Green Inks Comparison #3

[@Richard_Barnes]

You’ve got the title wrong on this one Dave. Either that or all of a sudden I see Green as Blue. 😉

[@CarthagoMike]

Might as wel leave the Akkerman and Monteverde Teal out and call it a blue / blueish ink line-up, to be honest.

[@richardsimms251]

Thank you for an excellent review Dave.

[@kjetiljakobsen5517]

Your videos have been very informative and helpful for me to watch before purchasing certain inks. Appreciate your work.Thanks👍

[@Sonicman415]

I’m obsessed w this series. So satisfying. Thank you!

[@PenultimateDave]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@furongguo8097]

The tint of single swap is more similar to what would appear when one writes with a pen , don’t you think so? Of course the wetness of one’s pen does produce different tint.

[@0xss]

All of them look beautiful, I’d have a hard time choosing just one or two!

[@pratikpakrashi5171]

Absolutely love your ink comparison videos. Keep them coming!

[@PenultimateDave]

Thank you! Will do!

[@fbales]

I liked the Sailor Jentle until it dried. The Diamine Eau De Nil was nice, but as a blue. Enjoyed your 3 “green” videos. Thanks.

[@pat412pear]

Monteverdi California Teal is my favorite green ink- great shading with the right nib. Monteverde has a number really green, green inks: Yosemite Green, Malachite, Hope Green and a really cool Olivine. Others I use are Organics Studio Henry David Thoreau (Walden Pond) for my sheeting green and Robert Oster River of Fire for a bit of everything- nice green color, some shading & a tad of sheen.

[@PenultimateDave]

Thanks Patricia, I'll have to check those out.

[@snippetsonyt]

love these ink videos pal, keep it up :)

[@PenultimateDave]

Thanks!

[@Tim1768-r5r]

Thanks for your ink vids 🙃. Other nice green inks to test are Diamine November Rain und Aurora Borealis

[@parind-e-hind7311]

You should try the Waterman Harmonious Green! A very well behaved dark green in my opinion

[@javierd.1344]

Thank you for your video: it is an interesting comparison. I’ve used Diamine Eau De Nil a lot in the past and I can tell that it looks more greenish than in the video. How can this be? Cheers.

[@MatBaconMC]

Depending on what picture profile he's using in his camera while filming this, the camera could be (and very obviously is) making blues pop more, which is why all the inks here are more blue-shifted. The only thing I'm questioning now is how in the world he isn't seeing this... Almost everyone in the comments is pointing that out, but he hasn't made any comment on it

[@TheDormousesDesk]

I agree. Could be a color correction issue. My Yamadori is more teal than straight up blue as it appears in this video.

[@AdzPower]

These are gorgeous inks but you should probably rename this video because I can only see one green and eight blues lol.

[@apontutul]

Thanks. Could you please tell which has more shade/sheen... California teal or Eau de nil?

[@PenultimateDave]

It really depends on the pen you put it in and how wet the nib is.

[@apontutul]

@@PenultimateDaveok. But you've used both, keeping everything same what's your take on it?

[@MissMarilynDarling]

i only saw 1 green ink on that panel lol just saying

[@CarthagoMike]

Some might consider teal to be green, rather than its own colour. But I agree that even then only one of the two teals looked greenish to me. But yes, the akkerman ink aside none looked like green inks to me.

[@PenultimateDave]

I'm trying to keep to core colours like green, blue, red etc. By splitting into Teals and Turquoises would mean I would probably only have 2 or 3 inks to show on a video which wouldn't make much of a video.

[@MissMarilynDarling]

@@PenultimateDave oh how interesting

[@breadyegg]

Agreed. Half were blue to my eye. I'll accept teals as a green though! I can understand the decision to broaden the hue range to group more inks together for a better lengthed review though.

[@MissMarilynDarling]

@@breadyegg also check out inkswatch.com we have a lot of tools for comparing inks

[@SwayvillDelgarian]

Thanks for putting this together ! In the dark turquoise / teals, I like Sailor Yama-dori. Have you also tried Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo ? Similar to Syo-ro but darker, and also has some nice sheen.

[@PenultimateDave]

I haven't tried Tsuki-yo yet, I nearly got it but I went for Syo-ro in the end.

[@SwayvillDelgarian]

@@PenultimateDave Interesting, I went the other way around. Thought that syo-ro would be close to ku-jaku (a darker shade of course) and went for tsuki-yo. Anyway you can't go wrong with any of these inks!

