Where Do You Use Colored Inks?

[tandaina]

Everywhere. My journal is a rainbow. My handwritten notes are a rainbow. Even my work notes are whatever color I have inked that day. *shrug*

[Renfield]

I hadn't seen apache sunset yet, it is nice! how long does it take to dry, really? much more than like 10-15 secs?

 

I have it in a juicy Lamy with 1.1mm stub, and I don't notice it taking that long to dry. No different that most inks.

 

I am using it for letters, rather than notes, so I don't have to turn the page.

[JakobS]

I use whatever colors I feel like at work, true I have Diamine Registrars for important data, and research notes in my research notebook, but I have also used Umber, and Oxblood as well! I love signing documents with Diamine Orange, or Chocolate. No one has mentioned I shouldn't, and trust me I hear from them if something isn't right. The only document they care about color is the federal I-9 which has to be in blue ink, and NOT blue black!! I swear I had a semester of having to have one student sign the I-9 three or four times! It can certaintly lighten up the day to be able to write in a fun, or different color. I would recommend using a green or brown to start out with a different color for work, sneaking in something like apache sunset for personal notes, or signatures, or even prescriptions ( if you write those! ). I think you'll find there might be more leeway than it seems.

[Eyedoc]

I am medical too and share your reticence in terms of colour choice in charts (we call them 'notes' in Australia). As a result I have been stuck around the blue and black end of the spectrum. Also, there is a medico legal requirement that notes be made in a colour that can be photocopied. Even in this regard, I have received complaints from admin staff about using blue and not black ink! Despite this, I found myself using Edelstein Aventurine/green (it was Christmas after all) and as chance would have it, I needed to make a copy of a form and it turned out a deep black.

 

Also, whenever I do a procedure, whether it be an operation or just a refraction, tradition has it that in Australia (and the UK), it gets recorded in red so that it stands out. That certainly gives you the authority and the opportunity to open up another end of the colour spectrum, and carry another pen!

 

One final thought is that there is a difference between public and private work. When I write in public hospitals, the hospital owns the notes, and requires that black or blue be used. In private practice however, I own the notes, so I can choose and colour that I like! (As long as they photocopy OK...)