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Yep, that should also go in Golds.

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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Hello

 

Here are my four inks:

1. Montblanc 90th permanent grey. A wet ink with brown undertones. Sets twice more time to dry thanLexington grey.

2. Noodler's Lexington grey. Drier than Montblanc 90th. Same colour as Montblanc 90th grey.

3. Montblanc Oyster grey. A light silvery grey.

4. Graf von Faber.Castell stone grey. Dark neutral grey, without brown, green or other tones.

 

 

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Very nice addition!

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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Wow, that's not a very blue black is it? That's Monteverde Blue Black. The Rubinato has some sepia tones. Did you smell the sandalwood scent?

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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Wow, that's not a very blue black is it? That's Monteverde Blue Black. The Rubinato has some sepia tones. Did you smell the sandalwood scent?

 

Sadly no. Perhaps I diluted it too much. A dark gray that does have a soft, subtle scent is de Atramentis' Frankincense:

 

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Jean, if I didn't say it before... WOW ... Thank you for the contribution!

 

Halloween, I need to upload De Atramentis Cinnamon which is strangely a gray ink. It does however, smell like cinnamon.

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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Jean, if I didn't say it before... WOW ... Thank you for the contribution!

 

Halloween, I need to upload De Atramentis Cinnamon which is strangely a gray ink. It does however, smell like cinnamon.

 

Oooh, sounds like I'd love it. Don't love gray, but I do love cinnamon!

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I'm becoming fascinated by greys, a 'colour' that I've long neglected. I love that there is such a wide range of shades.

 

Here are just a few of my grey inks. My favourites of this batch are Oster Purple Rock (writes grey, washes to purple) and Pen & Message Fuyugare (the most neutral grey). My least favourite is Kaweco Smokey Grey (it's so weak it looks like dirty water).

 

 

 

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I'm becoming fascinated by greys, a 'colour' that I've long neglected. I love that there is such a wide range of shades.

 

Here are just a few of my grey inks. My favourites of this batch are Oster Purple Rock (writes grey, washes to purple) and Pen & Message Fuyugare (the most neutral grey). My least favourite is Kaweco Smokey Grey (it's so weak it looks like dirty water).

 

 

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It may well have been you and your acquiring Kobe Museum Grey for me all those years ago that started me on my grey quest.

 

My grey trail ended with Lexington Grey and is no where near as extensive as yours. Loving how you've managed a grey rainbow !

 

Thanks for sharing.

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It may well have been you and your acquiring Kobe Museum Grey for me all those years ago that started me on my grey quest.

 

My grey trail ended with Lexington Grey and is no where near as extensive as yours. Loving how you've managed a grey rainbow !

 

Thanks for sharing.

I'm too embarrassed to admit to the total of my grey ink hoard :-/

 

I still love that Kobe Museum Grey. Lexington I'm not so fond of, but I can see why many like it :-)

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OMAS Grey, with three blacks for comparison.

 

The scan turned out a bit warmer than in real life, but the OMAS Grey is indeed a warm grey ink.

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I find Fuyu-gare a bit on the green side. Diamine Grey is more like a neutral grey to me. Of course YPMV (your perception may vary).

I agree Fuyugare isn't *the* most neutral grey of all greys; it is the most neutral of the particular batch of inks I included in my photo. I have several greys that are less blue/green/brown than those. I don't use Diamine Grey as it fades too much.

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I'm becoming fascinated by greys, a 'colour' that I've long neglected. I love that there is such a wide range of shades.

 

Here are just a few of my grey inks. My favourites of this batch are Oster Purple Rock (writes grey, washes to purple) and Pen & Message Fuyugare (the most neutral grey). My least favourite is Kaweco Smokey Grey (it's so weak it looks like dirty water).

 

 

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I also love Purple Rock and find that it writes purple under many conditions.

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Never thought I'd use a grey ink, but Verdigris changed that, and it looks nice next to any of my other inks. Souten is coming out too dark from a Platinum Cool but the rest seem accurate.

 

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I forgot we have a separate Grey/Gray thread. Here's Rohrer & Klingner SketchINK - Thea, that I posted over in the black thread. Tomoe River paper.

 

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