Best Color Ink For Yellow Paper

[sam5851]

I have a huge amount of Levenger yellow pad paper that I got on clearance. I currently use Pelikan 4001 and a Pelikan Souveran FP. I'm getting tired of the black on yellow. To spice up my FP life, I'm considering other colors like brown to use on the yellow paper. I do a ton of writing on it, so it should be a good ink to use regularly for fast writing. Has anyone used the brown Pelikan 4001 on yellow paper? How does it look?

[bphollin]

I really like brown ink on yellow paper! I prefer Waterman Havana Brown over Pelikan Brown for this kind of writing.

[Truppi327]

+1 for brown ink on yellow. A nice dark brown like Diamine Saddle Brown looks nice to me.

 

I also like to use BSB and Herbin's Eclat de Saphir on yellow.

 

Reds don't look so nice on yellow to me.

Edited August 7, 2010 by Truppi327

[Margana]

Brown does look nice on yellow paper but I also like ink that matches the lines. Usually that's a blue-black like Diamine, Waterman, or Sailor for me. All of them dry fast enough to be well-suited to the task but there are plenty of others from which to choose.

[jsntsmth]

I write on poor hospital paper everyday and itis yellow. i have found that Noodler's Walnut and Widomaker are very handsome. Another thought is a deep purple like MB Violet and La Colour Royale by Noodlers

 

Enjoy

[Maccabee64]

i am for blue

[langere]

I use yellow notepads all the time for writing my lectures. I think that green (Waterman Green) and Waterman South Sea Blue work well - enough contrast but also aesthetically pleasing.

 

Enjoy the inks!

 

Erick

[Sandy1]

Hi,

 

I'd lean towards a Turquoise-Blue such as the much-admired Waterman South Sea Blue.

 

I believe that most inks you might encounter have a degree of transparency that allow the colour of the paper to show-through the ink, hence 'mixing' those two colours.

 

I would be careful with Brown, as I found with the Cd'A Grand Canyon: the ink may become unseated. It may be desirable to seek a Brown that is heavily saturated, dark, and with little or any shading. (I'd look to Private Reserve Browns - many of their inks are quite highly saturated, so you might choose to dilute them to get the exact density/transparency you wish.)

 

But to back-up a bit: the paper is likely not all that FP friendly (??) so check the Reviews to ensure the suggested ink/s do not feather, bleed-through or show-through.

 

Also, the paper colour is very active/animated, so the ink colour should not generate an edge effect, and the density (light-dark) should not be too different - the ink+paper pairing should generate legibility by difference of colour - not so much by difference in density.

 

Bye,

S1

[kernando]

I just reported the last post.

 

I'm not sure what ink I'd use. The browns sound good. I'd probably also try blues and greens. Purple doesn't sound good, right across the color wheel. Orange and red would be too hard to look at. Now, would grey do it?

[IWantThat]

I was using Noodler's Zhivago this week at work and found I liked it best on yellow paper It really brought out the green, though it was still dark.

[desertsquid]

Another saturated brown to consider is Diamine Chocolate Brown. I don't know how yellow your paper is but Diamine Chocolate is my favourite on Post-It notes. For more subtle yellow paper I might be tempted by Herbin Café des Iles, which has very nice shading.

[aditya.shevade]

Violet and (tough I have not used ink yet, just prints) brown. I like violet more.

[hari317]

Has anyone used the brown Pelikan 4001 on yellow paper? How does it look?

 

The writing paper that I get at work is yellow, legal size and FP friendly, I have used Waterman Havana on it which looks quite acceptable.

[sam5851]

Thanks for all the suggestions. For brown I've ordered Waterman Havana Brown. The lines on the pale yellow pad are gray, so for gray I ordered Iroshizuku Fuyu-Syogun. I have vacation after next week, so I can try them out without having to write fast and furiously. I love a world of choices!

[kernando]

*facepalm*

I reported the spam that a mod has now made disappear so that now nobody has to see it. I never thought I had to explain that. Saying I reported it keeps other people from sending the mods repetetive reports.

Edited August 7, 2010 by kernando

[southpaw]

A nice dark brown looks very professional. It's crisp, yet still has a bit of personality to it. My go-to brown is Waterman Havana.

[tanalasta]

Hmm...

 

There is some yellow work paper which Iroshizuku is really wasted upon.

 

Anyone got a scan of brown on yellow? I have a bottle of Visconti sepia/brown just sitting there but am loathe to ink an entire pen out just to use it at work. Last time I did that, I realised Pouissiere de Lune probably wasn't quite professional enough...

[rudyhou]

i would recommend a blue-black/midnight blue and a deep dark brown. if you'd like to see a greenish hue to the shading of the blue then no need to use too dark of a blue. make sure the brown is deep enough to contrast to the yellow paper otherwise the brown will come out too light, unless you prefer that look.

 

-rudy-