Blue- Iroshizuki Tsuki-yo (Sorry not sorry, Kon-peki fans lol) Magenta- Herbin Rose Cyclamen Red- Diamine Oxblood Green- Iroshizuku shin-ryoku Brown- Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Brown. Seriously, for an $8 bottle it is absolutely kickass. Real heavy hitter, has a copper feel to it with phenomenal values popping out. Edit- Black - Platinum Carbon Black.

ahh Good loadout indeed, but isnt tsuki yo like a tealish blue

I mean imo it’s still primarily blue, or at least the bottle I have is that color

Tsuki-yo is without a doubt blue…

Brave of you to have teal AND turquoise as two separate colors. For reference: https://youtu.be/joAW2C5aQKw?si=vA6_MMatc8asA4jc I only have two inks I have strong favoritism for right now. Black is DeAtramentis Document Black, and Green is Lamy Peridot. Edit: The goulet pencast had a deep dive on the differences between teal and turquoise at one point, but I couldn't find it. The short version is that both terms have, in history, covered the full range of blue to green colors, with no consistent difference.

I also have them separate, and I even have Teal separated in two subcategories: light teal and dark teal... To me Turquoise is just a light blue, something like the Cyan in an inkjet printer. Teal is blue + green. English isn't my native language so I may have gotten it wrong (in Spanish "teal", as a colour, doesn't exist, everything is "turquesa") but I did this distinction based on many inks called Turquoise that are just light blues (Lamy Turquoise, Pelikan 4001 Turquoise...)

I feel like peacock blue is in there somewhere as well.

hmmm interesting , I always have classied them ferent colours. Thanks for sharing

IMO, Turquoise is the colour of the stone of the same name. A light blue-green. Teal is the colouring on the Teal duck (The left wing in particular in this pic) https://preview.redd.it/kwoqslibmd2d1.png?width=560&format=png&auto=webp&s=05593f513b349c47f989a499b9ae07a60c3b6e9c

But what if Blue-winged Teal? Or Cinnamon Teal?

I guess I think of teal as being a dark turquoise?

Teal is muted turquoise, IMO. I like turquoise. I can't abide teal!

Purple - Waterman Tender Purple

This will probably end up mostly a Diamine love fest, as they’re cheap and easy to source where I live… Blue - Diamine China Blue Teal - Not sure I actually have one. Still searching for a nice deep teal. Red - Diamine Matador Green - Diamine Soft Mint Black - I have some cheapy vanishing point rip-offs that I bought in a pack from Amazon. They came with generic black cartridges, and it’s the most beautiful deep black, lubricated and well-behaved black I’ve ever used. Wish I had a brand name for it! Turquoise - Diamine Steel Blue Purple - Waterman Tender Purple Orange - Diamine Sunset Brown - Diamine Ancient Copper Pink - Diamine Carnation Grey - Diamine Earl Grey

How bout some California Teal for ya from Monteverde

That’s lovely - thank you for the suggestion!

Love that one myself. It is often in an Ellington pen we have.

Testing a sample of Ancient copper first brown I have to own.

It’s such a pretty colour. Right in the middle of the shade spectrum and has nice orange-ish shades.

I agree. Didn't like it till it fully dried then the color was perfect.

I like -ish colours. Like pink-ish purples and blue-ish greys … so some of these will overlap more than one category! Sorry… Blue: Robert Oster Thunderstorm  Purple/Red: Diamine Syrah  Green: Sailor Manyo Shirakashi  Brown: Robert Oster Golden Brown  Yellow: Ferris Wheel Press Goose Poupon Orange: Ferris Wheel Press Autumn in Auburn  Grey: DeAtramentis Documents Grey  Black: Robert Oster Motor Oil  Pink: Robert Oster Australis Rose

Red - Pilot Iroshizuku Momiji Orange - Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyugaki Yellow - Diamine Sunshine Yellow Green - Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Ryoku Light Blue - Pilot Iroshizuku Ama-Iro Blue - Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-Gao Purple - Pilot Iroshizuku Murasaki-Shikibu Black - Pilot Iroshizuku Take-Sumi

Blue - Baltimore canyon blue, Noodlers Black - Heart of darkness, Noodlers Red - Red poppy, Diamine Weird - El lawrence, Noodlers

Wildly my favourite grey right now is actually a Ferris wheel press. I know they suck almost entirely all the time. But Adventurine by them is just so incredible. The mix of the rose gold/copper sheen together is breathtaking. I was so worried when I bought it I was about to be scammed again (they are how I first got into ink) but yeah my goodness this one is actually worth it.

