What I Want To Know Is How Do These Companys Come Up With All The Names Of These Inks ?

[phonelady61]

I mean they have such cool names . I m wondering if they have a panel of people that work at coming up with these names ? I think it would be cool to work on a panel like that .

[NCGibbon]

Agreed. My wife likes to wear OPI nailpolish and they have outstanding names too. They are almost always a pun which makes it even better.

[Notgatherox]

Some lines are named after a certain thing like gemstones - the Pelikan Edelstein series of inks come to mind.

 

For others, it may be specially commissioned by a place - Sailor's Kobe line.

 

 

 

 

~Epic

[Charles Rice]

The secret of naming is a full bottle of bourbon.

[NCGibbon]

The secret of naming is a full bottle of bourbon.

Specific brand or anything will do?

[Charles Rice]

Specific brand or anything will do?

I kinda like Mr. Beam, buy yeah, they all work.

Edited November 25, 2014 by Charles Rice

[Sandy1]

Hi,

 

Sometimes it seems that inks are given a name prior to production, then the ink boffins go about working to that end. e.g. Royal Blue.

 

Some of the names originate in other languages. e.g. The Japanese colour palette & names, "Now, 465 traditional colors are known and used widely. And, it is said that there are more than 1300 old colors including nameless colors." http://kidorakujapan.com/m/know/others_color.html

 

Other times it seems that the ink boffins create something, then it is named. (Does anyone name all the puppies in a litter before they're born?)

At times I wonder if post-production naming has more in common with that mentioned above by Member Charles Rice than naming by a group of marketing specialists - not that it would make so much of a difference.

 

I certainly have poked good-natured fun at Diamine for some of their ink names. Perhaps they use a different method entirely. e.g. http://www.brainjar.com/dhtml/ouija/

 

Bye,

S1

Edited November 25, 2014 by Sandy1

[swanjun]

Agreed. My wife likes to wear OPI nailpolish and they have outstanding names too. They are almost always a pun which makes it even better.

 

Possibly the most notorious of these is a murky green called "Uh-Oh Roll Down the Window."

[Charles Rice]

And then there are always those names for ink colors that don't quite make it like Dog Drop Brown, Slime Green, Broken Heart Red, and Depression Gray.

[SteveE]

On the serious side, IIRC, Terry Johnson (founder of Private Reserve Ink Co) once worked in the painting department at the Fender guitar factory. He named many of his ink colors after the paint colors that were available on the Fender guitars in the 1960's.

[Sasha Royale]

And then there are always those names for ink colors that don't quite make it like Dog Drop Brown, Slime Green, Broken Heart Red, and Depression Gray.

 

Gang-grene.

 

I see what kind of names arise, when one does not stop at one bottle of bourbon. With your permission, I plan to

use some of these, when I self-mix inks.

[phonelady61]

all of you are in rare form today ...see what happens when the mind wanders ? hmmm mind numbing red ? okay ....

[Charles Rice]

 

Gang-grene.

 

I see what kind of names arise, when one does not stop at one bottle of bourbon. With your permission, I plan to

use some of these, when I self-mix inks.

By all means, be my guest. We ought to make up some "nice" labels. Gang-Grene (or Gag Green) would be a big seller. How about "Yellow Snow"?

[phonelady61]

By all means, be my guest. We ought to make up some "nice" labels. Gang-Grene (or Gag Green) would be a big seller. How about "Yellow Snow"?

LOL I love it ...thanks for the laugh

[rogerb]

And then there are always those names for ink colors that don't quite make it like Dog Drop Brown, Slime Green, Broken Heart Red, and Depression Gray.

I wonder if those at Diamine who named an ink 'Amaranth' knew that one variety of this flower is popularly called 'Loves Lies Bleeding'

(Although I have never seen it on paper, the ink appears to be very like the flower colour)

[dcwaites]

Depends on the company.

 

Sheaffer and Parker simply use Blue, Black, Red, Green.

 

Nathan of Noodler's either uses names that refers to the history of the ink colour (Ottoman Azure, Kung Te-Cheng, Dark Matter) or some political statement ( 54th Massachusetts, Bernanke Blue). He also uses imaginitive names like Black and Blue.

 

Diamine's names are usually fairly descriptive, but I still don't know what the ASA in ASA Blue stands for.

 

Herbin's names tend to be evocative of various things, but I still think that Bleu Myosotis sounds like an infectious disease, or a cheese...

[TheRealScubaSteve]

I kinda like Mr. Beam, buy yeah, they all work.

 

Jim and I were really good friends in college, but we've grown apart. Jack was an acquaintance, but I never got along with Jose. He gave me too many headaches.

[Algester]

Depends on the company.

 

Sheaffer and Parker simply use Blue, Black, Red, Green.

 

Nathan of Noodler's either uses names that refers to the history of the ink colour (Ottoman Azure, Kung Te-Cheng, Dark Matter) or some political statement ( 54th Massachusetts, Bernanke Blue). He also uses imaginitive names like Black and Blue.

 

Diamine's names are usually fairly descriptive, but I still don't know what the ASA in ASA Blue stands for.

 

Herbin's names tend to be evocative of various things, but I still think that Bleu Myosotis sounds like an infectious disease, or a cheese...

Asa Blue: The Inspiration for this ink came about on a Mediterranean cruise, after listening to a wonderful singer, who had the most fantastic blue eyes, his name is Asa Murphy and co-incidentally is a Liverpudlian !! hence the name 'Asa Blue'

I thought this info was found here originally...

[Charles Rice]

You all will be happy to know that I have been doing my research and have come across a little known ink company, StainCo Ink, Inc. of Kansas City which was in business from 1939 to 1940. It might be that the names of some of their inks may have been the cause of their short life. Some colors were:

 

Jack the Ripper Red

Booty Call Blue

Mean Joe Green

Over Draft Orange

Better Red than Dead Deep Red

Got Your Back Jack Black

Three Bean Blue Green

 

I am still working on this so if any one else has any info on their colors, feel free to add them to the list.

 

Oh, found another: No Stink Pink

Edited November 26, 2014 by Charles Rice

[phonelady61]

You all will be happy to know that I have been doing my research and have come across a little know ink company, StainCo Ink, Inc. of Kansas City which was in business from 1939 to 1940. It might be that the names of some of their inks may have been the cause of their short life. Some colors were:

 

Jack the Ripper Red

Booty Call Blue

Mean Joe Green

Over Draft Orange

Better Red than Dead Deep Red

Got Your Back Jack Black

Three Bean Blue Green

 

I am still working on this so if any one else has any info on their colors, feel free to add them to the list.

 

Oh, found another: No Stink Pink

okay it is official I just fell off my chair LOL....just kidding im okay but Charlie had me going with these names and I cannot imagine a company having these names on their inks LOL ...