Monthly themes of ink combinations for next year?
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1. Please choose the themes that look interesting to you and you're willing to participate in.
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Complementary Colours
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Doppelgängers (Look alike inks)
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Dark vs Light
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Warm vs Cold
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Similar Names (inks with similar names)
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Same Brand (inks from the same brand)
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Perfect Match (Inks that you think look great together)
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Seasonal combo: spring/autumn (I put the two together considering difference in northern and southern hemispheres)
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Seasonal combo: summer/winter
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Geographic combo (ink combos that reflect a continent, a country, a city...)
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Ink Feast (ink combos that look like food)
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Clash of the Colours (Two colours that so do NOT look good together)
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My Favourites (2+ inks you really love)
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I Can't Decide (inks of the same general color where you can't decide which one you like best)
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You Suck (inks you own but don't really like much)
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nib-focus: ef / f (inks that look best in a finer nib)
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nib-focus: broad / stub (inks that look best in a fat nib)
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Hangin' in the shade (inks that shade)
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Sheen^n (multiple inks that sheen)
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Shimmer-fest (multiple inks that shimmer)
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Good ink! (inks that are well-behaved on cheap paper)
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Bad ink! (inks that behave poorly even on good paper)
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Go team! (inks close to the colors of your favorite sports (or other?) team)
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What I'm Reading (inks close to the cover colors of the book you're reading)
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Coordin-ink-tion (fill your pens with inks that match the pen color)
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2. (continued)
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Alphabet soup (Two inks with names that have no overlapping letters)
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Inspired by You (inks you've seen others used in the last month)
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Colours of Nature (ink combos that show part of the nature: sea, mountain, snow, grass, etc.)
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Other suggestions: in comments
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Not any of these.
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