Suggestions for a teal/dark teal ink?

[mucephei]

I'm thinking of experimenting a bit with colours for everyday writing and after a bit of thought I think a dark teal colour would be nice (I like blues and greens so turquoise, dark green and PR Tanzanite are also on the agenda eventually).

 

So far PR Blue Suede looks closest to my idea for a colour but as always it's difficult to tell from a scan on a PC monitor screen.

 

Does anyone have a suggestion for a dark teal colour? I want something restful and easy to read. Preferably something I can buy ready mixed, but I'm open to suggestions for mixes.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Bruce

[NeoTiger]

I found a great mix with Waterman South Seas Blue plus a bit of Noodler's Black. Ratio of 9:1 I believe.

 

It sounds like the colour should be blue-black, but it actually comes out leaning towards the green.

[bluestocking]

I've had similarly great results with noodler's navajo or the aforementioned south seas blue with a drop or two of black quink or aurora per fill. A lovely deep teal resulted for me, and you can adjust the darkness yourself this way.

 

[Deirdre]

From brightest to darkest:

 

Noodler's Dostoevsky (bulletproof, but quite light)

Private Reserve Blue Suede

Noodler's Squeteague

Noodler's Legal Lapis (bulletproof)

 

More blue than teal, but still pretty for the teal lovers:

Noodler's Navy

 

Pictures of all of the above can be found in my Flickr sets of fountain pen ink samples.

 

Here's a comparison of some of them:

 

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2347/2371808089_6da7c52105_b.jpg

[Taki]

Neat color wheel, Deirdre! I didn't realize that Noodler's Turquoise is so green. I was looking for a color like that a few years ago, but ended up with Blue Suede. I have the old formulation of Victoria's Royal Mint, and it looks closer to Dostoevsky. Thanks for the photo!!

 

mucephei, I would like to add Diamine Steel Blue to the list, too. It's like PR Blue Suede, not really blue

[Deirdre]

The scan is off -- I really need to get some scanner time rather than trying to take photos of my ink doodlings. Unfortunately, the scanner is my mother's, and it's buried under her Ph.D. dissertation stuff, so....

 

Royal Mint is greener than it appears in the picture above, so I'm thinking I didn't shake the bottle well enough for the color wheel:

 

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2320/2368418050_0663be4ee7_b.jpg

Edited May 7, 2008 by Deirdre

[lefty928]

What about Noodler's Turquoise (not Navaho Turquoise)? I tested a pen that I suspected was loaded with it (I was told it was filled with Noodler's Squeteague, but that turned out not to be the case) and it was a lovely color coming out of a broad cursive italic.

[myles]

Maybe Noodler's Aircorp Blue-Black (not the regular Blue-Black)?

 

Some blue-black enthusiasts complain it is a green-black, but beside a true green there are definite blue tones.

If you're after a darker teal, it should be perfect.

 

It seems to be a black mixed with a cyan/turquoise colour, giving a dark teal that from about 4 or 5 feet away might appear almost black.

Close up I think it's a great colour but shading, while present, is quite subdued due to the dark nature of the ink.

 

Regards, Myles.

 

[fpfanatic5]

The Standard Noodler's Blue seems to me to have a good amount of green, but it is definately more in the blue spectrum.

[psfred]

Squeteague is quite nice, that elusive blue/green/black found on the back of some freshwater fish. I have a pen loaded with it now, and I think you will find it a quite nice ink. Distinctive but not loud, so to speak.

 

Peter

[Deirdre]

Maybe Noodler's Aircorp Blue-Black (not the regular Blue-Black)?

It's a really dark color. I personally don't care for it.

[twdpens]

There are some recipes for teal on this page (inluding one of my own from some years ago).

 

Martin

[NeoTiger]

Maybe Noodler's Aircorp Blue-Black (not the regular Blue-Black)?

It's a really dark color. I personally don't care for it.

 

Yeah, quite a few of the darker Noodler's inks can appear very close to black.

 

I find that Aircorps in a drier pen gives a good colour though, I've been using it in a dry Pelikan M405.

[hardyb]

Consider Noodler's Ottoman Azure

[Doug Add]

Here is what I have been using for the past couple years, that I believe will meet your criteria (although it is a mix, which is not your stated first choice). You may want to add a drop or two of some black to darken it to your taste.

 

I mix six parts Pelikan Turquoise with one part Bexley Harmony Green (same as Private Reserve Sherwood Green). The Pelikan tames the saturated Bexley so it does not smudge on the page, and the result is a pleasing to the eye teal.

[Lefthander]

I'd like to second Taki's suggestion that you take a look at Diamine Steel Blue. I just opened and tried for the first time Steel Blue and it definitely looks like a teal/dark teal color to me.

[anniemac]

I'd like to second Taki's suggestion that you take a look at Diamine Steel Blue. I just opened and tried for the first time Steel Blue and it definitely looks like a teal/dark teal color to me.

 

 

I bought this at the Northern Pen Show and love it. Definitely a good teal!

[JDlugosz]

I'm thinking of experimenting a bit with colours for everyday writing and after a bit of thought I think a dark teal colour would be nice (I like blues and greens so turquoise, dark green and PR Tanzanite are also on the agenda eventually).

 

So far PR Blue Suede looks closest to my idea for a colour but as always it's difficult to tell from a scan on a PC monitor screen.

 

Does anyone have a suggestion for a dark teal colour? I want something restful and easy to read. Preferably something I can buy ready mixed, but I'm open to suggestions for mixes.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Bruce

 

I just got a green 78G with "B" italic, too!

 

I would say try Blue Suede. Use the ink exchange to trade for a sample. (I happen to have just bottled one)

 

--John

 

[JDlugosz]

The scan is off -- I really need to get some scanner time rather than trying to take photos of my ink doodlings. Unfortunately, the scanner is my mother's, and it's buried under her Ph.D. dissertation stuff, so....

 

Why not just shoot a photo with a color reference in the same shot?

 

I've seen some post that scanning did funny things and photos looked more natural, anyway. I've not done any yet, but will try both.

 

--John

[Viseguy]

Squeteague is quite nice, that elusive blue/green/black found on the back of some freshwater fish. I have a pen loaded with it now, and I think you will find it a quite nice ink. Distinctive but not loud, so to speak.

I second Squeteague qua color, although I gave up on it qua ink because it smudged once too often.

 

You can make a nice teal by adding black to turquoise. I've done this with Pelikan inks in those colors.