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Callifolio

Bleu Atlantique

Blues & navies#1680A7

Soft, mixable French artisan inks in muted, watercolour-like tones at a friendly price.

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#1680A7
SheenNot typically noted

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.

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About Callifolio

Callifolio is the fountain pen ink line of L'Artisan Pastellier, a small artisan colour workshop in Albi, southern France, better known for its handmade pastels. The inks are mixable, gentle, well-behaved dye inks sold in bottles and economical foil pouches, with names evoking rivers, seas and places around the world.

France Founded 2003
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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

What color family is Bleu Atlantique?
Bleu Atlantique falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.
Does Bleu Atlantique have sheen?
Bleu Atlantique is not typically noted for sheen. If you want that effect, browse similarly colored inks tagged with sheen in the ink library.
How should I store a bottle of Bleu Atlantique?
Years, easily, as long as it stays capped and out of direct sunlight. The thing that actually shortens an ink's usable life is sitting unused inside a pen, not sitting on a shelf.
What paper works best with Bleu Atlantique?
It behaves predictably on most fountain-pen-friendly paper. Stick to something reasonably absorbent-resistant, since cheap copier paper dulls saturation and can feather.

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Color shown is a close digital approximation of a typical swatch, not a calibrated color match.