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Blue-Black

Pilot's own-brand cartridges and bottled ink support its Custom, Metropolitan and Kakuno lines.

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies

Approx. hex#26405E

SheenNot typically noted

BrandPilot

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 Pilot

Founded in Tokyo in 1918, Pilot is one of the oldest and largest pen makers in the world, and the company behind the Iroshizuku ink line and the Namiki maki-e tradition.

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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.

Similar shades By colour distance

Color shown is a close digital approximation of a typical swatch, not a calibrated color match.