Monteverde Purple/violet/purpura

[goodpens]

Amberleadavis recently offered up some inks in a great PIF thread; I was one of the lucky winners. Each winner pledged to post at least one review, so here's mine, informal and somewhat wonky, thanks to a semi-messed-up scanner.

 

I was really looking forward to receiving the package. Would I end up with colors that are in line with my favorites? Or maybe some of the ones that I typically don't go for (e.g., murky, pastel) that I'd learn to love? Would there be duplicates? New-to-me brands? A new stash of a favorite?

 

Preface to the purple review ...

I received a bottle of Monteverde Purple, along with samples of a few other inks. Generally, these fall into the first category: in line with my favorites. All are brands I've tried, but I hadn't tried any of these inks. I had about a dozen pens already inked up, many with colors similar to what I received, so I did a quick comparison here.

• I enjoy vibrant oranges and the Sailor is a winner: brighter than the others I have, though probably closest to Diamine Pumpkin. At work I like to match inks to clients' branding/colors and I've been looking for the right orange for one of them; this will be it. [Edited to add: I believe this color is Kin-Mokusei.]
• I really like brown inks, but hadn't tried Pelikan brown, thinking it would be more orange than I prefer. It is. But I'm grateful to finally try it; the little sample was the perfect amount to dump into my Moonman M2 (eyedropper) and enjoy while it lasts.
• I've tried just a few Levenger inks and really like their flow. I'm looking forward to using Always Green, a perfect spring green that matches the aspen leaves that are about to appear in my yard.
• The Pigeon Blue is really pretty. I'm always on the fence about teals. I think this is a great wintery one. (Can you tell I often change ink moods with the seasons?)
• The Montepulciano is sure to be a winner for me; I've been looking for a burgundy shade. This will be perfect in a Sheaffer Touchdown Sentinel Deluxe (my grandfather'sthe repair of which took me down this FPN rabbit hole in the first place) once I clean out the ink currently in there.

 

Monteverde Purple/Violet/Purpura

I would have enjoyed reviewing any of these, but decided to go for the purple since there was more of it than any other color. I've also been in the mood for a bright purple as the snow melts and spring arrives. (Looking at this again, I realize that it is a very similar shade to the wild orchids that grow in June and that are an indicator of black morel mushrooms nearby. Mmm.) And purple is a favorite of a few pen-friends who have been on my mind a lot lately.

 

 

This landed at the right new home. Thanks, Amber!

Edited May 8, 2020 by goodpens

[Intensity]

Wow, that was fast! Thank you for the comprehensive review!

That Pigeon Blue looks a lot like Ku Jaku. Some pretty good look-alikes in general.

[amberleadavis]

Great job!

 

BTW, the De Atramentis Pigeon reminds me of Mo Willems Pigeon (who I do not let stay up late).

 

[cattar]

Thanks for showing all the sample colors!

Also the individual color comparisons. Always useful.

 

I like the range of colors and how well suited they are together, like a garden of ink on the page.

Individually, I'd use the blue and brown as is. The other colors I'd add a couple drops of black to darken the shade, especially the purple.

 

 

 

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Edited May 11, 2020 by cattar

[DrDebG]

Great review! Thank you for doing this.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Ditto that...a really pretty color I was interested in.

[inkstainedruth]

Pretty color -- but it appears, from the posted image, to be somewhat illegible in a narrower nib.

Thanks for the review, though.

[amberleadavis]

I don't know if they still have this ink in their line up.

[goodpens]

Pretty color -- but it appears, from the posted image, to be somewhat illegible in a narrower nib.

Thanks for the review, though.

I think the illegibility is a function of the scale of the image. Up close, I find it quite legible in the Metropolitan F nib, w/good contrast against the white page.