Ink Review #454: Colorverse 20 Black Hole

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Today’s ink is Colorverse #20 Black Hole from Colorverse Season 2 Astrophysics. This ink comes in a boxed set with a 65ml and 15ml bottles of the same ink. Thanks to Pen Chalet for sending a sample over for review.

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The color:

Black Hole is a black with a purple undertone.

Swabs:

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In large swabs there is some black sheen. The large swabs took a long time to dry, you can see below that even after three days the ink drops are still wet.

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Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 50 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: no shading, high sheen, and no shimmer. There is a lot of sheen, but similar to other inks with a lot of sheen it can be smeared easily.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was just a little bit of feathering, and some bleeding in the flex nib.

Comparison Swabs:

Ink swabs for comparison, left to right (top to bottom for mobile RSS): Colorverse 1 Sunspot, Colorverse 20 Black Hole, and Sailor Jentle Black. Sunspot is more of a solid black, Black Hole has a bit of a purple tinge. Click here to see the Colorverse inks together.

Diamine Onyx Black, Pilot Iroshizuku Take-sumi, and Pelikan Edelstein Onyx. Click here to see the black inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a medium Pelikan M805 Stresemann on an ivory Hippo Noto Notebook. The ink had a wet, almost sticky flow and shiny finish. There was some nib creep.

I used a medium Pelikan M805 Stresemann on an ivory Hippo Noto Notebook. The ink had a wet, almost sticky flow and shiny finish. There was some nib creep.

Overall, it’s very sheeny, but I had a few issues with nib creep and smearing. It also had a long dry time at 50 seconds.

Disclaimer: Thanks to Pen Chalet for providing a sample for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does contain affiliate links, but is not sponsored in any way.