Infinite Grey - Caran D'ache

[visvamitra]

I'm huge fan of Caran d'Ache. Because their products are quite expensive, I only have old Ecridor Retro whish is amazing writer. Their ink series Colors of the Earth was amazing. However i was discontinued and replaced by Chromatics series.

I guess they started to think they should get something fancier and more stylish than Edelstein and Iroshizuku. And they've succeeded. I love the look of new bottle.

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As I'm finishing comparison of 20 greys I needed to get CdA one and I did. Infinite Grey is nice. I don't really like greys - I don't have a single bottle of this color. However somehow I've managed to get quite a lot of samples - Infinite Grey was among them. It's quite nice - it has some greenish tones that I like.

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Few drops of ink on kitchen towel

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My software believes this color to be something like this

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INFO

Producer: Caran d'Ache

Color: Infinite Grey

Saturation: quite strong

Przepływ: good

Cieniowanie: intense, not bad, bit not great either

Dry time:

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Waterproof

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SCANS, pens used Pilot 78g Broad Nib, Waterman Carene Medium nib

CALENDAR

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Rhodia

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LYRECO BUDGET (60g)

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[Tas]

Oooo, this has my name all over it.

 

Kobe 46 and Blue Merle are two of my favourite sketching inks and this looks like a close cousin.

 

Love, love, love the way it darkens at the edges when splattered !

 

I own their Magnetic Blue which is a beautiful ink and although expensive has a permenant place in my Custom 91 F nib.

I'll start saving up for a bottle of this right away.

 

Thanks again.

[gclyn]

I actually like this grey, was not on my radar, but I think I may have to do some saving for it.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Thanks, starting to slip into grays.

Have MB's LE permanent gray on order.

[Dumatborlon]

Thanks for your review! I was already trying to decide whether to consider this gray, but now I know that I will have to. ^^

[zebra baker]

This is really nice! The green undertone is most striking.

[visvamitra]

Hero 5028, stub 1,9, Granklin - Christoph notebook

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[Tas]

visvamitra, mine looks nothing like yours - I only use it for mixing now

 

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_cda_infinite_grey_swatch.jpg

[cybaea]

This is really nice! The green undertone is most striking.

 

It goes down on the page really green (which I don't like) but then dries to a fairly neutral colour. Not my favourite grey but a decent one that I like and which is near the top of the list when I do feel like grey.

 

Thanks for the great review and the 1.9mm sample is wow!

[visvamitra]

Lyreco Budget 60 g paper, Visconti van Gogh, Fine nib

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[Charles Skinner]

My sample of this ink does not look anything like what I see in these "posts." The ink is so "light" it almost seems that I need to get a flashlight to read it! Leuchtturm1917 "notebook. Unless I learn that I am doing something wrong, THIS IS NOT AN INK FOR THIS POOR HOME BOY! C. S.

[visvamitra]

Well, mine does and no matter what I do I still see legible grey

[Tas]

My sample of this ink does not look anything like what I see in these "posts." The ink is so "light" it almost seems that I need to get a flashlight to read it! Leuchtturm1917 "notebook. Unless I learn that I am doing something wrong, THIS IS NOT AN INK FOR THIS POOR HOME BOY! C. S.

 

 

 

Pssst . . . Lexington Grey. Get some Lexington Grey

 

[Jackokun]

I like grays

[senzen]

Great review, as usual; boring ink, reminds me of watered down black Quink: big no no.

[visvamitra]

Infinite Grey has grown on me. Colorwise it's close to idea of perfect grey ink. It's not really grey, it's quite rich and can give varius resuklts on different papers. On the other hand it's very expensive ink but it's properties are only good, but not great. It washes almost completely away when faced with water resistance test. Feathering is non-existent which is cool. The flow is ok and the lubrication is average.

In summary I enjoy the color but I don't think this ink is really worth the money you need to pay for it. If I could get a bottle for, say, 60% of the MSRP I would do it right now. As I can't I'll need to find something else once I run off the generous sample (close to 10 ml) I received some time ago.

Drops of Ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Color range

Tomoe River, Kaweco Classic Sport, broad nib

Leuchtturm 1917, Kaweco Classic Sport, broad nib

Kokuyo Campus Myo, TWSBI Eco, stub 1,1

Lyreco Budget 60 g paper, Visconti van Gogh, Fine nib