Has Anyone Used A Fountain Pen Ink Color To Paint A Room?

[BillPorter]

The other day I found myself wondering whether any of the members of this forum have ever used the color of one of their fountain pen inks to paint a room or two in their dwelling. It would probably be pretty easy to swab one of your inks onto a piece of paper and take it to a paint store for a matching paint. Just wondering....

[Manalto]

Does white count? (just kidding)

 

No, but it's an interesting idea. There are some people (and technologies) at some paint stores who are adept at matching; I've been fortunate to have known a couple. Some of those colors that appear in ink reviews here that receive a tepid - or hostile - response could lend themselves well to paint colors. I'm thinking of the pastels that may be considered by many to be too wimpy for writing, but just fine as a room color, specifically the range of blue-greens and the muted rose colors. The grays, both warm and cool, could be possibilities. And white, of course.

[Tweel]

Some like Dutch Boy, others, Skrip:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/51778-walter-a-sheaffer-begins-to-develop-fountain-pen-ink/?p=496866

[Ron Z]

No, but I've splattered ink on the walls and curtains many times providing a nice Jackson Pollock effect to the rooms and my wife's kitchen curtains.

[VinnyCordeiro]

I wonder if anyone would paint a room with Noodler's Baystate Blue... My eyes hurts just imagining the scene.

[Vintagepens]

No, but I couldn't resist buying some ceramic planters at Ikea several years ago with a glaze that looked just like a classic late 1920s/early 1930s Lapis Blue celluloid.

 

Unfortunately, the glaze ended up flaking off in big chunks within a year or two.

[Manalto]

I wonder if anyone would paint a room with Noodler's Baystate Blue... My eyes hurts just imagining the scene.

 

I spent a month in a room that color one night.

 

You know a fad has reached its saturation point when they make avatars with stubble beards. Yikes.

[inkstainedruth]

It's an interesting idea.

But in my experience, the computerized color-matching isn't as good as touted. I was trying to match the shade of green of the aluminum cladding on new windows, in order to paint the trim on the house (and the inserts on the inside of the upper pane to make the windows match the style of the old ones [3 over 1 double paned] and gave up after the guys in Home Depot got it wrong three times (wasting three gallons of paint in the process).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Venemo]

I have.

This is my favourite color:

 

(It may look horrible on some bad quality monitors but it's a decent grass-green with a little yellowish hint)

 

I have a fountain pen ink with this color: Herbin's Vert Olive.

And last year, I also painted my room with the same color. Of course I didn't use fountain pen ink to do the painting on the walls. (Maybe came out a little darker, but close enough.)

Edited June 30, 2015 by Venemo

[FOUR X FOUR]

No, but I've splattered ink on the walls and curtains many times providing a nice Jackson Pollock effect to the rooms and my wife's kitchen curtains.

On the occasions that you pollucked your wife's curtains, did you wind up making your own supper?

[Manalto]

I have.

This is my favourite color:

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(It may look horrible on some bad quality monitors but it's a decent grass-green with a little yellowish hint)

 

I have a fountain pen ink with this color: Herbin's Vert Olive.

And last year, I also painted my room with the same color. Of course I didn't use fountain pen ink to do the painting on the walls. (Maybe came out a little darker, but close enough.)

 

I painted a room a similar color, though not as saturated as it appears on my monitor. The paint company named it "corn husk" which was accurate if you consider the interior leaves. The room had only one window and morning light, so the yellow-green worked well to brighten it. It wasn't nearly as lurid as one might think. I'd post a photo but apparently I've reached my limit for doing that.

Edited June 30, 2015 by Manalto

[Venemo]

 

I painted a room a similar color, though not as saturated as it appears on my monitor. The paint company named it "corn husk" which was accurate if you consider the interior leaves. The room had only one window and morning light, so the yellow-green worked well to brighten it. It wasn't nearly as lurid as one might think. I'd post a photo but apparently I've reached my limit for doing that.

 

Wow, it must look pretty nice!

I'd be interested in seeing a photo

[BillPorter]

I have.

This is my favourite color:

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(It may look horrible on some bad quality monitors but it's a decent grass-green with a little yellowish hint)

 

I have a fountain pen ink with this color: Herbin's Vert Olive.

And last year, I also painted my room with the same color. Of course I didn't use fountain pen ink to do the painting on the walls. (Maybe came out a little darker, but close enough.)

