Blurple?

[sombrueil]

I have never learned to love a blue or purple ink. I've tried J.Herbin Eclat de Saphir, Bleu Myosotis, Violette de Pensees, Poissiere de Lune, and Diamine Majestic Purple, probably more. I have kept my Majestic Purple but it is not thrilling. The others bored me to death. They do nothing for me. What is wrong with me? The bluest ink I have is Diamine Twilight, which I love but isn't really blue.

 

I know I do not like turquoise inks, or grayed colors (J.Herbin has a lot of grayed colors), and a paler ink has to be very special for me to use it. I do not use Noodler's or Private Reserve, as a rule.

 

I'm thinking maybe a deep purplish blue is what I want. Or maybe a blackish blue? What should I try?

Suggestions! Please!

 

 

[lapis]

Diamine's Eclipse. Depending on the pen's flow and the nib's width, it can get into a purply black, almost black. One of my favourite ink colours of all time.

 

Mike

[canibanoglu]

Diamine Bilberry. The swabs on the web doesn't do it justice, you have to try it in person. It appears too purplish in swabs but when you use it to write, it is a very, very, very bluish purple. Just what I was searching for.

[sombrueil]

Eclipse looks a little too much like black for me I think. Bilberry is very promising though.

[jmccarty3]

+1 to Bilberry and Eclipse.

[sombrueil]

Anybody vote for Diamine Grape?

[sombrueil]

Or Sargasso Sea?

[Lou Erickson]

I've had a sample of Diamine Grape. It is very dark, almost black. It was an absolute bear to clean, too. It was not my favorite ink.

[cleosmama]

I love Rohrer & Klingner's Cassia. I also like Diamine Violet. As far as darker-toned ink, Sailor Jentle Shigure is my favorite.

[DominikIsAdictedToFountainPens]

I agree with diamine billberry

[DominikIsAdictedToFountainPens]

I agree with diamine billberry

[canibanoglu]

I've used both Diamine Grape and Diamine Sargasso Sea. Grape has a very nice color, very dark but I wouldn't call it blurple, there's no blue in it. It really is a very dark grape color. And it is a pain to clean... Sargasso Sea is a great ink but it has no purple in it, it is a very nice dark shade of blue which I love. That ink is one of my favorites and the sheen is just lovely. Bilberry has a lot of sheen too!

[sheeptotherescue]

Sailor Ultramarine also sits perfectly between blue and purple, IMHO.

[Djehuty]

Aurora Blue? Mostly blue with some purple. Sometimes I like it, sometimes it makes my eyes bend a bit (my brain says it should be blue, but then it isn't quite, and things get all wavery and hazy and I have to go sit down for a while and contemplate life over a nice cup of tea).

 

Caran d'Ache Storm? I haven't used mine in ages, because I have little patience for dry inks that get grumpy in my pens, but many people enjoy these inks more than I do, and as I recall it was a lovely dark purple with hints of blue.

 

Anyway, there's nothing wrong with you. Lots of people adore blue inks with green in them and they always make me faintly seasick. Many people love yellow, yellow-green, even that yellow-brown stuff from the Iroshizuku line, and I find such colors rather dreadful. We all see color differently, and we can never know how others see color, which makes it all rather fun to ponder.

[sombrueil]

obviously it is ink sample time.

[hbdk]

Cultpen's Deep Dark Purple

[Runnin_Ute]

Not a blurple, but a nice color: Akkerman Voorhout Violet.

[migo984]

[amberleadavis]

Migo, nice comparison!