***This ink is extremely hard to capture accurately on camera, neither my tablet nor phone could quite make the colours appear as they do in real life. The pink in the swatch, calligraphy and splotches is much more prominent then the pictures show. ***
Troublemaker Inks come in a squared off plastic bottle very similar to the plastic Diamine bottles. It has a cute sticker in the front and a very helpful circular label with the name and an approximate color swatch. If you would like a more detail on the packaging you can check out this post: https://stationeryramblings.wordpress.com/2021/09/15/troublemaker-inks-petrichor/
This inks name is so dreamy – and indeed the ink swab does have this beautiful dreamy cotton candy effect where it transitions from pink to blue with a bit of cyan and purple peaking through. Almost and ethereal quality that just so beautiful to look at.
Weirdly enough this does not translate very well in normal writing on white paper, but the shading on this ink is excellent. This ink is more similar to your standard high shading inks, and while there is a dramatic colour shift – its from light blue to darker lavender blue not from a blue to pink that the swatch is famous for. When you use this more as an art ink, or a flat calligraphy nib, the colours really come out to play – and its beautiful!
On the cream paper of my endless notebook, the pink is much more prominent, and even in normal writing you can catch a glimpse of the pink tones shining through. While I’m not sure if this is just because on Endless paper, the dry time is longer, so maybe the colour has more time to separate – I defiantly think this ink is complimented best by the cream paper. For both Abalone and Petrichor the opposite was true.
This is marketed as a shading ink, and it excels at this – so if you looking for a shading blue ink, this one comes highly recommended. I did see some feathering and bleed-through but this was only in very wet writing.
Water resistance is as expected, most of the colour washes away and only a faint ghost of the original text remains visible. Overall I have been very impressed with the trouble maker inks, with one of my favorite features being the colour shift aspect without any of the smudging that come with high sheen inks.
Troublemaker Inks Milky Ocean Compare
I don’t have a blue that really comes close to this colour in my collection, overall the troublemaker inks have been unique additions, with the colour shifts making them even more special and fun to use.
As always is can be found here: https://writegear.co.za/product/troublemaker-fountain-pen-ink-milky-ocean/
M.
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