Green Inks

A clear, energetic spring green, a hint of yellow without being washed out, and a heady rich floral scent of Neroli. A perfect ink for early summer!

A scented ink in a cool green that leans just a touch to the blue, but still a pure green. The scent is a kind of soapy rendition of sandalwood, rather reminiscent of Bee & Flower Sandalwood soap.

One of Diamine’s Shimmertastics line, a fairly deep green (not quite a forest green, more of a true green) with a silver shimmer, and just a hint of iridescence in the shimmer as well. Lovely for holiday cards and such.

A sweet clear summery green, a bit darker than Iroshizuku’s Chiku-Rin, and a hair more to the blue. Almost a grass green, if you have a very well watered lawn, and maybe only in the first part of May…. In any case, I love this one!

The Iroshisuku line are pricey, but overall, they are worth it. They come in a huge bottle, and are exceptionally well-behaved inks. This one is a glorious spring green, with some nice shading; stunning on a wide, wet nib, but clear enough for use in finer nibs.

Herbin managed to create quite the combination with this ink. In addition to the soft golden shimmer, this deep emerald green (a forest green with just a hint of blue-ish hue) sheens to a burgundy, adding a surprising depth to the green and gold. Needs a broad or very wet nib to shine, however, but when it does, it’s worth it!

This is a nice deep green that leans blue, but not too far. It doesn’t shade much, but balances at a pleasing emerald, and is a well-performing ink.

I nabbed a couple of vintage Mont Blanc inks in the plastic bottles. I had high hopes, but given that the plastic (similar to that used in many ink cartridges) will leech moisture, I suspect that these brimful bottles had at least partially evaporated and were diluted. It’s a shame, as it looks like this would have been a stunning color in full strength. As it is, it will be part of my vintage collection, not my active rotation.

Another offering from the ‘bullet-proof’ Warden Series inks. I like this a lot, but I think I prefer the Polar Green but a hairsbreadth, though there is, in fact, very little difference between them.

This is a great green; bright and vibrant, but cool, this leans just a smidgen to the blue side of green. This is the regular version, but it’s also available in the ‘eel’ series of lubricating inks. The regular version works a charm all on it’s own though. Definitely a color for those drab winter months when you’r cloning for summer!

A very vibrant, intense dark green. I love this color! Semi-waterproof, meaning it will bleed out a regular cloud of green, but won’t actually go away.

Waterproof, lubricating, non-freezing, and green. Very similar to the Bad Green Gator, but I think I prefer this one; it just seems a little richer and more vibrant.

Deep, cool, pine green, close to black when wet, shades to a deep hunter when dry.

Lovely soft middle green, not too yellow, but vivid. Subdued enough not to scream ‘green,’ but bright enough to be fresh and verdant. Shades from olive to deep pine.

Very bright turquoise blue, almost a green. In fact, I’d say this is closer to the Visconti Green than to any of the other blues I have. Shades to a nice deep teal, and loses a bit of that electric blue/green when writing, but still reads as green, so that’s where I’m cataloging it.

A vintage ink form Sheaffer, in the ‘inkwell’ Skrip bottle with the yellow & blue label. I found this in an antique shop, and when I opened it up, the ink was ready to write! A gorgeous rich & almost Christmasy green. I’d love to find more of this!

This is an odd color, not quite brown, not really green. I’m actually not entirely sure why I bought it (unless it was an attempt to not buy another brown…). I haven’t really tried it out yet, but I think this might be a love or hate ink. I can see it having a really pleasing vintage look to it…. Watch this space….

Bright and Christmasy emerald green with a definite hint of turquoise, particularly in the lighter range, shades to more of a spruce. (Glass bottle.)