Colorverse Martian is a bright red-orange.
This is the first of a trio of Colorverse ink samples I was gifted last year in the Secret Santa exchange.
The teeny tiny 5ml Colorverse glass sample bottles are fun, but not very useful. I had to pipette ink out into an inkwell just to swatch them because no dip pen I had would fit in the bottle opening.
Scans
There is prominent shading on all papers, and no sheen. The color is fairly uniform in writing across all three papers, though the large swatch area on Iroful is a bit more pale/shaded.
Photos
There’s no sheen, but there is a small area on Iroful around a dark ink spot that is a bit shiny.
The shading looks good up close!
Microscope
There isn’t anything too exciting showing through under magnification. The shading does look interesting, at least.
Chromatography
The chromatography looks a bit like a narrow flame, going quickly from yellow to dark red-orange at the leading edge.
There is a bright orange glow at the edge and a fainter glow in the open area behind there.
UV Check
It does glow under UV, like a brighter version of itself. It isn’t too bright, but it’s definitely there.
See Also
Check out the other two samples in this group:
Verdict
It’s decent, but I prefer the color of Supergiant and Red Horizon from last year’s Colorvent.
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