Fountain pen ink - color chart

[PenWorks]

I saw this site on another forum. Thought I would pass it along.
A color chart on fountain pen inks, you can sort by color and see various brands and compare all on one page. The color you see on a monitor will very from the actual ink, but this gives you a pretty good idea as to what you might be starting out with.

http://www.thewritingdesk.co.uk/ink_cat/ink_cat.php?brand=all&colour=blue

 

[thewishman]

Thanks, Anthony, that is a neat chart. I'm dazzled at all of the colors - 246!

Chris

 

[Randy_]

Great chart, Anthony. Thanks. Bookmarked for future reference.

Just for fun, I fired up the handy dandy Randy calculator and discovered that it would take about $3,000 to purchase the bottles of ink at retail necessary to make up that chart.

Something else that occurs to me is that although the chart seems to be a pretty simple item, I'll bet it was actually quite a challenge for the photographer who did the original work. [^]

 

[Johnathan]

How many types of blue ink do you need!?[:0]

 

[PenWorks]

Originally posted by Johnathan

How many types of blue ink do you need!?[:0]

Well right now, I have about 6 diffeent blue's I use. [)]

After awhile, I don't think its about the ink, but how many bottles I can aquire to start build stuff with them, like Lego's

 

[PenWorks]

This is something I started awhile back, that I keep in the store. It is my own little color sample book. Real ink on real paper.
Gives my client a better idea of the color vs a pre printed computerized color chart.

 

[thewishman]

Anthony, that is a neat sample! Great idea!

Chris