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So I'm a pretty newbie fountain pen user. I have a few pilot metro's in fine (hopefully soon expanding that should I save enough money) and I'm beginning to expand my collection of ink colors and choices. I seem to mostly stick with Noodlers as I really like the permanent quality to some of the inks however I'm curious to your thoughts on the muted vs vibrant ink colors. Since I'm limited in my ink colors at work most of the colored inks I use are for personal correspondence, journaling and notes for myself. I seem to favor the slightly vibrant colors however I rarely have to read what i write for a long time with these colors. Are muted/dusty/chalky colors easier on the eyes to read a long time? For longer correspondence or pages I write intended for an audience rather then just myself, should I look into the more muted colors? What are your thoughts on vibrant vs muted ink choices and when/why do you use the ones you use? They don't have to be permanent colors either I'm more curious on the shade. My just for giggles current Favorites are: Noodlers Red Black- My favorite I use for everything I can get away with Noodlers Hunter Green-journaling Noodlers Luxury Blue-journaling Noodlers Bulletproof Black- work J. Herbin Emerald of Chavor - letters/special occasions I hope I'm not repeating a thread. I tried to search but the search function and my computer don't quite agree sometimes.