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2025 SF Pen Show - Citrus Heat
Tag x Pinky Elephant is one of the 713 brands in Inktend's built-in ink catalog.
Paper & pairing
Warm tones (oranges, yellows, ambers) show strong contrast between light and dark areas of each stroke, which is part of why they're popular with broader nibs. 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.
About Tag x Pinky Elephant
TAG is a stationery shop based in Kyoto, Japan, best known for its Kyo-no-oto and Kyo-iro fountain pen ink lines, whose colors are inspired by traditional Japanese dyes. This entry covers a collaboration ink released with Pinky Elephant.
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
Similar shades By colour distance
Color shown is a close digital approximation of a typical swatch, not a calibrated color match.