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Inkebara

Soft Tones - Air

Blues & navies#69DEDE

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#69DEDE
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 Inkebara

Inkebara is a small family-run ink maker based in Číměř near Třebíč in the Czech Republic's Vysočina region, which began developing its own fountain pen ink in 2016 and adopted the Inkebara brand name in 2018. Its water-based inks are made with at least 90% Czech ingredients and are certified as a regional product of Vysočina, covering fountain pen, calligraphy and brush inks in a wide palette including shading and sheening colors.

Czech Republic Founded 2016
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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 Soft Tones - Air?
Soft Tones - Air falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.
Does Soft Tones - Air have sheen?
Soft Tones - Air 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 Soft Tones - Air?
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 Soft Tones - Air?
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.