Pilot Iroshizuku Red Tsutsuji, or azalea, is a deep pink color. It has a hints of black in its shading but remains definitively pink and light-hearted.
Pilot Iroshizuku Tsutsuji
Pilot Iroshizuku Yu-yake
Pilot Iroshizuku Yu-yake is also known as sunset orange. It’s a luxury fountain pen ink in the company’s Iroshizuku ink collection.
Pilot Iroshizuku Take-sumi
Pilot Iroshizuku Take-sumi is a charcoal black, or slightly off-black, fountain pen ink in the Iroshizuku line of luxury inks.
Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-rin
Pilot’s Iroshizuku Chiku-rin is a light green ink in the company’s luxury collection of inks. Despite being a high-end Iroshizuku ink, Pilot has maintained reasonable prices throughout this line.
Sailor Jentle Souten
Sailor Jentle Souten is a medium blue ink. It’s a very close competitor to Pilot’s popular Kon-peki.
Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-peki
Pilot’s Iroshizuku Kon-peki, which is almost always referred to simply as “Kon-peki” or “konpeki” is a medium blue fountain pen ink. The most accurate color to describe it would be cerulean.
Vinta Inks Blue Blood Dugong Bughaw 1521
Vinta Inks “Blue Blood” Dugong Bughaw 1521 is a dark blue ink with a heavy sheen and a relatively slow drying time.
Lamy Crystal Ruby
Lamy’s Crystal Ruby is a dull red ink sold in the company’s 30ml Crystal bottles.
Lamy Crystal Beryl
Lamy’s Crystal Beryl is a dark purple ink sold in the company’s 30ml Crystal bottles.
Sheaffer’s Classic Purple
Sheaffer, a division of A.T. Cross and a long-standing pen company, sells a number of standard ink colors in its “Classic Ink Cartridges.” These are good, everyday inks that are sold in Sheaffer’s proprietary cartridge.
Takeda Jimuki Kyo No Oto Nurebairo Ink
9 Japan by boutique ink makers Kyoto Kusaki Kenkyusho and Takeda Jimuki. The ink is an interesting black with hints of grey and blue, modeled after the sheen of a person’s dark hair but often compared to the feather of a raven or crow, where it’s clearly black but when seen from an angle can appear bluish.
Noodler’s Yellow
Noodler’s Yellow is a yellow ink sold in a Noodler’s standard 90 ml (3 oz) plastic bottle.
Noodler’s Q’Ternity
Noodler’s Q’Ternity (sometimes written as Q-Ternity) is quick-drying ink sold in a 3 oz. glass bottle.