The above photo was taken in direct sunlight. Ink is swatched on Clairefontaine 90gsm paper, using a glass dip pen.
Specs
Name: Pennonia
Maker: Méregzöld
Color Family: Teal
Properties: Shading
Purchased at: Vanness
What’s in a name?
Pennonia is a Hungarian brand, and the story goes that teal is the owner’s mother’s favorite color (mine, too!). When they got their first computer and she saw the Windows background color (in Win 10 it’s called Seafoam Teal) she said: “that color is called poison green”.
Swatches
A large swatch of ink showcases the darkest this ink gets, as well as the maximum properties it has (when held at the right angle to show any shimmer or sheen). But what about when you’re writing a letter or notes with it?
The above was written on San Lorenzo Italian-made paper, using a Diplomat Magnum fountain pen with a Medium nib.
Of course, for maximum effect you want to see it in light and in motion. The following video shows the ink swatched on Skylab Letterpress 160gsm cards.
Thoughts
This is definitely a moderate teal. My phone, frustratingly, tries to make everything more blue than it is and I can’t figure out how to fix it in default settings nor how to compensate for it with filters (help?). But trust me- it’s a very teal ink. And it has moderate shading, as you can see.
The less-happy aspect is that it feathers. I don’t know if that’s this San Lorenzo paper making that happen, as I can find nothing about it except “Italian-made”, or if that’s the ink. But it makes me a little sad all the same.
This is a wet-flowing ink that dried pretty quickly and was very easy to write with. Every ink maker has a teal, but I think this is one of the truest mid-tone hues I’ve found so far.
*All pics and vid were taken using a Samsung Galaxy S22 and color-adjusted to best reflect the hue of that ink.
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