[@katherinesmith235]

I have Ku-jaku, Eau de Nil, Monteverde Teal, and Syr-yo. Ku-jaku is a slightly bluer, wetter version of Eau de Nil, which is a little more matte. Monteverde teal is much darker, leans quite green, sheens like crazy and is very lubricated. It's very well-behaved for a sheening ink. Syr-yo is a brighter green version of Tsuki-yo, another favorite of mine. I do love all these inks. Unlike Tsuki yo which stains rather badly, Ku jaku and syr yo do not stain.

[@thomashardy9994]

I was just thinking of purchasing a green ink for use at work. I typically use blue, black and of course blue-black to shake things up. . I figure a dark green could offer me some variety without being too conspicuous. . Thanks for the informative video series.

[@PenultimateDave]

Dark green or even teal might work.

[@xllvr]

These are really great videos and comparisons but would really love to have a playlist of the different ink comparisons. As of now it’s really hard to find these without using the search function especially as some of them are quite far apart temporally

[@PenultimateDave]

There is already a playlist called Inks - Inks kzbin.info/aero/PLDQYlJurkfnRvNSo-0FNa-mwLDGq6VfSI

[@xllvr]

@@PenultimateDave Awesome! Could not find it for the life of me

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

I really like Sailor's Yamadori and Lamy Petrol in this teal category. I'll have to check out California teal.

[@audreycaldeira-hankey2951]

Have you tried Roher & Klingner Verdigris? I think it's a saturated green/blue. One of my favourites.

[@PenultimateDave]

I haven't, but it's one I have wanted to get. A couple of friends this year went into a shop and got me some R&K and each time I asked for Verdigris but they were out on that colour unfortunately.

[@chiarac358]

I tried R&K Verdigris. It is quite saturated, but looks more like a Payne's grey to me than a teal. It's darker, blacker and leans bluer than Iro Tsuki-yo, for example - on TR 52 gsm paper with a Sailor 1911L 21kt H-MF and H-B, both wet writers. YMMV

[@beaconofhopepentecostalchu2400]

Did u say where you purchased these inks?

[@PenultimateDave]

There are all purchase from multiple retailers.

[@merlinuwe1]

Change "green" to "blue" in the title and nobody would remark it...

[@Alliejay-C]

Just bought a bottle of ku jaku!

[@chiarac358]

My only "greenish" inks are Iro Ku-Jaku and Syo-Ro. Ku-Jaku goes down blue but dries green. Syo-Ro goes does green. Though both I consider to be teal. What happened to R&K Verdura you got as a gift around Xmas or your b-day? Did it go MIA, out of sight, out of mind, or "oops, I forgot I had it"? Or perhaps you didn't like it. From the reviews and swatches I have seen, it looks like a clear, bright, chromatic green, maybe too much so!

[@PenultimateDave]

Oh you're right, according to my ink database I do have it, but it's not in my ink drawer, I wonder if it's fallen out the back of a drawer, I will have to go searching.

[@UrbanHafner]

Dave's green ink video #3: 50% blue inks. 😜

[@PenultimateDave]

Well I got 50% right haha. That's the last of my green inks, that's why there's a bit of a mix there.

[@christopherstarr7607]

I really like Diamine Teal, however, I am looking for a change. I got some samples of Robert Oster Velvet Storm and Noodler's Air-Corp blue-black. After my tests in different nibs, I think I will be staying with my teal... the Diamine Teal. I found I can mix a noodler's black and Navajo Turquoise. Velvet Storm was a bit too dry for me.

[@PenultimateDave]

Do you find Diamine Teal gets very gloopy and thick around the neck of the bottle, especially around the threads and cap? Mine does, it seems quite a thick ink to me. I've not had any issues with it in pens, just around the bottle neck.

[@CarthagoMike]

Christopher have you tried Graf Von Faber-Castell's Deep Sea Green? It is similar to most teals (although with a bit more of a greenish tint) and flows really well without being too wet (or so my experience is at least). I often switch between it and Diamine Teal, since I like both inks a lot.

[@Chris-gp2ft]

Did you ever tested De Atramentis inks?

[@PenultimateDave]

I only have 3x De Atramentis inks so far, Black Red, Chocolate Brown and Olive Green. I think I've tested them in amongst other colour ink videos but not done a De Atramentis ink video so far as I don't really have enough inks yet.

[@Chris-gp2ft]

@@PenultimateDave thank you for your answer. I didn't see them in an ink video so far. So I have to look deeper at your videos. 😬

[@nauci]

It's hard to find a review of Jacques Herbin Vert Amazone... Just saying...

