Any Suggestions For An "office" Ink That Isn't Red, Dark Blue, Or Black?

[JakobS]

For water resistance: KWZ IG Green Gold, IG Gold, or IG Mandarin

 

For general use: Diamine Umber, Woodland Green, Macassar, or Chocolate

[amberleadavis]

Personally, I love the dark inks like purple black, burgundy, dark forest green. Also, feel free to add Noodler's ghost blue to a small sample of ink and see how it improves water resistance. (Only mix in small amounts and not all inks mix well).

[Fuzzy_Bear]

Kon Peki. Habanero. Oku-Yama

[ceebert]

Contrast against blacks is easy for me at work with my off-blacks. They stand out against a printed page for note taking, but dont distract when theyre on their own, like blues or too-warm tones may. My office is unofficially Black Only. So, unofficially, blacks with flavor:

+1 Noodlers Zhivago and American Aristocracy, Monteverde Brown Sugar and Scotch Brown, Oster Motor Oil and Deep Purple.

+2 Diamine Macassar and Registrars, or everything else they make.

[rudyhou]

perhaps you might want to explore the world of dark brown and dark green inks. i use Pilot Iroshizuku yama-guri brown and Sailor Jentle miruai green. both have dark and formal looking tones.

[Carrau]

Some dark gray browns to consider might be Birmingham Pens Winkys Hambugers Root Beer, and Smoked Iron (appear to be out of stock presently-see review for Smoked Iron), Pelikan Smoky Quartz, R&K Sepia, and Pilot Yama-guri. 3 Oysters Black Moss and Diamine Deep Forest green are some black-green and dark green inks respectively that I like. Sailor Chu-Shu is a very dark purple that is nearly black, 3 Oysters Purple Gray is a very dark purple-gray as its name portends. End of Snow at Midnight by Pen BBS is a very dark purple -blue-black that I like also. KWZ IG Gummiberry is a dark purple that turns nearly black, and DeAtramentis Black Currant in a Fine nib lays down a dark purple line that looks black until close inspection. All these are rather somber/ conservative colors that dont attract attention but provide interest.

Edited August 20, 2019 by Herrjaeger

[BDarchitect]

Iroshizuku yama-guri, a very dark chestnut brown. Hard to imagine anyone not appreciating it in an office.

[Brianm_14]

Waterman Brown will not give you water resistance, but it will deliver very nicely on all other points one looks for in an ink. It is an overlooked, quite economical, and well-behaved standard.

[A Smug Dill]

Ideal candidate is also somewhat water-resistant, just in case.

 

 

Any of the many iron-gall inks on the market (excluding Blue-Black, just because that's one of the colours you specifically said you didn't want) will be different, interesting and water-resistant.

I'm intentionally not asking about the pen(s) into which you want to put the "office use" ink(s), and not caring whether they're easy to clean, seal effectively against evaporation or exposure to air when capped, have nibs that are susceptible to corrosion, etc.