Ink Review #2900: Colorverse 010 a Cygni

Today’s ink is Colorverse a Cygni Glistening from the Project collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

a Cygni is a pale baby sky blue with blue shimmer.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink shades almost to a green.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and blue shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had feathering in all nib sizes and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

a Cygni is lighter than Diamine Glacier. Click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a TWSBI Eco-T Mint with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a dry flow.

Overall, this is a lovely pale blue ink, but it can be hard to read in smaller nib sizes. It’s also drier than I prefer, so it’s not an ink I’m in love with. It’s okay, but not great.

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