I'm thinking of writing some thank you notes. I'm looking for a cool color. Can you suggest a brand/color?

What is the occasion? What color is your paper?

I use Mont Blanc British Racing Green for my personal correspondence. It gives a nicely variable color that says "fountain pen" from a reasonably wet pen. The darker parts of the writing are a nice, dark, mossy green. From a dry pen it gives a feeble, uniform, pastel sort of a wannabe-green color.

Noodler's Apache Sunset gives a cool effect in yellow and orange (haven't tried that one, but have seen reviews of it here).

Scott

well this certain occasion is that im stayed at my aunt and uncle's house during spring break and want to thank them for having me. im looking for just a cool color that i can use on future cards as well

You might peruse the offerings at pendemonium or some other place where they show scans of the inks colors.

One idea to pick a color (or paper/ink combination) would be to think of what colors they seem to like, and what their home is decorated like. Some people seem to gravitate toward subdued or "earthy" colors. Other people seem to like brighter colors. You might find a color that "fits in" that way.

Another philosophy would be to use a color that matches you better; a color that "speaks to you" and matches your own personality. (I guess I am a mossy green kind of guy.) A personal relationship like that pretty much allows anything you want. I'm not much help

Scott

If you go onto The Writing Desk "Col-o-rama" page you can see a very wide range of inks and colours.

They don't keep all inks (no Parker Quink, for example) but you should see a colour that appeals.

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There was another site other than the writing desk that I saw posted some time ago. Does someone know where it is?

Dennis' ink list

This page is amazing!

Yes Dennis" site is what I was thinking of but I stumbled on this one today:
http://www.pendemonium.com/images/inks/ink_color_charts.pdf

I like Diamine Navy blue ink but I have a Waterman pen that I have cartridges for. I really like cartridges and dont have a converter. Is there any reason I couldnt put Diamine ink in the Waterman cartridges via syringe? Would the cartridges need to be cleaned out first and if so how?

Yeah, you should be fine. Lots of people refill cartridges. Just clean them out with water.

I was in my local pen store and was looking through their book of ink samples. Noodler's Cactus Fruit really caught my eye. It had the same deep magenta color of a cactus fruit.

I have never tried to clean a cartridge. I assume the hole in the delivery end is big enough to let water out when you turn it over or is there something more to it?

You usually have to shake them a little bit to get the water out. This is a "do it at the sink" kind of thing.

Scott

Noodler's Squeteague is a bluish green ink, quite distinctive but not flashy, with a cool tone. Exactly the color of the back of some freshwater fish, just caught. It's not waterproof, so I don't use it much, but it's very nice ink for what you intend. Cool tone, unusual, but not flashy.

Peter

A syringe with a long blunt needle works well to flush cartridges.

Private reserve purple haze is different- it's a pale purplish blue colour the same colour the sky turns after the sun has gone down in the evening.

Sheaffer's turquiose/peacock blue is nice too. So is the vintage emerald green- it's a real bright leaf green

For Christmas I received the "Slightly Wild" ink collection from Levengers. It has 6 bottles with names like Bahama Blue, Blue Skies, Pinkly, Smokey, Always Greener, Fireball Red. There are definitely some cool colors in this bunch.

Where do I get a blunt syringe and I assume you mean you suck the water and ink out with it>

Yes, you shoot water into it. Water will overflow out if you keep on.

The Write Fill sells a kit with the syringe (Luer-lock so the tip is removable) and
two tips: one blunt ended metal needle and one soft plastic tube the same size
(won't show up in x-rays or metal detectors). Also, they sell Private Reserve
and Noodlers inks. I've had satisfactory experience ordering from them.

CMaxx on FPN also sells syringes with blunt needles. I purchased a few from him, and they work pretty well. I think they're $1.50 each for a "kit" consisting of a syringe and luer lock blunt needle (plus $1.50 shipping). Check out his member profile page for more info!

Good luck!