I am interested in whether Aurora black is notably fade resistant, both in sunlight and over time. I cannot find anything on the subject (and foolishly drained my bottle when I decided to stick with Herbin's black). Can anyone share their personal experience with this or point me to a resource? (Greg Clark's 2000 compilation does not include Aurora inks.)

Clark's 2006 Sampler has Aurora Black. It is rated "G" for "Good" in sunlight resistance in Clark's system.

This is the same rating Clark gave J Herbin Perle Noire, Waterman Black, both the new and the old Sheaffer Skrip Black, Parker Quink Black, Omas Black, Diamine Black ("Old English" line), and Delta Black, among others.

My experience has been that nearly all black inks have better fade resistance than do their blue counterparts from the same manufacturers.

I can't attest to resistance to sunlight, but it is one of the more water-resistant inks I have. Noodler's bulletproof colors are totally permanent, but my soak-tests have shown Aurora to be at about 2/3 of original intensity after Waterman and Pilot were at about 1/4. There's a comparison scan on my blog post about Noodler's.

Thank you all for the input. Goodwhiskers, thanks for the info from Clark's 2006 Sampler; it's interesting that some of those ratings are different from his 2000 rating sheet.

Off to buy a bottle of Aurora black....

Its the best ink I have used so far...nice and dark, well lubing, good flow...lovely stuff, don't buy the blue by mistake, the bottles are very similar (unless you want the blue too).

Carbon nanotubes would help perhaps.


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