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Onyx Black

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Specs

Color familyBlacks & greys

Approx. hex#252525

SheenNot typically noted

BrandYookers

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.

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About Yookers

Yookers is a French brand best known for the Yooth, a refillable fiber-tip pen that runs on standard international fountain pen ink cartridges and uses replaceable felt tips in several widths, letting fineliner-style pens write with any fountain pen ink. The company also offers fountain pen versions of its designs.

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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 Onyx Black?

Onyx Black falls into Inktend's blacks & greys family based on its typical swatch color.

Does Onyx Black have sheen?

Onyx 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 Onyx 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 Onyx 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.

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