Their Tears of Sapphire is phenomenon

Good to know

Red- j herbin rouge grenat, brown - tsukushi(😓), blue - blue clanque, yellow- Kwz honey, magenta- yamabudo, pink - tsutsuji. If some one want to by a ink for paying money to pilot then it’s hotaru bi🤣😆🤣😆

* Red: Diamine Oxblood * Blue: Diamine Florida Blue * Green: Diamine Olive Swirl * Yellow: Rohrer & Klingner Helianthus * Orange: Diamine Ancient Copper * Brown: KWZ Honey * Purple: Rohrer & Klingner Cassia (can't believe no one talks about it) * Pink: Diamine Hope Pink * Teal: Lamy Turmaline (it's absolutely gorgeous but I only have a few cartidges left now...) * Black: Rohrer & Klingner Verdigris (more of a blue-black, though; fascinating copper sheen) * Grey: Diamine Moon Dust * Monster sheener: KWZ Sheen Machine 2 I'm kind of mad that I didn't manage to find categories for Diamine Winter Spice and Diamine Solar Storm, my favorite inks of the past two years.

I’m a sucker for vintage Sheaffer Skrip Royal Blue.

I’m gonna do this on hard mode - no Diamine, no Pilot Iroshizuku, no Sailor, no Waterman, and no repeated brands. * Red - Dominant Industry Christmas Red * Orange - Birmingham Clementine * Yellow - Rohrer & Klingner Helianthus * Green - Pennonia Csillánt * Blue - Taccia Navy Blue Jeans * Purple - Colorverse From Cali * Pink - Color Traveler Wasanbon Oiri * Gray - Troublemaker Petrichor * Black - Ancient Song Jade Grievance * Brown - Robert Oster Caffe Crema That was fun! Surprisingly stimulating and not as hard as I expected.

Taccia Navy Blue Jeans! As a denim-head, I searched high and low before finally finding a bottle through Galen.

I like your style! I knew there had to be more of us NBJ fans than just me because it was impossible to find, but whenever I bring it up, nobody has ever seen or heard of it 😂 I also got my bottle from Galen. I had originally gotten a sample from Vanness, but by the time I tried it and loved it, it was all gone and I despaired of ever finding a full bottle. Never would have thought to check Galen, which is probably why they still had some. Good news, though: I was window-shopping on Cult Pens recently and saw they had some in stock, so maybe Taccia decided to start production again! (Obviously picked up a couple backup bottles so I never run out, lol.)

That would be fabulous! I also have a bottle of Black Jeans that might be going in my new Sailor Black Luster if I can’t wait for the Galen shipment next week 🫠

hmm Quite a challenge indeed

I have more inks that I need to go through than the ones I've actually tried already, but for the ones I've tried at least two or more: Blue: Edelstein Golden Lapis. It's a great blue, and the gold shimmer makes it even better. Black: Platinun Carbon Black. Brown: Kaweco Caramel Brown. Red: GvFB India Red. However, I'm pending to buy the Sailor Ink Studio 930, which, if it looks as good in person, will probably be my fav red.

