Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Colorverse Vortex Motion
This is review #238 in my series. Here's the YouTube video:
Post-recording notes: This ink is a really dark, muted purple - to the point that it will mostly look black or dark grey, but from the chroma and in comparison, there's clearly purple going on. In the swatch, it looks like a darkened version of Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same (but I didn't include that swatch because you have to have them aligned just so and close up to see it). Once dry and alone on the page from this nib, it just looks black. But while wet, you can definitely see the purple, making this a good "stealth not-black black".
Meanwhile, holy green sheen, Batman! That was unexpected. Cleaning was quick and easy with plain water (that turned very purple).
This was the first review using my new mini WiFi microscope. The images are not as clear as the old one. Sorry about that. I can't get another of the old one, so I'm not really sure what to do here except continue to use the new one for now.
Zoomed in photo (Sorry for the blur. This image is lacking all the subtlety your eyes would see.)
Screenshot (Gives the right overall impression.)
Scan of Completed Review (Text is a little too pale.)
Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper) (Sorry for the blur. They're generally correct - it's a very dark grey to my eyes.)
Line width (The "h" in Rhodia. Magnification is 100x. The grid is 100x100µm. The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each. The line width for this ink is roughly 300µm. With 238 inks measured, the average line width is 296µm.) (There's a tiny bit of the blue (like in the smear) showing in the top of the line.)
Microscope image (100x.)
Microscope image (400x.)
Microscope image (400x.)
Chromatogram (The smaller image is a scan, the larger is the photo. The photo is more correct colorwise - the scan is too bright.)
Other (While you can't see much sheen in the photo, my eyes see it everywhere - though it's much more obvious on Tomoe River.)
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