Colorverse Inks
Season 2
Vortex Motion
This ink is made by Korean company Coloverse. Their inks have a SPACE/PHYSICS/QUANTUM MECHANICS theme. They are a relatively (pun intended) new arrival on the fountain pen ink scene. They sell their inks in packs of 2 bottles (65ml +15ml). Season 1 and 2 packs contain bottles of the same colour. Season 3, recently released, includes contrasting colours.
Review of Vortex Motion
Wow! I really love this ink. It is unusual, quirky and different, quite unlike any other ink that I have tried before. It is very difficult to describe this colour. It is a colour-changer. It is a distinct brown when wet, and then dries to a brown-grey shade, with a muted pinkish undertone (barely perceptible). It has a light turquoise dye component. It has an amazing, delicate, but quite pronounced, silvery/ sage green sheen. It is very different to those other chameleon-like inks – Pen & Message Cigar and Sailor Rikyu-cha. I can’t find an ink that is a similar colour. The colour is very paper dependent.
It is a saturated ink; very lubricated and flows well. It has a feel similar to a typical Sailor-style ink to me. I have tried it in various pens and with different nib sizes, and it has worked flawlessly so far. I left it in a pen for 2 weeks unused and I had no start-up issues. It is slow to dry (around 25 – 30 secs), especially on papers like Tomoegawa and Elias, but is more acceptable on other more absorbent/toothy papers.
I tested this ink on 3 papers:
- Clairefontaine Papier Veloute 90gsm White. A fine paper with a smooth surface
- Tomoegawa 52 gsm Cream. Well-known paper, with surface sizing, resulting in a high degree of resistance to absorption.
- Hobbycraft brand 130gsm sketch paper White. A toothy paper, that tolerates light applications of water. It handles inks well although does absorb fountain pen inks more than the other 2.
I haven’t seen any feathering yet, but I haven’t used it on very cheap copier/printer papers. There was no bleed-through, albeit there was some slight ghosting on the reverse side of 52gsm Tomoegawa. It is still possible, though, to write on both sides.
There is little water-resistance. That’s not an important consideration for me, but I know it concerns some.
This is one of the very few inks of which I will buy more than one bottle. I love it!
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