Comparison: Caran D' Ache Blue Sky :: Caran D' Ache Blue

[Sandy1]

Ink Comparison: Caran d'Ache 'Blue Sky' :: Caran d'Ache 'Blue'

 

Please take a moment to adjust the brightness & contrast of your monitor to accurately depict this Gray Scale.

As the patches are neutral gray, their colour on your monitor should also be neutral gray.

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Figure 1.

Gray Scale.

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Figure 2. Written Samples.

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Figure 2 Layout:

A. Cd'A-BlS from Pelikan.

B. Cd'A-Bl from Pelikan.

C. Cd'A-BlS from Lamy.

D. Cd'A-Bl from Lamy

E. Alternating lines from the Pelikan starting with Cd'A-SBl.

F. Alternating lines from Lamy starting with Cd'A-SBl.

 

Figure 3. Other Stuff.

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Observations:

 

Flow Rate

• Cd'A-BlS : Not quite wet.
• Cd'A-Bl : Not quite wet.

Clogging

• Cd'A-BlS : Not noticed.
• Cd'A-Bl : Not noticed.

Feathering / Woolly Line

• Cd'A-BlS : None
• Cd'A-Bl : None

Bleed-Through

• Cd'A-BlS : None
• Cd'A-Bl : None

Show-Though

• Cd'A-BlS : None
• Cd'A-Bl : None

CLOSE-UPS

 

Cd'A BlS - Pelikan & Lamy

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Cd'A Bl - Pelikan & Lamy

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Cd'A BlS & Cd'A Bl - Pelikan & Lamy

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Comment/s

• The two inks are so very close.

Densitometer (FWIW)

 

Cd'A-BlS

Red 98

Grn 114

Blu 217

Lum 131

Cd'A-Bl

Red 97

Grn 111

Blu 215

Lum 129

 

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Materiel

 

Paper

• Written Sample: Rhodia.
• Other Tests: HPJ1124.

Pens

• Pelikan M200 + M200-series g-p steel M.
• Lamy Safari + steel 1.1i.

Images:

• Scans were made on an Epson V600 scanner; factory defaults were accepted.
• Figures shown were scanned at 96 dpi & 24 bit colour.
• Images linked were scanned at 300 dpi & 24 bit colour.
• Scans went straight to the file sharing thingy.

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[777]

Interesting review. These inks appear very hard to distinguish from on another. Never tried a Caran D' Ache ink before.

[Sandy1]

Interesting review. These inks appear very hard to distinguish from on another. Never tried a Caran D' Ache ink before.

 

Hi,

These inks are tough to tell apart. When I was putting it together, I had to label everything so's to keep it straight.

And Cd'A makes some nice inks. But some are a LOT better than others.

(You may wish to take a look at the Review I did for their Blue Night - IMHO it is one of the premiere inks. It gets a 'swoon' rating - thats 2 notches above 'WOW!')

Bye,

S1

[fabrimedeiros]

I love these colors. As 777, I've never used Cd'A before, but these blues are very pretty. They look like bright, near BSB, at least on my monitor. Am I wrong??

 

regards,

 

Fabricio