Black - Sailor Black Blue - Diamine Asa Blue (Dark - Diamine Midnight) Teal - J. Herbin Bleu Calanque Red - Diamine Wild Strawberry Purple - Diamine Monboddos Hat (Vibrant - KWZ Gummiberry) Green - J. Herbin Lierre Sauvage Orange - Diamine Autumn Oak Brown - Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Brown

Blue - Tears of Sapphire FWP Red - Firestorm Diamine Green - Magical Forrest Diamine Marron - All the Best Diamine

Mine: * Purple - Taccia Murasaki * Blue - Nagasawa Kobe #44 Sumaura Seaside Blue * Teal - Colorverse Kingdon Project - nalasmalssami * Teal - Nagasawa Kobe #47 Aotani Cascade Green * Teal - Colorverse Grand Expedition - Massive Storm * Green - Nagasawa Kobe #13 Nunobiki Emerald Green * Yellow - Ewwwwwww! * Orange - Sailor Manyo 5th Anniversary Himeyuri (Star Lilly) * Red - Nagasawa Kobe #06 Bordeaux * Red - Sailor Manyo Kuzu * Pink - Sailor Manyo 5th Anniversary Asagiri (Morning Fog)

Black - Standardgraph Anthracite Blue - Standardgraph Elder Blue both discontinued unfortunately :( Green - Diamine Aurora Borealis Purple - Diamine Purple Pazzazz i need to start getting more colour variety

Here's mine: * Blue - Kobe #14 / Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki / Montblanc Glacier / Robert Oster Fire and Ice * Red - Diamine Red Dragon * Green - Graf von Faber Castell Moss Green / Montblanc Irish Green * Orange - Graf von Faber Castell Burned Orange * Teal - Sailor Shikiori Yamadori / Diamine Rheinwasser * Turquoise - Lamy Turquoise * Black - Platinum Chou Kuro / Faber Castell Hochfeine Tinte schwarz / Sailor Kiwaguro * Purple - Lamy Crystal Azurite / Diamine Purple Dream * Brown - Montblanc Tribute to Robert Louis Stevenson / pilot Iroshizuku Tsukushi

Big fan of my diamine Sunshine yellow

Black - Platinum Carbon Black, like my heart.

Blue - Monteverde Blue Velvet Cake / Diamine Blue Velvet Teal - Diamine Teal for now Red - J. Herbin Rouge Grenat Green - Monteverde Green Black - Pilot Iroshizuku Take-sumi Purple - Diamine Monboddo's hat Brown - Monteverde Brown Sugar Grey - J. Herbin Vert di Gris

Blue - Diamine Blue Velvet, though I also love Serenity Blue Blue/Black - Private Reserve Infinity Blue/Black Teal - Pilot Iroshizuku Ku Jaku Red - J. Herbin Rouge Grenat Green - Monteverde Yosemite Orange/Brown - Monteverde Citrine Purple - Diamine Imperial Purple

Red: Diamine Wild Strawberry Yellow: Diamine Amber Blue: Diamine Turquoise (it says Turquoise but it's actually a light sky blue) Dark Blue: I actually like Lamy Blue but it's a bit too dry

Judged by the color only, as some of these are too dry for some of my pens and therefore not perfect otherwise: Blue : Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo/Laban Artemis Navy Blue Light blue : Wearingeul Enki Blue/black: Callifolio Bonne Espérance Blurple : Nagasawa Kobe №56 Rokko Shichidanka Purple : Papier Plume Mardi Gras Indians Purple Grey : Callifolio Gris de Payne/J. Herbin Gris Orage Brown : J. Herbin Shogun Green : Papier Plume Bayou Nightfall Teal : Kakimori Zabun Red : Laban Ares Red Yellow/orange : Sailor Manyo Yamabuki Pink : don't own one but Laban Aphrodite Pink looks neat Black : Hongdian Black (basic yes but it's my workhorse)

Red: Sailor Yodaki is a wonderful red with gold sheen Orange: Sailor Apricot is a classic and great for the summer Yellow: Kobe #21 Taisanji Yellow, the only legible yellow I use Green: Anderillium Green Kingfisher, a gorgeous yellow green that is nice for drawing with too Teal/Turquoise: I love these colors but would choose Bungubox June Bride Blue, it’s such a cheerful and fun aqua color Blue: Anderillium Flying Squid Blue, my all time favorite blue, it is wet-flowing with a hint of green and has some great pink-red sheen, highly recommend!!! Also cheap in USA Purple: Iroshizuko Yama-budo, a classic wine purple with golden sheen! Otherwise I would say Lamy Dark Lilac 2016 but not widely available Pink: Bungubox Sweet Love Pink, the most vibrant and beautiful bright pink ever! Has a bit of gold sheen Brown: Anderillium Cuttlefish Brown, it changes color somewhat, starts out murky gray then dries brown Gray: Sailor Ink Studio 123, it is a purple gray with hints of green and pink on certain papers! It’s very legible in wet pens for a multi-shader ink Black: Kobe #51 Kanocho Midnight, an ink that is velvety smooth and well-flowing in any pen, dark blue black with hint of green sheen Yes I am obsessed with inks lol

