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I find that the images on Goulet's site are too blue (not just these, all of them, even for non-blue inks).  But then, I've found that pretty much no online photo is accurate - google an ink and you'll get lots of photos and no two are quite the same.  The closest to what I see with my eyes are Mike Matteson's YouTube ink reviews.

 

I've taken to just sampling everything that seems close to what I like.

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To the right is more "right".

Half of Goulet's are completely off.

Nice, too (although that's not the question here) is that the good looks also include paper sorts.

Thanks for this comparison. Something new and very important: a good comparison of a bad comparison. 

 

(A boss of mine once told us, "Nobody is completely useless... you an always use them as a bad example."

Life is too short to drink bad wine (Goethe)

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21 hours ago, drgt said:

On the left: Goulet

On the right: Mountainofink (iPenstore)

 

Which better depicts the ink colors?

 

 

Blue.JPG

 

The color of Monteverde Sapphire in this  link below is close to what I see in my experience

 

https://www.mountainofink.com/blog/monteverde-sapphire

 

 

I am not sure how is the mountain of ink   link I have provided   matches the sample provided in the Goulet-Mountainofink comparison.  The one in the right side in the comparison looks too violet/purple?   than the one in the link I have provided.  This is confusing to say the least.

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I endeavour to be frank and truthful in what I write, show or otherwise present, when I relate my first-hand experiences that are not independently verifiable; and link to third-party content where I can, when I make a claim or refute a statement of fact in a thread. If there is something you can verify for yourself, I entreat you to do so, and judge for yourself what is right, correct, and valid. I may be wrong, and my position or say-so is no more authoritative and carries no more weight than anyone else's here.

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1 hour ago, salmasry said:

The one in the right side in the comparison looks too violet/purple?

 

A picture is worth a thousand words — when someone else's image resources are reproduced and/or presented with fidelity. Are you talking about this apparent discrepancy?

 

large.1743278357_ColourdiscrepancybetweendrgtscroppedimageandKellisoriginalforMonteverdeSapphire.jpg.cf2c5421bcf1716a2ebc1eaf257a12ae.jpg

Source (of writing sample on Rhodia paper): Mountain of Ink blog

I endeavour to be frank and truthful in what I write, show or otherwise present, when I relate my first-hand experiences that are not independently verifiable; and link to third-party content where I can, when I make a claim or refute a statement of fact in a thread. If there is something you can verify for yourself, I entreat you to do so, and judge for yourself what is right, correct, and valid. I may be wrong, and my position or say-so is no more authoritative and carries no more weight than anyone else's here.

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Colour fidelity is a chain : from the initial lighting, the paper used, the camera used, the subsequent image processing... etc... and finally your own setting at home (calibration of your monitor, current ambient lighting, etc.)

The only way to judge which source suits best your own setting is to own the actual inks and compare them yourself with those two sources. 

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29 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

 

A picture is worth a thousand words — when someone else's image resources are reproduced and/or presented with fidelity. Are you talking about this apparent discrepancy?

 

large.1743278357_ColourdiscrepancybetweendrgtscroppedimageandKellisoriginalforMonteverdeSapphire.jpg.cf2c5421bcf1716a2ebc1eaf257a12ae.jpg

Source (of writing sample on Rhodia paper): Mountain of Ink blog

Yes, this is  issue to which I was  referring. Thank you for putting them together.

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