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Delicate Green - Caran D'ache


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When I got sick few years ago (virus called pens and inks), I started picking different inks. I was amazed by Caran d'Ache Color of the Earth inks.




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The thing is the inks were discontinued before I had a chance to try all of them. I was disappointed to hear Colors of the earth were replaced by Chromatics.




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OK, the bottle is cool, colors seem nice, so what's the problem?



One - no more Amazon and Grand Canyon! I can get over Amazon, with time I started to prefer murkier greens, but Grand Canyon was in my top 5 of browns.



Two - the price. OK, Chromatics bottles are 50 ml compared to Colors of the Earth 30 ml bottles yet the price per ml increased by 25,7 % (I compare prices in Poland : 55 PLN / 30 ml vs 115 PLN / 50 ml).



Are they really worth it? Well, I like the way Caran d'Ache market their products, I like the bottle and the brand. If I'll be able to try all of these inks, I'll review them here. It will take time though. At the moment I have only sample of Organic Brown and Ultraviolet bottle. Some time ago I've reviewed Infinite grey which was cool.


  1. Cosmic Black
  2. Delicate Green
  3. Divine Pink
  4. Electric Orange
  5. Hypnotic Turquoise
  6. Idyllic Blue
  7. Infinite - Grey
  8. Infra Red
  9. Magnetic Blue
  10. Organic Brown
  11. Ultra Violet
  12. Vibrant Green

Delicate Green is - for me - the biggest disappointment in Chromatics line. I enjoy vibrant and light greens like KWZI Green 5, J. Herbin's Vert Pre, Satndardgraph Ferngrun, Diamine Kelly Greet etc. I was expecting CdA ink will be joyful and intense. Sadly - it isn't. It's rather dull and boring compared to inks I've mentioned above. The flow is average +, it has no water resistance and fades with time. Basically - it's not worth the price. Of course it will look nice is super wet broad nibs. But other inks will look even bettyer in such nib.



Ink Splash




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Drops of ink on kitchen towel




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Software ID




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Waterproofness



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Clairefontaine, Kaweco Classic Sport, B



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Tomoe River, Kaweco Classic Sport, B



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Oxford, Hero 5028, stub 1,9



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Thanks for the review.

This is not a green for me (reminds me a bit of Diamine Kelly Green and Diamine Meadow). But knowing in advance what inks I *don't* like saves me money, which can then be spent on the inks I do....

And I do completely understand why you miss Grand Canyon, BTW -- I got a bottle on clearance last winter when I was in Boston and it's a very nice brown....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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