Bleu Myosotis - J. Herbin

[torstar]

When I was indisposed of Myosotis and put Bleu Nuit in, I was disappointed at the weakness of Nuit. On the surface of it I thought Nuit would be the deeper experience on paper.

[sansenri]

I resume this topic just to add my comment that, I have been going thorough my blue inks lately, and I also have found that I have different and changing tastes in the colour of my inks.

In general I too like bolder darker blue inks, with less wishy-washy characteristics.

And blue is the colour I use most, especially at work, as I dislike black inks.

I keep a booklet in which whenever I fill up a pen with an ink I write a few lines mentioning the pen the nib and the ink. It is so easy at time not to remember what ink is in one of the several pens I keep inked up, also because most of them are blue inks... This comes in useful for later comparison.

That said, I really like the colour of Myosotis blue, and also the wet flow of most J.Herbin inks I have tried.

It is true that it is a little washed out and unsaturated, but the colour is really nice. Bleu Nuit is somewhat similar in colour and just slightly darker and slightly more saturated, which is a reason I also like this other J.H. blue.

Under direct comparison, same page on the booklet, myosotis is similar in colour, although slightly darker, to Pelikan royal blue... (the latter however has a tendency to fade over time).

When I want a colour similar to the above three but more saturated, my best choice is Aurora blue.

All of the above in my eyes have a slight tendency to purple, which I do like (whilst I know many others dislike). For an even more saturated and slightly more purplish effect my choice is J.H. Eclat de Saphir. My "neutral" blue of choice is Waterman Florida Blue (serenity), which however I find also has a tendecy to fade over time.

Darker blues of choice, Diamine Sargasso sea, nice saturation and lovely red sheen, Diamine Regency, very dark! but still very blue.

I sometimes use Diamine Majestic Blue, very nice saturation, but too much already on the verge of green for my taste...

A more saturated Myosostis would be really nice, though...