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"Olive Drab" is my sweet spot - apparently!
Here's four adjacent but distinct variations from De Atramentis. I really like the saturation of these i.e. not too intense! Plenty of shading in a nice broad stub!

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"Olive Drab" is my sweet spot - apparently!

Here's four adjacent but distinct variations from De Atramentis. I really like the saturation of these i.e. not too intense! Plenty of shading in a nice broad stub!

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What a beautiful, beautiful sheet of card :wub:

 

I wouldn't call any of those murky though . . . . Far too bright :rolleyes:

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So, then does "murky" exclude any bright, hazy, dirty color? What role does saturation play? I know I am coming late to this party, but what is a "murky" ink?

 

Truthfully, I have only dipped my little toe into the murky pool. Obviously, others have much more experience with this. Some "Murky" inks are endearing but others are just plain ugly. Or I should qualify that by saying that flowing from some pens on some papers they may be endearing or just ugly.

"Today will be gone in less than 24 hours. When it is gone, it is gone. Be wise, but enjoy! - anonymous today

 

 

 

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So, then does "murky" exclude any bright, hazy, dirty color? What role does saturation play? I know I am coming late to this party, but what is a "murky" ink?

 

Truthfully, I have only dipped my little toe into the murky pool. Obviously, others have much more experience with this. Some "Murky" inks are endearing but others are just plain ugly. Or I should qualify that by saying that flowing from some pens on some papers they may be endearing or just ugly.

 

Murky is a little enigmatic.

 

Not sure anything bright can be classed as murky, nor anything too saturated . . . although Sailor Doyou could be classed as murky and it's very saturated.

 

The definition of murky is perhaps a little murky :rolleyes:

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Murky is a little enigmatic.

 

Not sure anything bright can be classed as murky, nor anything too saturated . . . although Sailor Doyou could be classed as murky and it's very saturated.

 

The definition of murky is perhaps a little murky :rolleyes:

 

 

Thank you, Tas. This is about as clear as . . . mud! :rolleyes:

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I found the source of murkiness. Murklandia.

 

 

 

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Add lightness and simplicate.

 

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Oh my. Can we move there? We can start a little fountain pen community. We'll call our village "Murky Inkerton". "Inkville Murk"? "Murk of the Inkvillers"? "Far Murkinkton"?

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Here's a contribution to the "Murky vs. Stormy" debate.
Oster's Summer Storm (I call it "Soft Snow of Australia") is neither earthy nor dark, in fact it's as pale as Herbin, but it is nicely ambiguous, not grey, not blue, not violet but somewhere between all three.
Is there a genus of "Ambiguous" colors with "Murky" as one species, or does "Stormy" fit here too?
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Hmmm, I tried to scan that one and it's useless - far too blue! Ten I look back at this photo and it's the same problem! Too subtle for (my primitive) technology this ink business! The bottom purple is quite close but the top three are much to blue by either technology!

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The view in Murklandia is that Murky and Stormy are of same spectrum.

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Add lightness and simplicate.

 

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The view in Murklandia is that Murky and Stormy are of same spectrum.

 

Huzzah! A United Kingdom! Merkshire? Much-Murking_In_The Marsh?The wind howls, the clouds are thick and the ground can be treacherously sodden!

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Here's a contribution to the "Murky vs. Stormy" debate.

Oster's Summer Storm (I call it "Soft Snow of Australia") is neither earthy nor dark, in fact it's as pale as Herbin, but it is nicely ambiguous, not grey, not blue, not violet but somewhere between all three.

Is there a genus of "Ambiguous" colors with "Murky" as one species, or does "Stormy" fit here too?

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Hmmm, I tried to scan that one and it's useless - far too blue! Ten I look back at this photo and it's the same problem! Too subtle for (my primitive) technology this ink business! The bottom purple is quite close but the top three are much to blue by either technology!

 

Ahhh :wub: :wub: :wub:

 

This is the palette I've been enjoying lately, plus super dark black-teals. Currently have GvFC Cobalt Blue, GvFC Violet Blue, both of which are pretty polychromatic, and Lamy Petrol inked up and writing + drawing with water brushes to get those blue-lavender gradients with accents of murky teal. Also GvFC Deep Sea Green for a murky watery tealy blue-black in a broad cursive italic for main journaling.

 

Murky green-browns like Sailor Jentle Rikyu-Cha and Stipula Verde Muschiatto... I just cannot get into those. Had both, but just not my kind of inks for writing.

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Murky green-browns like Sailor Jentle Rikyu-Cha and Stipula Verde Muschiatto... I just cannot get into those. Had both, but just not my kind of inks for writing.

Yet, Rikua-Cha would be among my Top 5 Favourites of All Time. I shall go look at the Stipula Verde Muschiatto immediately. :D

Will work for pens... :unsure:

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Yet, Rikua-Cha would be among my Top 5 Favourites of All Time. I shall go look at the Stipula Verde Muschiatto immediately. :D

:D If you love Rikyu-Cha, you should also love Verde Muschiato.

 

P.S.: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/303334-please-help-me-choose-a-dark-olive-green-for-daily-use-among-some-shortlisted-candidates/?p=4179286

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Murky pastels in the teal-cyan family are currently my most favorite to write with.

 

On Tomoe River 52g white paper

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Montblanc Chinese Blue--mild, slightly grayed pastel blue that shades toward murky green in concentrated spots

Pelikan Aquamarine--faded teal, slightly murky

J. Herbin Vert de Gris--this ink is amazing. Difficult to describe, but it's a very chalky pastel dark gray with hints of blue and teal, amazing shading

Lennon Tool Bar Plastic Sky--muted pastel turquoise permanent (pigment?) ink that separates into turquoise and yellow-green

Kyo No Oto Hisoku--also an amazing color, mild chalky pastel light blue leaning green

And my recent favorite mix of 3 Graf von Faber Castell inks which I call "Mint Pastel": 15ml of Gulf Blue + 4ml of Stone Grey + ~0.5ml of Moss Green. It shades from that mild murky pastel mint color toward yellow-green in darker areas, shows prominent dark outline effect in wet spots.

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- but then I was all intrigued to compare my Grey Greens:

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- but only after I'd made that page did I remember Vert Empire.

Vert Empire was an early purchase of mine, from a brick and mortar store that looked like it hadn't changed since the fifties, so when mine wrote grey rather than green I thought it must be an old batch . . . yet a 10ml bottle (love those!) came out the same?! Time for a revisit!

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- which is VE alongside Kobe #45 and Birmingham Fern Moss.
Not sure if any of these count as "Murky" as I still think that includes mud, but for sure they're ambiguous and seem to feel at home on this thread?

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Not sure if any of these count as "Murky" as I still think that includes mud, but for sure they're ambiguous and seem to feel at home on this thread?

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