Standard Inks?

[Adam.A]

Hello again!!

 

I was just wondering, for inks what is a good 'deep purple', purple enough to be taken as black at first glance, and after reading the writing for a while realize the hint of purple.

 

(I dislike how some of them have that hint of grey)

 

Just looking for a nice starting ink that has a bit more to it than black

 

Thank you for your time

 

Edit: Sorry, this is in the wrong section. My bad.

Edited March 3, 2015 by Adam.A

[Davros]

That is going to depend a bit on your pen. If you have a pen that puts down a lot of ink in a narrow line, inks will look darker. In a wide line with less ink, lighter. What pen (s) are you using the ink with?

 

Can you tell me what inks you don't like because of the gray?

 

Consider Diamine Eclipse on the dark end of things. It may be too dark for some combos and look black. Sailor Shigure is a true deep purple (and the Sailor inks are great.) Diamine Deep Dark Purple is true purple, more purpley than Shigure and Eclipse, which lean blue. It is a ink that varies from nib to nib, but I love it (caveat: I only tried it last night!) Purple Private Reserve Ebony Purple has a great reputation, though I haven't tried it yet.

 

On the redder end of things, think about De Atramentis Elderberries. (It is scented, and though I didn't like the smell, it was light and easy to ignore. Some people like the smell.) It is very dark in a wet nib, though it only looks off-black for me in a wet, fine pen on white absorbent papers.

 

I would test samples from inks that look appealing. I would definitely recommend Shigure, Eclipse, and Deep Dark Purple, though.

[Runnin_Ute]

Akerman Voorhout Violet fills this role nicely for me.Even in a medium nibbled pen.

[HollyGolightly]

Purple Private Reserve Ebony Purple has a great reputation, though I haven't tried it yet.

I got a sample of Ebony Purple a few weeks ago, and it definitely seems like it might suit your needs. If the pen is very wet it's easily mistaken for black.

[JimCouch]

Check out Noodler's Purple Wampum. Depending on the pen it goes from a deep dark purple to almost black. I think of it as a purple black similar to many blue black inks. One word of warning, at least with my bottle and pens this ink does tend to feather more than a lot of other inks

[carlos.q]

Take a look at Sailor Shigure.

[Adam.A]

That is going to depend a bit on your pen. If you have a pen that puts down a lot of ink in a narrow line, inks will look darker. In a wide line with less ink, lighter. What pen (s) are you using the ink with?

 

Can you tell me what inks you don't like because of the gray?

 

Consider Diamine Eclipse on the dark end of things. It may be too dark for some combos and look black. Sailor Shigure is a true deep purple (and the Sailor inks are great.) Diamine Deep Dark Purple is true purple, more purpley than Shigure and Eclipse, which lean blue. It is a ink that varies from nib to nib, but I love it (caveat: I only tried it last night!) Purple Private Reserve Ebony Purple has a great reputation, though I haven't tried it yet.

 

On the redder end of things, think about De Atramentis Elderberries. (It is scented, and though I didn't like the smell, it was light and easy to ignore. Some people like the smell.) It is very dark in a wet nib, though it only looks off-black for me in a wet, fine pen on white absorbent papers.

 

I would test samples from inks that look appealing. I would definitely recommend Shigure, Eclipse, and Deep Dark Purple, though.

The eclipse is the one that I first saw and it looked amazing, however that one had grey in it and it sort of pushed me away from it.

[PhilProf]

Diamine Damson might be a good bet.

[hbdk]

Cultpens' Deep Dark Purple

http://www.cultpens.com/i/q/CU27900/cult-pens-ink-for-fountain-pens-80ml

[thatotherguy1]

I got a sample of Ebony Purple a few weeks ago, and it definitely seems like it might suit your needs. If the pen is very wet it's easily mistaken for black.

Ebony Purple was my first thought too. I have some cartridges of it and I concur that it's fairly easily mistaken for a black. I only got the purple in the lightest areas of the shading, and that only really showed up on pretty darn good paper. Even then the purple was nice and dark.

I saw a nice amount of metallic green sheen in my use as well. It almost looks like there's microscopic flecks of green glitter in the ink. That only shows up on ink resistant paper though- it just looks like a plain black ink on absorbent paper.