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Ditto! Your reviews are a lot of fun.

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That's the first turquise that I've liked in inks. Most seem like they'd be heard to read on white paper.

 

Thanks for the review. :)

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Zoe Extremely Rare

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I just received a sample of this ink from Pear Tree (wonderful to work with this supplier) and must say this is a most smashing colour--perhaps more beautiful than can be rendered on line.

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Very nice and creative review - well done!

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satrap Vintage

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I have this one, but have not yet used it. Does it seem kind of like Peacock Blue of yesteryear? I do like it! :thumbup:

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Does it seem kind of like Peacock Blue of yesteryear?

 

As far as I know, not at all. I don't have it, but I have seen a swab of it - real-life on paper, not a scan. It is definitely greenish, and it looked very close indeed when I placed it side by side with a swab from my bottle of Diamine Blue Steel.

 

Blue-greens do not seem to scan very well, and often seem to look bluer on screen than they do in real life. I found that with Squetegue, and PR Blue Suede, and Blue Steel - when I got them, they were all much greener than I had anticipated from scans.

 

For Peacock Blue, you want an ordinary turquoise. Several of them come fairly close. Someone on here did a side-by-side comparison of old Peacock Blue and new Sheaffer Turquoise, and found them almost identical. JH Bleu Pervenche is also quite good, but is a bit bluer than Peacock Blue was.

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encremental Vintage

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Caribbean Sea is indeed a lovely and unique colour, much like the other Caran d'Ache inks. People are very quick to denounce the (indisputably) poor value for money of this brand, but come on - six exquisitely chosen inks with apparently unmatchable shades, perfect behaviour and real pen appeal. A lot of time and trouble has been taken over this range, and I would suggest that you get what you pay for. Quality not quantity (well, I suppose there's Carbon Black .... I haven't bothered with it - am I missing out?).

 

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This is also one of my favourite inks. So well behaved and a real beautiful colour.

 

Thanks for doing such a creative review :thumbup:

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Does it seem kind of like Peacock Blue of yesteryear?

 

 

Caribbean Sea is darker than Peacock Blue, very close to Diamine Steel Blue.

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Does it seem kind of like Peacock Blue of yesteryear?

 

 

Caribbean Sea is darker than Peacock Blue, very close to Diamine Steel Blue.

 

It is also so very much like Diamine Marine that at times it is hard to tell them apart. I believe that Marine is a bit darker because it is a shade more to the green side.

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Nicholas

 

We need to see some fuzzy little creatures done in this ink to judge whether your bottle is off color.

 

:)

 

 

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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w143/nicholasyzh/IMG_7992.jpg

 

Here is the comparison. I got two bottles and one was more diluted somehow...

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Nice review. Very enjoyable! I like the colour since I find it a very subtle seawater-thing, although I'm not all that hot about tuquoises in general. I use it occasionally but I don't see much shading.

 

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