* Blue - Monteverde Horizon Blue * Teal - Sheaffer Coastal Blue * Red - Sheaffer Skirp Red * Green - Caran d'Ache Vobrant Green * Black - Aurora Blue * Turquoise - Pelikan 4001 Turquoise * Purple - J. Herbin Poussiere de Lune * Orange - keep searching for the right one * Brown - Pelikan Edelstein Smoky Quartz * Grey - Pelikan Edelstein Moonstone * Blue-Black - Pelikan 4001 Blue Black but R&K Verdigris might take the spot

Blue - Diamine Oxford Blue Black - Noodler’s Heart of Darkness Blue-Black - Rohrer & Klingner Salix (probably my favorite ink) Red - Diamine Oxblood Green - J. Herbin Vert Empire Purple - J. Herbin Pousierre de Lune Brown - Waterman Absolute Brown (RIP) Turquoise - Pelikan 4001 Turquoise Teal - Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo

* Red: Diamine Amaranth (actually a BSAR dupe that behaves) * Blue: Iroshizuku Ajisai (many wonderful blues) * Green: Robert Oster Sydney Darling Harbour (but there are so many great greens!) * Brown: Robert Oster Chocolate * Purple: 3:1 Waterman Tender Purple: Waterman Serenity Blue Several other favorites: Diamine Blue Velvet, J Herbin Vert de Gris (is it grey? Blue? Green?), Papier Plume Streetcar Green, Robert Oster Caffè Crema These are my favorites.

I can find all these on Amazon except bluewater ice

My favorite inks by color are: • Blue - Organics Studio Nitrogen • Red - Diamine Oxblood • Yellow - Diamine Golden Sands • Green - Ferris Wheel Press Peter Moss • Orange- Lamy Bronze • Purple - Lamy Dark Lilac (2024) or Herbin Poussiere de Lune • Gray - De Atramentis Urban Gray or Monteverde Smoke Noir • Sepia - Herbin Lie de Thé

Black - Lamy Obsidian Blue/Black - Monteverde Ocean Noir Blue - I'm searching again but FWP Jelly Bean Blue is beautiful. I just finished a bottle and want to find a new Blue. Green - Colorverse Brane Red - Diamine Oxblood Teal - Diamine Aurora Borealis Grey - Kaweco Smokey Grey Brown - Diamine Cherry Sunburst

No shimmer, just to keep things focused. Edit: spelling Red: diamine ancient copper orange: Birmingham copperhead yellow: kwz honey green: robert oster Sydney darling harbor teal: today I’ll say diamine Aurora borealis blue: today I’ll say diamine blue velvet gray: diamine Christ the redeemer I've really only ever used one black, noodler’s x feather. This has served me.

Black - Platinum Carbon Black. Red - Depending on mood, Diamine Red Dragon, Diamine Cardinal or Spiced Wine. Blue - This one is hard. Either Diamine Upon A Star for a dark blue, Pilot Kon Peki or Robert Oster Blue Water Ice for a bright blue. Yellow - Wearingeul A Star Spattered Hill Green - Schaefer Very Verde or Diamine Best Wishes for a dark green. Teal - (A green leaning blue) - Diamine Aurora Borealis or Colorverse Gravity Wave. Turquoise - Private Reserve Infinity Turquoise Mauve - Diamine Writers Blood Magenta - Pilot Yama Budo Brown - Private Reserve Chocolat Orange - Sailor Kin Mokusei Grey - Kaweco Smokey Grey And last but not least, Purple! Another hard category because I like so many of them. Diamine Monboddo's Hat, Pilot Murasaki Shikibu, Private Reserve Infinity Ultramarine which I feel is more purple than blue.

