Japanese Royal Blues ?

[rosa_m]

I think Sailor Ink Studio 443 , 743 , and 843 may be considered in the Royal Blue Family .

Any other Japanese inks to consider for a Royal Blue ?

 

 

[Olya]

Pilot Iroshizuku Asa Gao and Sailor Nioi Sumire, though Nioi Sumire is heavy on the purple side, but Asa Gao is very much in the royal blue area.

[sansenri]

Iroshizuku Ajisai looks very similar to Pelikan royal blue to me.

[aurore]

Sailor basic blue is also a kind of. Several Kobe inks belong to this category too.

[XYZZY]

This made me think that I'm not certain what Royal Blue is. I used to be, but after hanging out on FPN I'm not so sure. So I consulted wikipedia and discovered that I'm right to be confused.

 

Nevertheless, if I was king then the royal household would use Iroshizuku Asa Gao.

[rosa_m]

Excellent choice , Your Excellency !

[rosa_m]

[rosa_m]

[rosa_m]

Taccia AO 

[SF Susan]

Iroshizuku Asa-Gao. It has remained my favorite ink since I discovered it many years ago.

[MHBru]

I love all the Iro blues.

 

[PithyProlix]

I share @XYZZY 's confusion and I don't think there is a reliable way to identify Royal Blue (as there is with the very close Cobalt Blue which is an actual chemical pigment) but there is this color identification survey (which has some pretty hilarious results): https://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/comment-page-1/  Averaging the opinions, it identified Royal Blue as RGB(5, 4, 170). Here's Google's rendition of RGB(5, 4, 170): https://www.google.com/search?q=rgb+5+4+170 

 

As for an answer to the original question: I have no idea. 😆

 

 

[bunnspecial]

I have other inks in the same general color palette I like a bit better, but Asa-Gao is probably in my top 5 favorite blue inks(and I have more blue than any reasonable person should have...I think 26 or 27 at my last count).

[amberleadavis]

7 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

I share @XYZZY 's confusion and I don't think there is a reliable way to identify Royal Blue (as there is with the very close Cobalt Blue which is an actual chemical pigment) but there is this color identification survey (which has some pretty hilarious results): https://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/comment-page-1/  Averaging the opinions, it identified Royal Blue as RGB(5, 4, 170). Here's Google's rendition of RGB(5, 4, 170): https://www.google.com/search?q=rgb+5+4+170 

 

As for an answer to the original question: I have no idea. 😆

 

 

 

 

I happen to love that color, and I think of royal blue as very purple leaning, but dang, that really looks like purple to me.

[amberleadavis]

5 minutes ago, amberleadavis said:

 

 

I happen to love that color, and I think of royal blue as very purple leaning, but dang, that really looks like purple to me.

 

Of course, now that I look at it, Diamine Royal Blue is darn purple too.

 

@HalloweenHJB for this comparison.

 

[amberleadavis]

Here is a comparison of the Iroshizuku Blues from @stevesurf.

 

[rosa_m]

On 5/5/2021 at 3:29 AM, rosa_m said:

Taccia AO