Wow! I thought someone might well have done it and I'm glad you posted about your use of the Vert Olive color. I think you made a good choice. I'm sure there are some inks in the blue part of the spectrum that would also work as a color for a room. And reds, for that matter.

[gordonhooker]

If I ever that far I would pray that my wife would suggest I do something about my addiction to all things fountain pen.

[Manalto]

If I ever that far I would pray that my wife would suggest I do something about my addiction to all things fountain pen.

 

Well, at least you're not addicted to verbs. Go! Go! Go!

 

Wow, it must look pretty nice!

I'd be interested in seeing a photo

 

PM me your email and I will send. I just had a look at the photo and it's the same color, but softer (less saturated). The room was painted over soon afterwards because the house went up for sale and everything had to be neutral.

[Venemo]

Wow! I thought someone might well have done it and I'm glad you posted about your use of the Vert Olive color. I think you made a good choice. I'm sure there are some inks in the blue part of the spectrum that would also work as a color for a room. And reds, for that matter.

 

Two colors that I also think can work nicely:

 

M&M Turquoise: I almost feel the taste of mint when I look at this one. And I love all that shading.

Herbin's Poussiere De Lune: I know someone who uses a very similar color for a living room. Feels really classy.

[DrDebG]

Hmm. Interesting question. It kind of sounds a bit obsessive to me. But . . . if I like the color of the walls in my dining room, and search for a fountain pen ink in the same color, wouldn't that say that I just like the color?

[Barkingpig]

 

Two colors that I also think can work nicely:

 

M&M Turquoise: I almost feel the taste of mint when I look at this one. And I love all that shading.

Herbin's Poussiere De Lune: I know someone who uses a very similar color for a living room. Feels really classy.

I believe I chose ink colors based on paint colors I had previously used & enjoyed. I have painted living room, dining room, kitchen & bathroom (both above the chair rail) Shutter Green (Sailor Epinard,) a bedroom Coral (De Atramentis Lachs,) two bedrooms, with connected bathrooms Khaki & their respective woodwork painted a bit darker. I painted another bathroom a more yellowish green (below the chair rail,) Terracotta (above the chair rail) & a mustard gold(between the picture molding & ceiling. One wall was a 10 foot linen abstract printed shower curtain that included these colors. I am not surprised to find these colors reappear among my ink choices. Not having been particularily attracted to purple before the "world of ink" I did however use it for many garden features made of wood. I still use two adirondack chairs painted very dark green with purple arms & center stripes of purple dividing the chair backs. I could well appreciate a Poiussere De Lune Dining or living room instead of the Epinard Green. I could easily see Vert Olive or Alt Goldrun gracing almost ANY room in my house. Especially if it offered a door opening into a PDL room!

[Manalto]

Most people are afraid of color. Just look at the cars on the road - most of them are gray.

[Venemo]

Hmm. Interesting question. It kind of sounds a bit obsessive to me. But . . . if I like the color of the walls in my dining room, and search for a fountain pen ink in the same color, wouldn't that say that I just like the color?

 

Yeah, that's exactly what I said.

 

 

I believe I chose ink colors based on paint colors I had previously used & enjoyed. I have painted living room, dining room, kitchen & bathroom (both above the chair rail) Shutter Green (Sailor Epinard,) a bedroom Coral (De Atramentis Lachs,) two bedrooms, with connected bathrooms Khaki & their respective woodwork painted a bit darker. I painted another bathroom a more yellowish green (below the chair rail,) Terracotta (above the chair rail) & a mustard gold(between the picture molding & ceiling. One wall was a 10 foot linen abstract printed shower curtain that included these colors. I am not surprised to find these colors reappear among my ink choices. Not having been particularily attracted to purple before the "world of ink" I did however use it for many garden features made of wood. I still use two adirondack chairs painted very dark green with purple arms & center stripes of purple dividing the chair backs. I could well appreciate a Poiussere De Lune Dining or living room instead of the Epinard Green. I could easily see Vert Olive or Alt Goldrun gracing almost ANY room in my house. Especially if it offered a door opening into a PDL room!

 

Wow!

Would be interesting to see all those colors, it must be awesome!

 

 

Most people are afraid of color. Just look at the cars on the road - most of them are gray.

 

Indeed. And most smartphones are just black. And if you have a colorful one, everbody looks at you as if you were an idiot. Well, I no longer care about what they think.