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The Great Indian

The Great Indian Ink - Sky blue

Blues & navies#38A5E5

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#38A5E5
SheenNot typically noted

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 The Great Indian

"The Great Indian Ink" is the tagline of Syahi, an Indian pen and ink brand established in 2017 by Sanay Shah and Aayush Bansai; syahi is the Urdu word for ink. The company crafts fountain pens from kiln-dried heartwood reinforced with brass and finished with natural oils, and sells bottled inks for fountain, calligraphy and dip pens under the Syahi – The Great Indian Ink name.

India Founded 2017
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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 The Great Indian Ink - Sky blue?
The Great Indian Ink - Sky blue falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.
Does The Great Indian Ink - Sky blue have sheen?
The Great Indian Ink - Sky blue 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 The Great Indian Ink - Sky blue?
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 The Great Indian Ink - Sky blue?
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.