EFNIR: Pilot Mixable Colour Yellow

[LizEF]

Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Pilot Mixable Colour Yellow

This is review #80 in my series.  Here's the YouTube video:

Post-recording notes: All the images are a bit too orange.  While the ink definitely has an orange tinge to it, it's not quite to the extent the images show.  Cleaning was quick and easy, though it did take a little longer than one might expect from a yellow ink.

And here is a screen of the final result, for those not interested in the video:

Scan of Completed Review:

Zoomed in photo:

Absorbent Paper Closeup (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper):

Screenshots also available on Instagram: @zilxodarap

Previous Review: Caran d'Ache Magnetic Blue.

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Hope you enjoy.  Comments appreciated!

[Sailor Kenshin]

There appears to be a little sheen!  I'm surprised this is so legible in an EF nib, but you know what comes next for this overritin' southpaw....

 

Thanks again for the review.  👍🏻

[LizEF]

18 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

There appears to be a little sheen!

Nope, the ink is still wet!!  This was after the video, taking a picture with the USB microscope, so around 20 minutes after the text was written.  I'm tellin' ya, don't use this on FP-friendly paper!

 

19 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

I'm surprised this is so legible in an EF nib

You and me, both.  (Though the pics are a little darker than real life.)

 

19 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

but you know what comes next for this overritin' southpaw....

Pfff - any paw is justified in not wanting to use this on FP-friendly paper.  But if you need to run your Pilot Parallel over text on lousy office paper - like as a highlighter - this would do you just fine.

 

20 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Thanks again for the review.

You're very welcome!

[I-am-not-really-here]

Ah, thanks for this review.  I've toyed with writing only in yellow inks for awhile but this particular one can be skipped given its lack of a dry time.  

[LizEF]

36 minutes ago, I-am-not-really-here said:

Ah, thanks for this review.  I've toyed with writing only in yellow inks for awhile but this particular one can be skipped given its lack of a dry time.  

  You're very welcome!

[mizgeorge]

Thank you Liz - these haven't really been on my radar, and I'm not sure that's changed!!

[LizEF]

1 minute ago, mizgeorge said:

Thank you Liz - these haven't really been on my radar, and I'm not sure that's changed!!

You're welcome! I'm just as glad to scratch one off your list as put one on.  It'll be interesting to see if the other colors behave similarly.  The only other one I've tried was the black, and it is very black - but that's all I remember.

[yazeh]

Great review, Liz. This looks like a dead ringer to apache sunset. I like the new comparison bubbles at the beginning. Quite an improvement, bravo 

 

Makhabesh roamed the maze, amusing herself by catching and releasing misfortunate rodents.

"Stop the racket",  Quintus was furious. 

"What racket?" 

"I'm losing my concentration,"

"Is it my fault that you're the worst wizard ever?"

"How dare you! You flying freak of a feline,"

"There's a spider dangling on top of your head,"

"I'm not falling for that,"

"You're afraid of spiders,"

"I'm so not!"

Qunitus eyed above his head none the less and screamed, jumping away.

"It's all your fault,"

Makhabesh took her tail by a paw and swung it along singing.

 

 

 

 

[Sailor Kenshin]

5 hours ago, LizEF said:

Nope, the ink is still wet!!  This was after the video, taking a picture with the USB microscope, so around 20 minutes after the text was written.  I'm tellin' ya, don't use this on FP-friendly paper!

 

You and me, both.  (Though the pics are a little darker than real life.)

 

Pfff - any paw is justified in not wanting to use this on FP-friendly paper.  But if you need to run your Pilot Parallel over text on lousy office paper - like as a highlighter - this would do you just fine.

 

You're very welcome!

 

 

That's wet?  Not sheen?  

 

Holy Mother of Mustard!  😱

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

Great review, Liz. This looks like a dead ringer to apache sunset. I like the new comparison bubbles at the beginning. Quite an improvement, bravo 

  Thanks!  Yes, it's quite close to Apache Sunset - including the long dry times...  I added those "bubbles" so that you'd know I put down new swatch cards, without me leaving in the waste-of-time process of changing them.   I'm working on transitions elsewhere, as well, so it's not quite so "jerky".

 

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

Makhabesh roamed the maze, amusing herself by catching and releasing misfortunate rodents.

"Stop the racket",  Quintus was furious. 

"What racket?" 

"I'm losing my concentration,"

"Is it my fault that you're the worst wizard ever?"

"How dare you! You flying freak of a feline,"

"There's a spider dangling on top of your head,"

"I'm not falling for that,"

"You're afraid of spiders,"

"I'm so not!"

Qunitus eyed above his head none the less and screamed, jumping away.

"It's all your fault,"

Makhabesh took her tail by a paw and swung it along singing.

 

You know Makhabesh is a he, right?

[LizEF]

48 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

That's wet?  Not sheen?  

 

Holy Mother of Mustard!  😱

[yazeh]

4 hours ago, LizEF said:

You know Makhabesh is a he, right?

Nobody's perfect

[LizEF]

2 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Nobody's perfect

[LizEF]

Here's the line width measurement. The line is one of those used for dry time.  Magnification is 100x.  The grid is 100x100µm.  The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each.  The line width for this ink is roughly 305µm.