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Stormy Skies
The Good Blue x Mann Inc is one of the 713 brands in Inktend's built-in ink catalog.
Specs
Paper & pairing
As a near-neutral tone, it reads as professional and safe for anything from journaling to signatures. 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 The Good Blue x Mann Inc
A collaboration between The Good Blue, a London-based maker of flexible-nib fountain pens founded by engineer Sunil Malkani, and Mann Inc, a family-run British online retailer and distributor of premium writing instruments. Announced in 2023, the partnership has produced exclusive limited-run bottled inks such as Launch Orange, alongside numbered special-edition pens like the anodised 'NASA Orange' L130 limited to 81 pieces.
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.