With the three blues from Season One: Spaceward, I wholeheartedly recommend Crystal Planet. I feel fairly certain that that bodes well for the overall performance for Crystal Planet. Crystal Planet is listed as having a ph of 8.4 which, according to Richard Binder’s tests, is on par with Apache Sunset and Pilot Iroshizuku Take-Sumi. Especially with the detailed information that Colorverse has been providing about their ph information and other color and chemical properties. I included Private Reserve Cobalt which is a color I know many have liked but the overall performance of Private Reserve inks have been unstable so Crystal Planet may make a more stable alternative. I think Crystal Planet has carved out its own unique space. So, Colorverse nailed the color and not many other companies have.Īs for Crystal Planet, luminous blue is a lofty goal that many inks have attempted but each have landed in a slightly different place. So, my earlier comment about Saturn V being “steel-eyed missile man blue” and the Parker 51 reference? Totally accurate. Saturn V is so close to Parker Quink Blue Black, down to the reddish sheen that I feel a little guilty recommending spending three times as much money on Colorverse unless you like me are a big space nerd and want to be able to say you’re using “Saturn V”. But, if like me, you already have a half a dozen or more 50ml+ bottles in your stash, its going to be pretty hard to make a strong case for buying TWO more bottles of Proxima B. If you don’t own any blue blacks or you love blue blacks and you’re looking to add another to the pile, don’t let me stop you. ![]() The blue-black ink channel is as deep as it is wide so its pretty hard to do something truly outstanding here. Suffice it to say, its makes your eyes bleed and Yves Klein cry. Saturn V has some reddish sheen and some shading but is still a dark rich “all business” blue.Ĭrystal Planet is so freakin’ bright with a max-q payload velocity magenta sheen that would make Elon Musk lose signal. Proxima B is deep and rich with a little bit of shading but not much. ![]() I took more close-up shots of the swatch cards to see color shading, sheen and detail. This is the ink color that should have been found in every Parker 51 on every desk at NASA in the 60s.Īnd Crystal Planet just blows my freakin’ mind. Saturn V is the steely-eyed missile man blue. ![]() For the purposes of Colorverse’s spacey theme, it’s their deep space color. Proxima B is the darkest color and best described as a blue-black. For more details about the overall packaging and bottle design, check out the overview post about the Colorverse collection. All three of these colors come with the two matching bottles of dye-based ink, one 15ml and one 65ml bottle. I got all three shades of blue from the Season One: Spaceward Collection - #2 Proxima B, #3 Saturn V and #12 Crystal Planet. Please refer to the overview for details about the whole collection.)įor the second collection of Colorverse that I’m going to review, I decided to focus on the blues. (This is part three of a series of reviews about the new Colorverse ink line.
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