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LeeMing

First Love

Blues & navies#6D78BC

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#6D78BC
SheenNot typically noted
BrandLeeMing

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 LeeMing

LeeMing Ink Studio is a small fountain pen ink maker based in Taiwan, with little information published about the company itself. It offers roughly a dozen inks with evocative names such as Coral Sea, Human Face and Perfect Time. The inks are sold mainly through Asian e-commerce platforms like Taobao and AliExpress and a handful of specialty retailers.

Taiwan Founded Unknown
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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 First Love?
First Love falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.
Does First Love have sheen?
First Love 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 First Love?
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 First Love?
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.