Franklin Christoph Noir Et Bleu

[mmg122]

I recently obtained samples of Franklin Christoph current generation inks and am working my way through reviewing all of them. Current inks include:

Classic Black

Blue 72

Red 187

Brown 732

Emerald 357

Noir et Bleu

Dark Chocolate

Midnight Emerald

The numbers in the ink names indicate their Pantone number.

 

I'm not a big fan of blue black inks but find this something I would consider using. The ink comparison chart is minimal because I only have four blue black type inks.

 

If you have any questions about Franklin Christoph Bleu et Noir, fire away. Thanks for dropping by.

[visvamitra]

Well - I appreciate your work but this one does nothing for me. For instance only Dark Chocolate looks like worth trying

[mmg122]

I tried the FC Bleu et Noir in a wetter writer with a B nib and noticed quite a bit of shading...so definitely pen dependent. I've added an additional page which I forgot to include before so the last page is Rhodia paper. Don't be too harsh...I'm just getting the hang of this. 😏😏😏

[jasonchickerson]

Don't be too harsh...I'm just getting the hang of this.

 

The review is great. The most difficult thing is color accuracy. Is this standard white Rhodia paper? If so, the photos are very yellow, which confuses the ink colors considerably.

 

Even color corrected, the ink shown here looks, to my eye, like a teal a la Yama-dori rather than a blue-black. Are you sure this isn't Midnight Emerald??

[delano]

 

The review is great. The most difficult thing is color accuracy. Is this standard white Rhodia paper? If so, the photos are very yellow, which confuses the ink colors considerably.

 

 

Same observation here.

[mmg122]

Delano, jasonchickerson...thanks for your input.

 

Yes, it's Rhodia white. I've asked the good folks at Franklin Christoph to send me accurate color scans so that I can correct the colors I've posted. They really have nice inks and I'd like to represent them correctly. This ink review stuff is really tricky. Arghhhh

[mmg122]

Vis...I have to agree. Dark Chocolate is my favorite too.

[mmg122]

Jasonchickerson...I'm sure the sample vial was labeled Bleu et Noir but I guess it's dependent on the person that prepared the vial. I get your drift though.

[amberleadavis]

You are doing great work, thank you for taking the time to do reviews.