Ink Review #1486: Colorverse 005 Milky Lavender

Colorverse 005 Milky Lavender is from the Project collection and comes in 65ml bottles. You can find this ink for sale at Pen Chalet (aff. link) or Vanness Pens.

The color:

Milky Lavender is a medium matte lavender.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks darker than it does in writing.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: medium shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was feathering in all nib sizes as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Milky Lavender is closest to Troublemaker Foxglove, but it lacks Foxglove’s cool shading. It is pretty close to Pilot Iroshizuku Murasaki-shikibu as well. Click here to see the Colorverse inks together, and click here to see the purple inks together.

Longer writing:

I used an Esterbrook Estie Lilac with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a slightly dry flow.

Overall, I could take or leave this ink. It’s a lovely purple color and great for spring but it’s a bit drier than I prefer. There just isn’t anything about it that grabs me. It’s close enough to Pilot Iroshizuku Murasaki-shikibu that I don’t need both and I prefer the wetter flow of Murasaki-shikibu.

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