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Midori

Blue Black

Blues & navies#1F1F58

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#1F1F58
SheenNot typically noted
BrandMidori

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 Midori

Midori is a Japanese stationery brand founded in 1950 that began with paper products such as letter writing sets. Now part of the Designphil group, it is internationally known for its MD Paper notebooks and Traveler's Notebook heritage, as well as diaries, desk tools and fountain-pen-friendly papers.

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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 Blue Black?
Blue Black falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.
Does Blue Black have sheen?
Blue Black 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 Blue Black?
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 Blue Black?
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.