If You Could Only Pick One, Which Iroshizuku Ink Would It Be?

[OPG4711]

Asa Gao is the go to blue ink. I thought I'd get tired of it, but ended up buying a 2nd bottle after exhausting the 1st!

[Ergative]

I actually already made that choice. The first Iro I ever bought was Fuyu-gaki, because I thought the color looked so cool ni pictuers, but it was just a bit too light and meh when I got it, so I was very, very careful about my next choice. I finally decided on Tsuki-yo, and I absolutely love it. That subtle misty blue grey, with a hint of red sheen in the right conditions, work-appropriate, well-behaved--gorgeous.

[Pravda]

Yikes! Aren't you glad we're not all going with you!!

I was just thinking that hehe Every single color was mentioned in 62 replies

[mauckcg]

Probably Ama Iro. Or maybe Shin Kai, or Yu Yake. Almost impossible to pick just one.

[arrScott]

This is a great question! If I could only pick one Iroshizuku ink, I would never be able to choose, and so I would not own any Iroshizuku ink. Which is why I do not, in fact, own any Iroshizuku ink in bottles, but instead have sample vials of like half of the colors. I really can't justify buying more than one Iroshizuku ink, but I can't choose just one.

[webgeckos]

Yama-Budo

[ShortRound131]

Tsuyu-Kusa I think is not talked about because of the other beautiful colors in the Iroshizuku line,

but I find it a very true blue, and shades well. I know it's not as "exciting" as the others but it really

is a nice color.

Edited August 23, 2016 by ShortRound131

[Roger O. Thornhill]

Tsuki-yo

[OCArt]

Yama Budo

[PAKMAN]

Iroshizuku  fuyu-syogun gray Old Man Winter or

Iroshizuku  kon-peki blue

[Detman101]

I guess it would have to be Tsukushi....
 

[A Smug Dill]

Hotei-son, perhaps.

[inkstainedruth]

Was that one of the special colors that was released for their 100th anniversary, along with the special pens?  I never got a chance to try any of those (there were a couple which looked interesting).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[A Smug Dill]

7 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Was that one of the special colors that was released for their 100th anniversary,

 

Yes.

 

7 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

I never got a chance to try any of those (there were a couple which looked interesting).

 

I'm in the same position. Could've bought a couple of bottles of the 100th anniversary inks at reasonable prices locally at the time, but given I have all 24 Iroshizuku colours in the regular line-up but rarely use any of them these days, I don't think I'd actually miss any of them — either the 24 or the 7 — should they be discontinued (or even taken away from me); and so I ultimately passed on the opportunity.

 

Hotei-son is the green-so-dark-it's-black one out of the seven 100th anniversary colours, and from what I remember reading in reviews has a bit of water resistance. If I could only pick one colour, that's the one that sorta most “suits all occasions”.

[MHBru]

kon peki....  altho many are amazing kon peki would be my choice if i can select only one.

[maclink]

I've used a lot of the Iroshizoku inks but for me, my favourite is Yama Guri.

[arcfide]

Needs to be more love for Take-sumi. IMO, I can find good colors elsewhere, but in terms of "artistic" black inks, Take-sumi is really good. 

[sansenri]

I prefer to use blue inks, Asa Gao is no doubt my favourite

[nibtip]

Tsukushi is the only one i did not give away.

[mizgeorge]

Hotei-son looks beautiful - I wish I'd got some of the anniversary inks, but at the time, they were just too much to justify. 

 

In the regular line, my most used are kiri-same and the very under appreciated ina-ho. I use shin-kai for a specific pen (that's pretty much always inked). I do reach for the brighter ones when the mood takes me, but it's not feeling spring-like enough here yet!