Ink Review #2844: Colorverse Space Needle Washington

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Let’s take a look at Colorverse Space Needle Washington from the USA Special Series. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers, my sample came from Vanness Pens.

The color:

Space Needle is a medium orange with a coral undertone.

*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 is less saturated than on the Col-o-ring swab.

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: 30 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 feathering in all nib sizes and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Space Needle is a little more vibrant than ON Inks Peach Candlelight. Click here to see the orange inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Kaweco Al-sport Akkerman Orange with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a dry flow.

Overall, I love the color in swabs but I didn’t particularly enjoy writing with it. It was too dry and pale for me. I’m not a fan.

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Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.

Colorverse USA Part 2

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We recently looked at five inks from the Colorverse USA collection, so let’s take a look at five more: Cape May, Rocky Blue, Tar Heel, From Cali and Green Goddess.

Swabs:

Left to right: Green Goddess, Cape May, Rocky Blue, Tar Heel and From Cali.

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

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry Time: 40-60 seconds

Water Resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Low-Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: medium shading, Cape May has high sheen and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was a bit of feathering in every nib size as well as bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Green Goddess is close to Birmingham Summersweet

Cape May is closest to Sailor Ink Studio 943.

Rocky Blue is a little lighter than Caran d’Ache Idyllic Blue.

Tar Heel is close to Pennonia Danube.

From Cali is lighter than Monteverde Purple Mist.

Longer Writing:

I used a Taroko Odyssey notebook. Green Gooddess and Cape May have an average flow, the others have a dry flow.

Overall, I enjoyed all of these inks, but three of them are very light and are most readable in broad nibs. Cape May has pretty sheen and Green Goddess is a gorgeous color.

Disclaimer: I purchased these inks myself. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and this post is not sponsored.

Colorverse USA Part 1

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Colorverse has been working on a set of 50 states inks (similar to what Sailor is doing). Let’s take a look at the first five: Gentle Terrier (Massachusetts), Chesapeake Bay (Virginia), Red Rock (Arizona), Tex Mex (Texas) and Chi-Town (Illinois).

Swabs:

Left to right: Gentle Terrier (Massachusetts), Chesapeake Bay (Virginia), Red Rock (Arizona), Tex Mex (Texas) and Chi-Town (Illinois)

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

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry Time: 40-100 seconds

Water Resistance: Medium

Feathering: None (only Chi-town has low feathering)

Show through: Low-Medium

Bleeding: Only. Chi-Town has low bleeding.

Other properties: medium-low shading, some sheen (Chi-town has medium bronze sheen and Gentle Terrier has monster black sheen) and Chi-town has gold shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was a bit of feathering in every nib size as well as bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Gentle Terrier is close to Van Dieman’s Devil Black.

Chesapeake Bay is similar to Sailor Ink Studio 373.

Red Rock is less red than Sailor 50 States Virginia and more red than Pennonia Chestnut Brown.

Tex-mex is close to Monteverde Cherry Danish.

Chi-town is close to Ostrich Glen the Sea.

Longer Writing:

I used a Taroko Odyssey notebook. The inks had average flows except Tex Mex and Gentle Terrier, which had wet flows.

Overall, Red Rock is my favorite out of the five-good shading and a great fall color. Gentle Terrier is my least favorite simply because it has a ton of sheen and can be smeared.

Disclaimer: I purchased these inks myself. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and this post is not sponsored.