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Doldam seems to be part of the "ink of Seoul" collection from 3 Oysters and refers to the colour of grey stone walls. I'm not even a fan of undersaturated inks or of grey inks but I'm impressed. Doldam is a special colour that I've never seen in an ink before. I would call it a "yellow grey" but that doesn't do it justice. It's a grey ink, but it has a dark bluish outlining (halo) and where the ink pools, it shows a yellow colour which makes me think of gold. All this gives a peculiar variation among yellow/gold, blue and grey. It is as if the whole effect of golden-particled J. Herbin Gris Orage (Stormy Grey) had been captured solely by dyes without using particles, and made even more interesting by the introduction of a blue tint.

 

Performance-wise, Doldam is a rather wet ink but doesn't have much lubrication (as can be expected from an undersaturated ink). It's not water resistant, but it leaves a yellow/brown trace, while the blue component is washed away. A truly amazing and original colour. I'm sure many grey ink lovers will adore this (shoutout to Tas and namrehsnoom). Also thank you inkantadora for the sample.

 

Splash

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Sample

(Rhodia)

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(Tomoe River)

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Close-up

(Rhodia)

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(Tomoe River)

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Ersatz chromatography

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Comparison

(Maruman loose leaf)

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Nice! Especially your elucidations. Also, I, too, definitely see a lot of gold in there somewhere.

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Ooooooh. I think I might have to go get a sample of this. Some time ago, a pen pal sent me a letter written partially in Diamine Sparkling Shadows, and I fell in love with how it looked because it reminded me of those summer thunderstorms where the sky takes on a subtle yellow/gold cast. Sadly, Sparkling Shadows hopelessly clogged every pen I tried it in, and I've stopped trying to get it to work. This, though -- this has the same feel, without the particles to vex my feeds.

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Thanks for the review.

Very interesting color!

Sailor Rikyu-Cha is one of my daily inks, Doldam is different but maybe even more interesting.

Now I have to try :-)

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Interesting color. It looks (at least on my screen) like a slightly more brown/sepia-toned version of Noodler's El Lawrence.

Thanks for the review.

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Holy ****! This is incredible! Stormy gray is my co-fave in the 1670 Herbin line along with (of course) emeraude de chivor, and this captures it beautifully! I will definitely be ordering a bottle thanks to your (as usual!) excellent review! Thank you!

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Ugh, that sheen 😍 can't get over it! I keep coming back here to look at your pics! I really must have this!

 

On a technical note, gold sheen is somewhat uncommon. I've noticed this mainly in purple inks. Also black. Since black needs to absorb the whole UV spectrum, it would include purple dyes I think. Is the gold sheen a purple dye thing? I'm just a geological engineering student, so though proficient in chemistry would love some experts in dyes to weigh in!

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Ugh, that sheen can't get over it! I keep coming back here to look at your pics! I really must have this!

 

On a technical note, gold sheen is somewhat uncommon. I've noticed this mainly in purple inks. Also black. Since black needs to absorb the whole UV spectrum, it would include purple dyes I think. Is the gold sheen a purple dye thing? I'm just a geological engineering student, so though proficient in chemistry would love some experts in dyes to weigh in!

 

Oh that's not sheen. It's just a variation in colour.

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:wub: oh man, this is a beautiful :wub:

A classy looking and, as you mentioned, a unique coloured ink - I can't think of an ink quite like it. B) That yellow and blue split, wow.

Thank you yet agian for sharing your findings.

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Oh that's not sheen. It's just a variation in colour.

I see it now 😅 holy optical illusion, batman! Still want this ink, though!

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What the hell, your bottle is very brown and warm. Mine is cold and steely blue-grey.

 

Wanna trade? I hate the color of mine, I thought the goulet swab was just misleading.

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