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Great Lakes

Toronto Pen Company is one of the 713 brands in Inktend's built-in ink catalog.

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies

Approx. hex#1C80CB

SheenNot typically noted

BrandToronto Pen Company

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 Toronto Pen Company

Toronto Pen Company is a Canadian pen business based in Markham, Ontario, specializing in bespoke nib grinds, tuning, adjustments and customized JoWo nib units. It also sells fountain pens and inks and runs workshops for writing and lettering enthusiasts.

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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 Great Lakes?

Great Lakes falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.

Does Great Lakes have sheen?

Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes?

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 Great Lakes?

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.