What is your favourite ink colour?

[Maja]

Wow, my favourite colour is in the lead (3 out of 11 votes)! I didn't know other people liked blue-black as much as I do....It's a nice colour. Blues can be too light in colour and black is often too dark for my taste, so the blue-black is a nice combination....

[KCat]

Wow, my favourite colour is in the lead (3 out of 11 votes)! I didn't know other people liked blue-black as much as I do....It's a nice colour. Blues can be too light in colour and black is often too dark for my taste, so the blue-black is a nice combination....

i like *certain* blue-blacks but for the most part just can't get into them. But - I think one of the attractions is that black can be sooooo boring, and many blues are too close to ballpoint blue color. So the occasional fill of Pelikan Blue-black in my grey M200 with fine stub works nicely.

[babydoc]

Although I did vote for black as my favourite ink, it is only because I am required to use black ink at work. I am very fond of Noodler's black (permanent), but also use Aurora and Quink very frequently--they work just fine. I guess that I am not as adventurous as others. In addition, I have my best writing pens filled with the usual inks and do not like to flush and change ink frequently--just lazy, I guess. Interesting poll, however.

[TheNobleSavage]

I use Aurora Black and PR DC Supershow Blue. If I could only use 2 inks, then it would be them, hands down.

[mchristi]

Although I did vote for black as my favourite ink, it is only because I am required to use black ink at work.

Hopefully I can ask this without sounding rude....

 

But why would your employer require the use of black ink?? I find this quite currious.

 

I'm not sure that the color of ink should matter (except that it be readable, and maybe able to be copied or faxed fairly well), but I would think it more reasonable to ask employees not to use black ink. I stopped using black ink at work and started using bottled ink partly because I was having such trouble telling the difference between my original and my photocopy. The colored ink makes it much easier to distinguish them.

 

Mark C.

[Keith with a capital K]

It took me a long time to ever use blue ink in a pen as the colours I used for years were brown, green, red, black, and turquoise.

 

Now I use a few different blues and blue blacks have become the predominant choice over using just blue or black and Waterman blue black is my favourite. It's fabulous stuff.

 

Some employers or fields of work require that certain ink colours be used and where I work, critical information of a medical nature is always written in red ink and no other notes are ever to be written in red.

 

The colours used for accounting are usually black and red and I use green ink for making notations to set those apart from everything else.

 

 

I think I will have to corrupt the babydoc a little and send some funky ink... I think Lavender would be nice.

[TheNobleSavage]

Although I cannot speak for Babydoc, I have to use either blue or Black ink for any government documents I sign at work. Why, I dont know, maybe they want a more professional and uniformed way of doing things. I can see the point, in a legal or government document you don't want to sign in a Plum or shell pink ink, Black and blue seem to be government standard.

 

Although I did vote for black as my favourite ink, it is only because I am required to use black ink at work.

Hopefully I can ask this without sounding rude....

 

But why would your employer require the use of black ink?? I find this quite currious.

 

I'm not sure that the color of ink should matter (except that it be readable, and maybe able to be copied or faxed fairly well), but I would think it more reasonable to ask employees not to use black ink. I stopped using black ink at work and started using bottled ink partly because I was having such trouble telling the difference between my original and my photocopy. The colored ink makes it much easier to distinguish them.

 

Mark C.

[babydoc]

Hospital chart notes are to be written in black ink--I think that the rationale relates to microfilming old charts. Lenore

[mkoenig]

Hello All,

 

I'm the only "Red" guy here, huh? Well, I love red...have a red car, a red portable CD player on my cherry wood desk, and my favorite FP (for now) is a Red (maroon) Parker 21, loaded with PR Fiesta Red...

 

Luckily, I'm in IT consulting, and my consultants don't care what I sign my documents with! My counsel might though??? Oh well, he's a quazi FP user too...he'll understand...

 

Red Red Red Red Red!

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

[KCat]

Hmm... Mark might be telling us something about his personality here..

 

So what reds do you use other than Fiesta Red? I keep getting rid of my reds except for the Vespucci. But that's more of a "this is 'valuable' ink, i can't get rid of it" rather than any need to actually keep it.

[Maja]

Hello All,

 

I'm the only "Red" guy here, huh?  Well, I love red...have a red car, a red portable CD player on my cherry wood desk, and my favorite FP (for now) is a Red (maroon) Parker 21, loaded with PR Fiesta Red...

 

Luckily, I'm in IT consulting, and my consultants don't care what I sign my documents with!  My counsel might though???  Oh well, he's a quazi FP user too...he'll understand...

