Ink Review #2892: Colorverse Office Red

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Today’s ink is Colorverse Office Red. You can find this ink for sale at some retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Office Red is a bright school red.

*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 looks less saturated and more flat than it does on the Col-o-ring above.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

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

Comparison Swabs:

Colorverse Red is similar to a lot of other red inks including Waterman Audacious Red. Click here to see the red inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Kaweco Sport Elite Royalty with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an average flow.

Overall, this is a good basic school red. This shade of red isn’t my favorite, so it’s not one I need a full bottle of, but it’s well-behaved and performs well.

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