Ink Swatch - Tono + Lims Star Light Series fluorescent inks side-by-side comparison
I liked all of these for different reasons, no bad one in the bunch.
Ink Swatches
Ink Swatch - Tono & Lims - Star Light Series - Aldebaran
There is a lot going on, and it’s wild!
Ink Swatch - Tono & Lims - Star Light Series - Fomalhaut
Dark blue, red sheen, dark blue fluorescent glow.
Ink Swatch - Tono & Lims - Star Light Series - Quantum
It’s sort of a dark slate teal, but there are distinct hints of both blue and green chromashading.
Ink Swatch - Akkerman #13 Simplisties Violet
Another instant favorite
Ink Swatch - Vanness Possum Pie
aka Possom Pie/Opossum Pie, etc. LE Thanksgiving 2025 Ink
Ink Swatch - Colorverse Dust Storm
One of a trio of Colorverse ink samples I was gifted last year in the Secret Santa exchange
Ink Swatch - Colorverse Life on Mars
One of a trio of Colorverse ink samples I was gifted last year in the Secret Santa exchange
Ink Swatch - Tono & Lims - Star Light Series - Antares
Another good & very usable fluorescent ink!
Ink Swatch - Akkerman Out of the Blue
Just when you think you have enough ‘blue w/red sheen’ inks, along comes an even better shade of blurple
Ink Swatch - Colorverse Martian
One of a trio of Colorverse ink samples I was gifted last year in the Secret Santa exchange
Messing around with stamps to make ink swatch cards of sorts
out of some Midori paper
Ink Swatch - Tono & Lims - Star Light Series - Comparison between Regulus and E=mc²
Very usable fluorescent inks, fast favorites
Ink Swatch - Tono & Lims - Star Light Series - E=mc²
This one is very interesting. Is it green, gray, or both?
Ink Swatch - Tono & Lims - Star Light Series - Regulus
Got this because it’s blue, fluorescent, yet dark enough to be generally useful
Ink Swatch - Endless Alchemy - Mystic Forest
One of the few greens I have and I rather like it
Ink Swatch - Endless Alchemy - Candy Sea
It looks great, but …
Ink Swatch - Endless Alchemy - Molten Bronze
The launch deal Kickstarter tier for the Endless Phantom came with a free 45ml bottle
Ink Swatch - Diamine Forever series
Plus chromatography strips
Ink Swatch - Diamine - Forever - Cherry Red
Bright red water-resistant pigment ink
Ink Swatch - Pennonia - Karpatzoid/Carpathian Green
It’s a nice ‘grassy’ green
Ink Swatch - Pennonia - Napkelte/Sunrise
I had high expectations
Ink Swatch - KWZ - Sheen Machine
I got a sample since everyone praises it, and indeed it sheens like a machine
Ink Swatch - Ink Institute - Meander Series - Electric Blue Spider Lily
Heres a fun multi-shader
Ink Swatch - Pennonia Napnyugta/Sunset
This is the first of a few Pennonia fluorescent ink samples
Ink Swatch - KWZ - It Smells Like Coffee
I have to be careful with scents so I got a sample of KWZ It Smells Like Coffee to find out if I could tolerate it
Ink Swatch - Banmi Neutron 90° BP (Blue & Purple)
Continuing my trend toward inks that do weird things
Ink Swatch - Sailor Yurameku Date Gokoro
A tale of two papers, or: WTF?
Colorvent 2024 - Days 13-24 drying under a microscope
An album of short videos
Colorvent 2024 - Day 24 - Christmas Star (Glistening)
A bright orange with heavy shading, a little orange sheen, and it’s crammed full of gold shimmer
Colorvent 2024 - Day 23 - Dante’s Cosmology
A dusty midnight blue with lots of shading and a smidge of coppery sheen
Colorvent 2024 - Day 22 - Portuguese Meteor
A bright aqua/turquoise color with low shading and cyan shimmer
Colorvent 2024 - Day 21 - Giant Sunspot
A bold red-orange with plenty of shading and some sheen
Colorvent 2024 - Day 20 - White Hole
A light blue with lots of shading
Colorvent 2024 - Day 19 - Milky Way (Glistening)
A purple ink packed with teal shimmer - To put it mildly, ‘It’s full of stars!’
Colorvent 2024 - Day 18 - Morning Glow
A multi-shading gray where the (heavy) shading can be gray, pink, brown, blue, and even green
Colorvent 2024 - Day 17 - NGC 2264
Medium forest green with some shading and no sheen
Colorvent 2024 - Day 16 - Eclipse Silence
A black ink with almost no shading and a sheen of what appears to be gold
Colorvent 2024 - Day 15 - Brinicles
A medium blue-green that shades a little and has a tiny bit of reddish sheen
Colorvent 2024 - Day 14 - Pulsar Pulse
Turquoise with dark magenta shading and heavy pink sheen
Colorvent 2024 - Days 1-12 drying under a microscope
An album of short videos
Colorvent 2024 - Day 13 - Neptune Occultation
Which has a lot going on, all good!
Colorvent 2024 - Day 12 - Sunbeam
A dark yellow-brown that shades well, but that’s about the only good thing
Colorvent 2024 - Day 11 - DaVinci Glow
A blue-gray dual-shading ink that shades in blue and gray separately, which is neat
Colorvent 2024 - Day 10 - Aquarius Whispers
A light sea green/jade, teal but greener.
Colorvent 2024 - Day 9 - Red Horizon
A medium dark red with a small amount of coppery sheen
Colorvent 2024 - Day 8 - Blue Moon
A light blue ink that runs wet and shades significantly
Colorvent 2024 - Day 7 - Rover (Glistening)
A dark gray with iridescent shimmer, looks like a star-filled night sky!
Colorvent 2024 - Day 6 - Kilonova
A blue-purple/indigo (blurple) with medium red/purple-ish sheen
Colorvent 2024 - Day 5 - Rosette Nebula
A pleasant pinkish-red/Fuchsia shade
Colorvent 2024 - Day 4 - Sailing Stones
A light brown/tan color
Colorvent 2024 - Day 3 - Moonlit Veil
A light gray color which also seems to be a bit on the wet side
Colorvent 2024 - Day 2 - Edge of Night
A blue-gray color that is on the lighter side and shades decently on most papers
Colorvent 2024 - Day 1 - Supergiant
A very bright red with a tad of orange, also maybe a hint of sheen?