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Grey Fountain Pen Ink 🔍 | Ink Exploration No. 2

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These grey fountain pen inks are grey and blue and purple and black? Honestly grey fountain pen ink is super hard to find for me. I have yet to get a bottle of grey ink because of the dilemma of what is actually grey. In this video I have 10 ink samples that are all grey...ish. Let me know in the comments what color you want to explore next!

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0:00 Inspiration and Tools Used
The Inks:
1:10 Noodler's Lexington Grey
2:34 Diamine Earl Grey
3:20 Ferris Wheel Press April Showers
4:09 3Oysters Doldam
5:01 Ferris Wheel Press Madamn Mulberry
6:24 Laban Mythology Athena Grey
7:38 Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri Same
8:16 Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu Syogun
8:53 Papier Plume Oyster Grey
9:59 DeAtramentis Document Fog Grey
11:44 Overview of Sheens, Shades, and Shimmers

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20 Comments

@BoulderJR 2 years ago

I use Noodler’s and have never noticed a smell.

@marachristian8726 3 years ago

Greys can look so different once you swatch them side-by-side! I have 4 Birmingham Inks that are all grey (Ingot, Ancho Chile Pepper, Blast Furnace, and Sterling Silver,) but so different! However, they just look "grey" to me when I write with them, and I can only see how different they are with an ink splat or paintbrush swatching.

@ThatLazyStray 2 years ago

diamine earl grey is my absolute favourite! i love using that ink with a fude nib and then brushing it out with water, you get the most pretty blue and pink separations, and if you layer over it you get a very dark close to black colour. fantastic for artists who want some versatility 🥰

@fundukh6522 3 years ago

Lexington Grey is for years my ink to go - aside from Pelikan blue-black.

@BoulderJR 2 years ago

Lexington Gray is bullet proof so it works well for archival correspondence.

@mellodi 3 years ago

Very nice collection of greys! My first love was Kaweco Smokey Grey, I love how light but readable it is. I also love Earl Grey. Recently I have been into darker greys and my two favourites are Monteverde Smoke Noir - absolutely love how it writes darker but dries this beautiful smokey grey and Diamine Graphite - for a darker, greenish grey. Then there are also some "fake" greys I love: Diamine Vivaldi and Chopin and Herbin Cocoa du Bresil. Highly recommend any of those.

@Lemonfix 2 years ago

Thanks - have just ordered a couple of those as I find black too overwhelming and most blues too bright for when I’m writing. Browns next, please! 😊

@LenaMellow 2 years ago

Now I’m going to need to buy some of that fog grey. Thanks for the video.

Suggestion: Water Resistant Inks

@DieGrinsekatze 1 year ago

Grey is so cool and sophisticated. I love it in silver pens 😻

@tats6563 1 year ago

I ordered a sample of Fuyu-Syogun and I was blown away how it can have a tad bit pink-purplish wash when thinly applied. I love it ❤

@kimikobuford 3 years ago

I appreciate this list. I primarily write in grey unless it’s prohibited. I ❤

@907bigdog 1 year ago

I'm trying to catch up on all your Ink Explorations, and just happened to be using a grey ink, so I thought I'd suggest it to you. It's Colorverse's Gyeyu jeongnan. It's a wonderful grey with a small amount of very fine red shimmer. I just love this ink. I've had it for a while, but didn't really use it because my swatch was more red than grey for some reason. I think it was because I used a Q-tip and picked up too much shimmer from the bottom of the bottle. Anyway, after trying it again, this is now my favorite grey!😃

@mybibliofiles 3 years ago

I'm looking for a gray, so this video was so fun for me! Re: liking that FWP color - you don't have to shake up the bottle. Just fill up your pen from the top and you can enjoy the color without shimmer. 🤗

@Elizabeth_attheBeach 1 year ago

PI Fuyu-Syogun is my favorite. I have a bottle of it.

@AlchemyAfrica 2 years ago

Herbin Gris orage is beautiful

@oscarcalva2189 2 years ago

Gray along with royal blues are my go to for daily writing. Fuyu-syogun is my favorite, by a mile. Lexington Gray comes in second, love it, and you’re missing my third, Herbin Cacao Du Brésil, which is a wonderful brownish gray, not really brown, you should try it if you haven’t.

I hate shimmer inks with a vengeance but I’m very partial to J. herbin 1670 Stormy Gray.

@ichirofakename 3 years ago

1. Good info, thanks.
2. When drawing or painting, I like to use Lexington Gray in place of black, which can be too harsh sometimes.
3. I use a lot of Herbin Gris Nuage, the palest gray ink I could find. Very handy when drawing/painting, but usually unreadable when writing.

@Tom-R805 3 years ago

Great video! I liked your favorite but also the Earl gray and the two FWP inks.

@edwardrutledge2765 3 years ago (edited)

I’m also peeved with narrow openings, but you’ve certainly got some Dominant Industry bottles and they come with tiny bulb eye droppers.
Try the Akkerman gray; elegant.