Ink Review #1452: Colorverse 80 Brunch Date

Colorverse #80 Brunch Date is from Colorverse’s Joy in the Ordinary collection. You can find this ink for sale at Pen Chalet (aff. link) and Vanness Pens.

The color:

Brunch Date is a pale brown-pink.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks more brown than pink.

Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 15 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering and bleeding in most nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Brunch Date is pinker than Diamine Warm Brown. Click here to see the Colorverse inks together, and click here to see the brown inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Kaweco Al-sport Gold with a fine nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, it is a bit pale so it can be hard to read in the smaller nib sizes, and it’s a bit dry for me. I’m just not sold on this one.

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