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Drawing Ink - Turquoise Blue

Blues & navies#23D6D0

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#23D6D0
SheenNot typically noted
BrandHolbein

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 Holbein

Holbein is a Japanese fine art materials manufacturer headquartered in Osaka, with over a century of history and incorporated as Holbein Works in 1946. Named after the Renaissance painter Hans Holbein the Younger, it produces professional oil, acrylic and watercolour paints, drawing inks, coloured pencils and pastels.

Japan Founded 1946
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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 Drawing Ink - Turquoise Blue?
Drawing Ink - Turquoise Blue falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.
Does Drawing Ink - Turquoise Blue have sheen?
Drawing Ink - Turquoise Blue 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 Drawing Ink - Turquoise Blue?
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 Drawing Ink - Turquoise Blue?
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.