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Royal Blue
Bril is one of the 713 brands in Inktend's built-in ink catalog.
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Paper & pairing
Blues and navies are the most broadly "safe" fountain pen colors: legible, professional, and unlikely to raise eyebrows in an office. This ink will behave predictably on most fountain-pen-friendly paper. Cheap, highly absorbent paper (standard copier paper) will dull any ink's saturation and can cause feathering or bleed-through with wetter nibs.
About Bril
Bril is an Indian writing instruments brand founded in 1964 by Dr. N. Jayaraman and headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The company began as a fountain pen ink manufacturer and its economical bottled inks remain a staple for Indian students and writers. Now run by the second and third generations of the founding family, Bril has expanded into pens, school stationery and children's products.
Storing and using the bottle
Bottled fountain pen ink has an effectively long shelf life when kept capped and out of direct sunlight: most inks remain usable for years. The main risk isn't the ink spoiling, it's a pen sitting inked and unused for weeks: that's what causes clogs, not the ink's age.
Frequently asked questions
Similar shades By colour distance
Color shown is a close digital approximation of a typical swatch, not a calibrated color match.