De Artementis Cyan (Turquoise?)

[Bluto Carpaccio]

A de Artrementis Cyan "Document Ink." I ordered turquoise and this came, probably a new name for the same ink. A smooth,wet ink in all three nibs (CI, 1.1 stub, and fine) used in an Eboya Nakasume on cheap Georgia-Pacific copy paper.. It is very, very resistant to soap and water - the paper disintegrated before any real loss of ink. Don't know about solvents and lasers, etc. The ink dries very quickly, but there is some smearing with the bigger nib. Some feathering and bleed-through is evident in all three nibs, though no feathering on my Quo Vadis journal. Nib creep is not slight, greater than shown in the picture, though it may be partially a function of the nib. A lovely, bright color.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm thinking I should repeat with same nibs/pen and paper with Noodler's Big Bad Heron?

[sombrueil]

It's a pretty color but not what I think of as turquoise ... or cyan either. it's more like royal blue.

[lapis]

I'd say that this document ink is CYAN (a bright blue = DeA's Article No. 1084). Actually what I see up above in your review looks more like my ("pure", darker) blue (BLAU = 1082). But not their own real dark blue (DUNKELBALU = 1083). In any case not their relatively new turquoise (TÜRKIS = 9905). CYAN is not a renaming of their turquoise. Note that the labels in English meant to be exported out to non-German-speaking countries usually show only the German names of the inks. If you ordered turquoise and got cyan, that was probably a mistake in selection by the seller.

[Patrick L]

Looks very much like Noodler Baystate blue. That is on my screen.

Edited November 16, 2019 by Patrick L

[gawain3]

Looks very much like Noodler Baystate blue. That is on my screen.

Very much so.