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Great comparison thanks :thumbup:

 

I like darker greens so the PR ebony green is calling out to me. It will be interesting to see how that compares to Diamine Green Black

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I'm doing some cleaning in the house and I've found some unscanned pages with comparison of different colors. Here are the greens (everything written with Kaweco Classic Sport turned into eyedropper and with broad nib on Oxford optic paper):

 

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Fabulous.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fantastic! What a great file-and-reference and labor-of-love. Thank you, Vismamitra.

 

 

 

 

I wonder what ink matches Kermit?

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I'm sure no one willl oppose when I say Vis is the king of ink reviews!

 

 

 

If that is the case then you my friend are one of the King's Princes . . . :)

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boy oh boy

this is the most comprehensive and beautiful and astonishing post about green inks I´ve seen in my whole life. thank you VERY MUCH one more time. I am your fan. your reviews are very special

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PART 4

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WATERPROOF OR NOT

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SUMMARY

I'm glad that I don't have to choose only one green ink to use. It would be extremely hard to choose just one. If I had to choose I would choose betweeen Graf von Faber Castell Moss Green and Nicpoń's Zielony Sosnowy (Pine Green). But then there's so much more greens that I need in my rotation: Olde Emerald by Franklin-Christoph, Alt-Goldgrun by Rohrer & Klingner, Amazon by Caran d'Ache, Irish Green by Montbland Chiku-Rin by Pilot.

I like most of greens. There are however exceptions. And these exceptions - inks that I dislike are: Green - Parker (it's ugly, worst green ever; well maybe not worst, Sheaffer's green is even worse), Uranium - Organics Studio (ugly as well), Zielony Trawiasty (grass green) - Nicpoń (meh) and Smaragdgrun - Rohrer & Klingner.

I hope you like the comparison and find it u

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If only I could have seen this post before ordering my inks for this year.... -_-

 

What a wonderful effort shared on this post... and i must say i deeply regret not giving a chance to MontBlanc's Irish Green....

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visvamitra, this is simply and plainly perfect, and I absolutely second the proposal to pin your work for continue reference. Greens are, in my opinion, among the most difficult inks to “understand” without direct comparison, and you provided one of superb quality.

As I personally dislike “cold” greens, and like instead “warm” ones, I found a lot of interesting brands to check and also a few inks that I want to be sure not to buy.

A very, very useful post, done with love and spirit of service. Thank you.

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