Disappointed with Caran d'Ache's Blue Night

[gigipurple]

I saw a sample of this color here in a review and it was a very dark blue so I bought a bottle. But this is not blue but GREY! And a very ugly grey. Why do companies use misleading names? this is definitely not Blue.

 

When I think that with what I spent on this ink I could have bought two bottles of Private Reserve and have some change left I want to pull my hair out!!! :bonk:

 

Gigi

Edited September 11, 2008 by gigipurple

[lovemy51]

bummer!! grey is not bad... well i guess it is if one's expexting blue

 

i've seen an ink coming out one tone in one pen and totally different from another. try it on another pen and see what happens.

 

 

[lovemy51]

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...showtopic=41274

 

if you saw it on this thread, it looks very blue to me. the OP says it reminds her of sailor blue/black, which is a very blue black, IMO.

[Michael R.]

Mine looks like this:

 

http://people.freenet.de/pensninks/CDA/CDA_all_white.jpg

first row, second from the right

 

I reminds me a little bit of Rotring Ultramarine Blue; a faded dark blue with violet tones.

 

Cheers

 

Michael

[snorkeler]

I received a sample of this ink from Pear Tree Pens, and my experience matches that of the original poster--a mostly gray ink with little personality. Having just a small sample, I used it in only one pen, so it might have been different in other pens, but I was unimpressed and won't be buying a full bottle.

[gigipurple]

Peter, that's the review I saw, and I loved the color. But (there's always a but), I make the mistake of not reading the comments on that review before ordering. Many people said that their inks didn't look like the sample but a dull grey. The impulsive in me run to buy a bottle just because I loved the sample. Once again... :bonk:

Edited September 11, 2008 by gigipurple

[gigipurple]

Mine looks like this:

 

http://people.freenet.de/pensninks/CDA/CDA_all_white.jpg

first row, second from the right

 

I reminds me a little bit of Rotring Ultramarine Blue; a faded dark blue with violet tones.

 

Cheers

 

Michael

 

Michael, you are lucky! I wonder if this happens often, that different bottles of the same ink end up with different colors. I haven't had a problem with any of the other inks. Gigi

[gigipurple]

I received a sample of this ink from Pear Tree Pens, and my experience matches that of the original poster--a mostly gray ink with little personality. Having just a small sample, I used it in only one pen, so it might have been different in other pens, but I was unimpressed and won't be buying a full bottle.

 

Yes, you said it right. This ink doesn't have any personality. For $20 a bottle I expect much more. Now that I have done more research on it (yes, I know, I should have done this before buying...), I found that the color samples that the company distributes do not match this ink at all. The color sample is a very dark blue, as the sample that is posted above, and it matches the picture on that review mentioned above too. So I don't know if it is that this ink changes color with time and these bottles are old batches, or what else is going on here. Gigi

[penhound]

Funny you all are getting a grey color. The swabs of the ink I have made look like a nice blue-black to me. In the upcoming issue to the Sampler, it will be listed as a blue-black!

[savarez]

Mine looks pretty blue-black, too. Not gray. Can you exchange the ink? Or return it? It could most certainly be a bad bottle.

[Kay]

I got a bottle about two and a half years ago and loved the moody dark blue color. Recently I tried it and find it pale and flat, a rather dull gray. I'm not 100% sure it isn't because of a different pen, but I'm leaning towards an age problem...

[Dr.Grace]

Funny you all are getting a grey color. The swabs of the ink I have made look like a nice blue-black to me. In the upcoming issue to the Sampler, it will be listed as a blue-black!

 

I find that swabs are not representative of the way a written line will look, so they are not so useful for me.

[john.reiss]

I must agree with those that find this color gray and dull. The first time I saw it, at the Ohio Pen Show last year, it looked really good. So I bought a bottle. When I got home, I loaded up my Parker 51 Vac and it was nothing like the samples. This can't be blamed on the vendor selling it, I'm sure the color samples were from an older batch. I wonder why Caran d'Ache would change the formula?

 

John

[HelzBelz]

Mine, too, is a grey with perhaps a tiny hint of blue. Not a bad colour, really, just very disappointing when I was looking forward to a rich, dark blue. It was hidden at the back of the other (more popular?) Caran d'Ache colours in the shop, so it may have been quite an old bottle. I'm still searching for THE dark blue.

[cfpen]

Mine is also between blue and grey.

[Michael R.]

Mine is also between blue and grey.

 

 

Yes, the color really varies a lot depending on nib width and ink flow. I looks more towards blue when using a pen with wet ink flow but it looks more grey when using a pen with drier ink flow.

 

I got this ink brand new (only a few days after it was released); here are some written samples:

 

http://freenet-homepage.de/pensninks/Ink%20Sampler/Caran.jpg

 

 

Cheers

 

Michael

[gigipurple]

Well, I have to report that I've tried the ink with three different pens and it keeps on coming out a dull gray color. There is nothing, "nada", blue about it, not even a hint. I think I'll put this bottle in the back of the cabinet where I keep all the inks just in case one day I run out and need to use it.

Otherwise, I don't see myself using this ink much at all. The color couldn't be more boring. Gigi

[gigipurple]

Today I gave this ink a last chance test. Took a sample outside to look at it in direct sunlight. There is still nothing blue about it and the color looked even worst, like the color of a dead rat! This is it. I'm seriously considering disposing of this ink and just keeping the container, because that's the only thing I like about it. I'll make believe that I lost twenty dollars from my wallet, and maybe learn not to buy from impulse again (who am I kidding?). Gigi

[snorkeler]

Before you dispose of the ink, you might consider keeping it on hand for use in mixing your own ink. For example, it might be interesting to try taking some of the Blue Night and mixing in something like Aurora Blue or Visconti Blue or even Waterman Purple. Since you don't like the ink anyway (I don't either), perhaps you can still get some fun out of it by experimenting.

 

[lovemy51]

Mine is also between blue and grey.

 

 

Yes, the color really varies a lot depending on nib width and ink flow. I looks more towards blue when using a pen with wet ink flow but it looks more grey when using a pen with drier ink flow.

 

I got this ink brand new (only a few days after it was released); here are some written samples:

 

http://freenet-homepage.de/pensninks/Ink%20Sampler/Caran.jpg

 

 

Cheers

 

Michael

 

i'm with you mike, yet gigi said she tried it with different pens and had the same results :hmm1: :hmm1: :hmm1: