Favorite And Least Favorite Ink Colors

[mirosc]

Love almost everything except green and yellow. Black is somewhere in between. Blues, Reds, Purples, Browns are great.

[Baric]

My favorite is blue, followed by red and many others. I don't have much use for pink, no pink inks.

[Just I]

I do this! I have a five-year-old godson.....I've sent his mum a little UV keyring torch so they can hunt my letters for secret messages I think I enjoy this just as much as he does.....!

That is awesome!

[Charles Rice]

Favorite: Brown

 

Least Liked: Hmm, now what could that be?

[KBeezie]

Favorites (for ink) : Black or Deeper/Darker Blues

Least Favorite (for ink) : Purples, bright red, light grey

 

Favorite color but not always as an ink : Green.

[aardvarkbark]

Favorites are oxblood, ochre and denim. But not red, brown and blue.

 

Least -- black.

[Dottie]

It has changed over time. At the moment, I love orange and blues.

 

I've tried to like yellow ink but it is too light. I bought and gave away a lot of green inks trying to find one I liked. Turns out I like bright green with a bit of yellow.

[Scootz]

Favorite is purples of all sorts- bright, muted, dusty, violet - followed by dark blues and dark reds. Least favorite are browns, which just doesn't click with me, yellows because they are hard to read, and pinks, because I don't have much use for the color in an ink.

[NedC]

No real favourites but I really dislike pink, yellow, and orange for inks. Nothing wrong with the colours, I have pink shirts, yellow pens and orange everything, but they tend to be washed out and hard to read on the page.

[Kuscer]

haven't really tried that many, but my favorites would be Pelikan's Royal Blue, Brilliant black, Leonardo's Magenta and Leonardo's Sky Blue.

[tonybelding]

Favorite: Blue.

 

Examples: Noodler's Texas Blue Bonnet, Iroshizuku Kon-Peki, Diamine Asa Blue, De Atramentis Steel Blue

 

Least Favorite: Purple-ish Blue

 

A lot of "blue" inks have a purple tint that really bugs me. I rejected Pelikan 4001, Waterman Florida Blue, Levenger Cobalt Blue, Noodler's Baystate Blue, and Herbin Bleu Nuit. All of them are too purple for my taste. (Although, I do rather like Noodler's Violet Vote, which is more of a blue-ish purple!)

 

[masterguns]

Favorite: Diamine Ancient Copper. Just love this ink, especially in a 1.5 nib. Noodler's Antietam looks nearly identical on paper, but the Diamine seems a bit richer.

 

2nd Fav: Rich blues. Private Reserve DC Supershow Blue

 

Least Favorite: Anything light or faint. I don't care at all for inks that come out of the pen and already appear faded. I guess I much prefer the bolder colors.

[Vgimlet]

I have to say my Favorite ink is probably black, but I like nearly everything, top three blues, reds and purples.

 

Least favorite is probably brown, even though I like some sepias.

[scribbler77]

I like almost all colours, except maybe pink. But I HATE those ink colours which are so light that they look almost invisible, i.e. J. Herbin's Bouquet d'antan, Bleu azure, Gris nuage...

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[Aurko]

My favourite colours are probably reds/reddish browns, dusty purples, and shading blue blacks in that order.

Examples: Oxblood, Skrip Red, Diamine Monaco Red, Skrip Brown, Ancient Copper, Scabiosa, Midnight Blue, diluted Noodler's Blue Black

 

I cannot stand: Black inks (dark grey appeals to me though), most blue inks/blurple inks, any excessively bright hard to read inks.

Examples: Aurora Black, Parker Black, Noodler's Black, Noodler's Liberty's Elysium, Skrip Blue, etc. Baystate Blue.

[ScienceChick]

Favorite: Magenta but the right magenta. Right now it's Edelstein Turmaline - mellow, not garish.

 

I would have said black was my least favorite but then I saw Ebony Purple. So I'll have to go with green. Don't like green. Except Syo-ro, it's beautiful.

[OPG4711]

Inks I love: Forest greens and blues. Close second goes to dark purple / violet.

 

Inks that don't get much love from me: Grey / silver inks.

[CaptainBA]

I love what Amberleadavis calls eye searing inks. Especially purple and pink ones. I don't like brown or black inks. They're boring.

[Elyptic]

Favorites change a lot depending on my mood. I'm currently fascinated by darker, but not black, colors. Example: Diamine Syrah, Pendleton Brown's "Blakwa" mix.

 

I have a hard time getting overly excited about light or washed out colors. Gray, light blue, pink, etc...

[de_pen_dent]

Favorite: Blues

 

Least favorite: Grays (and yet I have 2 bottles for my sins), Black (have a couple but unopened)

 

Dont even consider them to be real inks: yellows, light orange, pale blue, etc. If I cannot write a legible page with it, it doesnt count.