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Pennonia

Ink Labratory - L-018

Purples#854D85

Handmade Hungarian inks steeped in Magyar culture and folklore, from a true family workshop.

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Specs

Color familyPurples
Approx. hex#854D85
SheenNot typically noted

Paper & pairing

Purples sit at the boundary of professional and playful, one of the more personality-forward choices that still reads clearly on the page. 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 Pennonia

Pennonia is a family-run ink maker founded in 2018 by Máté Bikfalvi, a former teacher, with ink production launching in early 2020. The inks are handmade entirely in-house and inspired by Hungarian culture, folklore, painters and places, while the family operation spans Hungary and the Hungarian-speaking region of Romania where his parents handle bottling and packaging. Pennonia also pioneered mixable liquid mica shimmer additives for fountain pen inks.

Hungary Founded 2018
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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 Ink Labratory - L-018?
Ink Labratory - L-018 falls into Inktend's purples family based on its typical swatch color.
Does Ink Labratory - L-018 have sheen?
Ink Labratory - L-018 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 Ink Labratory - L-018?
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 Ink Labratory - L-018?
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.