 

Red Red Red Red Red!

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

I LOVE the colour red, too, but I'm still trying to find the "perfect" red

[Daniel Shih]

I don't think that I could use red ink in any of my pens; not only am I afraid of what it might do to my pens, it would also ruin my writing experience, because I would end up thinking about school. Perhaps I'll be able to enjoy that color ink when I get away from high school...

 

I'm a blue ink kind of guy, though blue-black inks come in a close and tenacious second. Bright, intense inks that leap off the page tend to make my head spin and my eyes blur. I prefer Waterman Florida Blue and Quink Blue-Black; while not washed out, they don't seem quite as violent to my senses. I guess that I'm just a sensitive guy...

Edited January 6, 2005 by Daniel Shih

[KendallJ]

I LOVE the colour red, too, but I'm still trying to find the "perfect" red

PR Candy Apple Red? That's one I like at work for redlining...

[Keith with a capital K]

I use Waterman red and a blend of 10% Sheaffer Skrip red and 90% of Pelikan's "I can't believe how bright this ink is" red. It pretty much leaps off the page and does garner one's attention.

 

Waterman ink is simply excellent throughout their entire colour range.

 

The Sheaffer Skrip (old stuff) stabilizes the Pelikan which is very saturated and also has a tendency to leave some deposits if the pen is not used fairly regularly. I don't use very much red ink so the pens that get inked with red could sit a week or more without being used. I haven't had any problems with "red" pens drying out for a very long time and this is probably due to both the pen and the inks used.

 

Right now I am using a translucent Sheaffer cartridge pen (c. 1999) that has had it's medium nib turned into a fine stub and has of course been fitted with a convertor. It's also pretty likely that it will soon be converted into an eyedropper filler.

 

Cheers!

[Maja]

I LOVE the colour red, too, but I'm still trying to find the "perfect" red 

PR Candy Apple Red? That's one I like at work for redlining...

I would be a bit leery about using it in my pens as I know PR Candy Apple Red, along with PR Tangerine Dream and PR Hot Bubble Gum are incompatible with other inks.

I would be worried about some leftover ink (of another colour/brand) in the pen reacting with one of these three, even after "thorough" flushing

 

I heard it was many people's favourite red, though, Kendall, so it's too bad it had this potential problem (I think all 3 inks were all discontinued....)

[KCat]

I heard it was many people's favourite red, though, Kendall, so it's too bad it had this potential problem (I think all 3 inks were all discontinued....)

yes, these three and Orange Crush were all discontinued.

 

I have used Hot Bubble Gum and Orange Crush and had no problems with them whatsoever. Even when I switched to a new ink (and yes, I'm sure some residue of the PR inks remained.) The main problem is in mixing them and I tried this (in a container, not in a pen) and it is a real concern obviously.

 

I'd say as long as it's not a pen that would be a problem to clean and as long as you clean thoroughly before using a different ink, then it's only a slight risk. But shoot, if there are other inks out there that you like just as much, probably just as well to avoid them. I've seen both still in stock in a few places. I ended up giving up my HBG only because I discovered a couple of *brighter* pink-reds for editing.

 

Kendall - you're the first person I've heard use the term "redlining" in while. I usually get blank stares when I say that so i've switched to "editing." As a tech editor/writer at an aerospace company though, that was the preferred term. Goes well with comments like "well, she bled all over my paper."

[KendallJ]

Maja, I've switched out the PR Candy Apple in pens and as long as you flush, then its not a biggy. That said, I keep it in my Hero 100 because I've found that strongly colored inks sometimes stain the convertor, or sac.

 

Kcat, redlining, wordsmithing... all corporate speak. Sorry.

[mchristi]

yes, these three and Orange Crush were all discontinued.

I believe that it was just the three inks that could cause mixing problems that were discontinued. Orange Crush is listed on the Private Reserve website and is available from Pendemonium. I purchased a bottle probably about 6 or 7 months ago.

 

Or is this a very recent discontinuation? If they have, it's really too bad. I found it to be a very nice and usable orange ink, a nice autumn color.

 

Mark C.

[Maja]

Maja, I've switched out the PR Candy Apple in pens and as long as you flush, then its not a biggy. That said, I keep it in my Hero 100 because I've found that strongly colored inks sometimes stain the convertor, or sac.

Good to know, Kendall---thank you! I think if the old ink is flushed out thoroughly, it should be OK. I just needed some reassurance

[ednerdtheonly]

My favorite inks are Pelikan Blue Black and Pelikan Royal Blue. What's the most saturated dark blue (not blue black) ink out there?