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Kaweco

Midnight Blue

Blues & navies
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Kaweco's compact ink bottles are designed to travel with its pocket-sized Sport pens.

Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#26405E
SheenNot typically noted
BrandKaweco
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About Kaweco

Founded in Heidelberg in 1883, Kaweco's modern reputation rests on the Sport — a pocket pen design dating to the 1930s that the company revived in the 1990s and still sells today.

Germany Founded 1883
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Paper & pairing notes

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.

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 Midnight Blue?
Midnight Blue falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.
Does Midnight Blue have sheen?
Midnight 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 Midnight Blue?
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.
What paper works best with Midnight Blue?
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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Color shown is a close digital approximation of a typical swatch, not a calibrated color match.