[@PenultimateDave]

I’ll have to see if I can get hold of it 😉

[@nauci]

@@PenultimateDave you may also enjoy KWZ Green #5, Colorverse Supernatural, and Diamine Kelly Green! I've been seeking a green just between Kelly Green and Sherwood Green, hopefully with shading... I think Supernatural is the closest. Edit: Robert Oster Green Lime 😍

[@PenultimateDave]

Kelly Green and KWZ Green are two greens I do want to try.

[@ottoman1755]

Can someone explain the “ink shortage” Montblanc claims they are having? Is diamine having shortages?

[@PenultimateDave]

I haven't heard of a Montblanc ink shortage, but many companies are being affected by the pandemic over the past 18 months. Montblanc doesn't make its ink, it outsources it to a company in Austria. It's certainly possible that they have had issues obtaining certain dyes or pigments, or have had to lay off or furlough staff during the pandemic. There's also a lot of issues with international freight being held up or quarantined, so if there is a shortage it wouldn't really surprise me, although I haven't heard of a shortage.

[@ottoman1755]

@@PenultimateDave Dallas and DC area both out of assorted colors. Both completely out of blues, Irish green and stating they have a shortage

[@seraaron]

Green is such a difficult color to find good inks for, because imo most of these look blue or turquiose to me.

[@audreycaldeira-hankey2951]

Many thanks for these videos. What paper are you using for the swabs?

[@PenultimateDave]

The paper is Tomoe River 52gsm.

[@Jay_Bird]

great vid!

[@mikeiokhvin2853]

Usually I don’t use green ink, but I have 3 bottles: Montblanc Irish Green, Pelikan Edelstein Olivine and Graf von Faber-Castell Moss Green. My favorite is Montblanc. Pelikan have interesting color, but ink is little bit dry for my taste. Thanks for your videos, i am like them.

[@PenultimateDave]

Thanks Mike! I managed to get a sample of Pelikan Edelstein Olivine but I just didn't like it, I think it's because I don't like Olive green colours much myself. I have another ink which is an olive green and never use it.

[@maiaallman4635]

I wish we could buy Sailor inks in South Africa.

[@PenultimateDave]

Have you tried writegear.co.za/product-category/inks/fountain-pen-inks/sailor/ ?

[@maiaallman4635]

@@PenultimateDave They've been out of stock for long now. Thank you for answering. I really enjoy your videos.

[@craigshagin5506]

Take a look at the Birmingham Inks, The Jade Inferno...

[@rakeshvarma4695]

Most of the inks are colouring blue, not green.

[@peterpuleo2904]

These are green? I have to see my eye doctor.

[@jamesaritchie1]

My number one green ink is Monteverde Yosemite Green. It has just the right everything, and I love writing with it. Number two is Monteverde Olivine. Number three is Waterman Harmonious green. Number four is Iroshizuku Chiku-rin. Number five is Noodler's Gruene Cactus. There is, however, a caveat to this list. The green ink I actually use the most is Noodler's Foresr Green that has been diluted from twenty to thirty percent distilled water This way I get just about the perfect shade for the particular project of the moment. I don't list this as my number one ink only because it isn't off the shelf as I use it.

[@MrAndrew1953]

Interesting but the only one I'd ever get would be the Monteverde California Teal.

[@jamesaritchie1]

You'll be missing out on some of the best inks out there..

[@sel4hx]

There's a lot better green inks to have been showcased here, should remake this video with actually green inks, call this one the Teal ink comparison ;D

[@sistergoldenhair0727]

I agree yamadori is a blue! Not green! Love all these colors;) California teal is my favorite here. Diamine eu de nil is blue too. Most of these lean to blue...

[@bockrottom4877]

These are all blue

[@katjaengelkamp3452]

Interesting that you take teal inks and call them green and then seem disappointed that they are not green🤪. And yes, groen means green. The oe in Dutch is pronounced as oo, groon. And the g is probably a problem for you to pronounce, it’s like scraping your throat. 🤪. Thank you for your video again! 🥰

[@christiangeier6297]

it seems as if not a lot of people are familiar with the colour cyan 😅😂 Diamine aqua lagoon is a good example of a mid value cyan

[@franciscocastro4017]

Thank you! I was looking for a comment mentioning cyan and it seems yours is the only one! Cyan is a very important color as it's a primary one in the subtractive model, whereas blue and green are secondary instead.

[@MorganScorpion]

These inks are blue.

[@cdgarcia]

I only see 3 greens 😂 so much controversy

[@rolsonDotcom]

Top three are definitely in the green family. Everything after is BLUE. Aquamarine...is Blue . It's a shade of blue. This video is REALLY misleading....it's more of a Blue Inks Comparison than anything.

[@bluebirdsigma]

It's pronounced Shoh-roh...