EFNIR: Pilot Mixable Colour Blue

[LizEF]

Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Pilot Mixable Colour Blue

This is review #298 in my series. Here's the YouTube video:


Post-recording notes: As mentioned with previous inks in this series, I'm taking them out of order because they're starting to evaporate out of the cartridge. I added a few drops of distilled water to top the cartridge off. I don't believe this has had a significant impact on color or performance.

This is a dark, saturated, blue blue. The microscope slide was dullsville - one solid color throughout. Technically, I got the slightest hints of shading and sheen on Iroful paper, but only there. Without dilution, don't count on seeing either.

Cleaning was quick and easy. Since there was ink left in the cartridge, I topped it off with water (maybe 2-3 parts ink for 1 part water), and put it in my Prera with a CM nib. Looks nicer diluted, IMO.

Zoomed in photo (Very close to what my eyes see.)


Screenshot (Very close.)


Scan of Completed Review (Text is a little brighter than reality, and might need just a smidge of purple lean.)


Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper) (AP: Text is lighter than real life; CP: Pretty close.)


Line width (The "I" in "Ink:". 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 299µm. With 298 inks measured, the average line width is 297µm.) (I could see more sheen under the microscope than showed up in the image.)


Other (A little doodle. As you can see, the ink like this fuzzes a bit. It would clearly benefit from dilution.)


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Hope you enjoy. Comments appreciated!

[Sailor Kenshin]

Liz, what a wonderful Zentangle! Lively, yet soothing. I love it. You could make it into greeting cards.

I've had the MB and pretty sure I had Mixable but no memories of it, good, bad, indifferent. The color's all right but there are tons of better-behaved dark blues.

However—-and you all know what's coming—-this southpaw hooker would not appreciate the Eternity Dry Time.

Your reviews are something I always look forward to. Thanks so much for making Tuesdays a treat.

(I assume Mondays are horrible…yeah. Broken dryer. That counts.)

[LizEF]

Liz, what a wonderful Zentangle! Lively, yet soothing. I love it. You could make it into greeting cards.

Thank you!

I've had the MB and pretty sure I had Mixable but no memories of it, good, bad, indifferent. The color's all right but there are tons of better-behaved dark blues.

However—-and you all know what's coming—-this southpaw hooker would not appreciate the Eternity Dry Time.

As you say, lots of better-behaved blues without having to dilute them first or find the right paper for them.

Your reviews are something I always look forward to.

Thanks!

Thanks so much for making Tuesdays a treat.

You're most welcome!

(I assume Mondays are horrible…yeah. Broken dryer. That counts.)

Sorry to hear about the dryer. Appliances are a pain - you know a new one isn't going to last as long as the old one, and you never know whether fixing it is going to cost more than a new one...

[Yazeh]

Thanks so much for a review of much ado about everything, termites, librarians, wizards, inks and many more
My favorite part was the zentangle and humor. It's rare that a review makes me laugh, so hard at imagery
Hope Quin finds what he needs and if he discovers secrets and lies in the musty library hidden about irongall manuscripts, so be it.
Thanks for making Tuesdays full of magic and laughter

[LizEF]

Thanks so much for a review of much ado about everything, termites, librarians, wizards, inks and many more

You're most welcome!

My favorite part was the zentangle and humor. It's rare that a review makes me laugh, so hard at imagery
Hope Quin finds what he needs and if he discovers secrets and lies in the musty library hidden about irongall manuscripts, so be it.

Thank you! (You've got me wondering what was so funny - I guess your imagination did a great job filling in the visuals.) I shall have to make the library part of some future adventure, after we finish with Quin's father and mysterious textured grey spots....

Thanks for making Tuesdays full of magic and laughter

You're most welcome!

[Yazeh]

@Lizef, bad hair day and a shave,

[LizEF]

@Lizef, bad hair day and a shave,

(Those were my thoughts as I examined the results.)