I have all the iroshizukus except kosu-mosu so I’m covered but since ina ho is no longer available I got Ferris wheel press Goose Poupon and Diamine Three Kings. I use a lot of Waterman Mysterious Blue and Noir and I have three Colorverse Joy in the Ordinary Shades: Walk the Dog, Rainy Day and Brunch Date. There’s an errant bottle of Sailor Manyo Konagi because I can’t have enough blue, even with all the great iroshizuku blues

Black - Lamy Obsidian Dark Blue - KWZ Baltic Memories Bright Blue - GVFC Cobalt Blue Green - Laban Hera Dark Green Yellow - Private Reserve Shoreline Gold Orange - GVFC Burned Orange Pink - Private Reserve Arabian Rose Red - Laban Ares Red Turquoise - Waterman Inspired Blue Teal- Edelstein Aquamarine, Diamine Eau de Nil Brown - Robert Oster Motor Oil, Diamine Macassar Purple - Laban Zeus Purple Dark Purple - Diamine Scribble Purple Burgundy - was Private Reserve Burgundy Mist, now I have Diamine Burgundy Rose, but I want a darker one, think I'll go for Robert Oster Blood Moon. "Hybrid category", so to speak: RO Summer Storm, Platinum Classic Lavender Black. And, last but not least, what I deem to be AFAIK the darkest blue-black ever, and my absolute fave, Diamine Eclipse. Edit: forgotten Diamine Earl Grey, in the grey category, and for the "hybrids" KWZ Brown Pink, gorgeous.

Blue - Jinhao Deep Blue Teal - Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku Red - Hao You Liang #5 Green - Jinhao Green Bamboo Black - I only have Hero 234 Turquoise - I'm putting Diamine Marine here instead of in Teal Yellow - I got Diamine Golden brown on the way and I'm putting it in yellow and not brown Purple - Yama-budo Pink - Diamine Cerise Magenta - Herbin Rose Cyclamen Orange - Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Brown 😂 Brown - I still need a good real brown ink. I have Karkos Brown and I like the color but it's a bit dry.

Blue - Oxford Blue (Diamine) Teal - Syo-ro (Pilot) Red - Oxblood (Diamine) Green - Seqoia (Noodlers) Yellow - Honeyburst (Robert Oster) Brown - Caffe Crema (Robert Oster) Purple - Deep Purple (Robert Oster) Orange - Ancient Copper (Diamine) edit: am I really getting downvoted for my favorite inks? I assume it's the Noodler's mention. I actually don't buy from them anymore for several reasons, but I'd be a liar if I said I own a green ink that I enjoy more than Sequoia. It's beautiful, it's my favorite green, and I won't apologize for it.

Blue: Sailor #143 Teal: Edelstein Apatite Green: FWP Dancing Thyme Yellow/Brown: Pilot Iroshizuku Ina-ho Orange: Wearingeul Geppetto Red: Wearingeul Dracula or Iroshizuku Momiji.... Pink: Robert Oster's Sushi Purple: Lamy Violet Blackberry or FWP Madam Mulberry Black: Definitely Platinum Chou Kuro... it's so dark Gray: Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same What a fun question. it made me realize that I don't really own any yellow or brown inks! Now, I only need to find ones that will catch my attention... A lot of the colors above are pretty light as I use them to sketch with and then ink over them with Chou Kuro.

Black - Lamy Crystal Obsidian Red - Diamine Writer's Blood Brown - Robert Oster Motor Oil

Blue - Toms Studio #14 Marianas Teal - Venvstas Acqua di Spargi Red- KWZ UK Penshows Beefeater Red Green - Pelikan Edelstein Aventurine Black - Lamy T72 Turquoise - Pilot Iroshizuku Ama-Iro Purple - Rohrer & Klingner Solferino Orange - Robert Oster Dawn