of modern fashion…but know that my statement is khakis and a cardigan. For me, blue is solid, grounding, freeing. I can count on it and let the fancy/whimsy/creation be in what it creates.

By: The Eccentric Orange Gent

The Eccentric Orange Gent — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:45:10 +0000

I prefer orange, light blue and purple. Specifically I keep orange indien, blue pervenche, rose cyclamen, and pr tanzanite in several pens.

By: Jonel

Jonel — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:21:16 +0000

I love black.
Then green,
then red.
Then Purple, then orange.

I keep a pen with red in it with me at all times so I can correct papers and such.