I must admit that it took me a while to review Sunspot because I was under the impression that it was simply a saturated black ink. In my inky universe, I love pops of color, sheen, shading and basically anything that makes life interesting. Curiosity made me explore this, the first of the Colorverse inks, and shortly you’ll see why I am glad that I did!
This ink is in Season 1, and has a super cute label.
Ink Blob:
Writing Sample:
Dual sheen!
Something I haven’t actually seen since Colorverse Black Hole from Season 2. When the ink is drying it is a deeply saturated black, with little shading, but when left to dry it forms a copper sheen, and then a blue on top of that. The blue seemed plentiful in both the writing sample and the blob. This is one of my favorite phenomena when it comes to sheen and I am pretty sad that this ink has been sitting in my to try pile for months not getting the love that it deserves.
This experiment has been done on 68GSM TR ivory paper in Hippo Noto. I am curious as to if this happens on other types of paper as well…more experimentation needed!
If you’d like to try this ink, it is part of our Colorverse Sale ^_^. Available here.
Speaking of new Colorverse Ink, Colorverse has teamed up with Opus 88 to create 8 new colors!
Pre-Orders can be found here at a special price.
See you in Raleigh! I will be at the Triangle Pen Show debuting the first ever Krishna Ink x Hippo Noto color, which we have lovingly called Hippo.
A limited quantity will be available, so if you’re doing our Hippo local pickup or just happen to be around, come by and check out the swabs! We will also have prototypes, previews of things to come!
Giveaway Time!
This time we are giving away a set of Colorverse Sunspot, a 30ML Diamine Skull and Roses, and a 30ML Calligraphy Passion.
The Diamine inks are exclusive to Germany. So if you’ve been wanting to try it, this is a good chance!
I leave you now with a photo of the epic bunch of ink that the Diamine prizes came in.
SquishyInk 
May 26, 2018 at 1:57 am
Just entered the contest.
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May 26, 2018 at 2:29 am
great looking inks
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May 26, 2018 at 2:46 am
What an awesome color
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May 26, 2018 at 3:14 am
Fantastic inks!
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May 26, 2018 at 3:20 am
What a perfect colour combo!
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May 26, 2018 at 3:21 am
Stunning inks — thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
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May 26, 2018 at 3:26 am
Colorverse is hitting it out of the park with these inks!
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May 26, 2018 at 3:34 am
Awesome giveaway beautiful colors love them all
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May 26, 2018 at 3:50 am
Thank you for the opportunity to try out new inks again! That Sunspot is out of this world!
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May 26, 2018 at 4:06 am
That Colorverse ink looks fantastic, they are doing really interesting things ^_^
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May 26, 2018 at 4:11 am
Love the Hippo Ink too!!
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May 26, 2018 at 4:11 am
Ooh i really want to try the Diamine inks. It’s weird to have something be Germany exclusive and hard to get now that I live in the US. Makes me miss home 🙂
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May 26, 2018 at 4:17 am
As a datapoint, I can’t get any sheen from Black Hole on Midori MD paper
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May 26, 2018 at 4:29 am
I hereby enter. 😀 Would love to try these inks as well as Hippo Notos. 😥
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May 26, 2018 at 4:33 am
I love colorverse and Diamine!
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May 26, 2018 at 4:41 am
Iove sunspot!
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May 26, 2018 at 4:45 am
Thanks for the great inks! I love SunSpot!
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May 26, 2018 at 4:50 am
I’m going to get my hands on Skull and Roses somehow!!! Thanks Krystle!
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May 26, 2018 at 4:58 am
I never experienced such phenomenon with any of my inks so far, so I’d love to try it !!! Thanks for the review and your generosity !
[margessw(at)icloud(dot)com]
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May 26, 2018 at 5:30 am
Thank you for the review. That Colorverse ink is far more gorgeous than I ever expected.
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May 26, 2018 at 5:53 am
Are these inks dip-pen/brush only or would they work in fountain pens etc? What type of pen did you use for testing?
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May 26, 2018 at 5:54 am
Oooh I love the skull and roses ink! And the two time sheen on sunspot is amazing!
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May 26, 2018 at 6:17 am
I didny realize that the black ones sheen too!
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May 26, 2018 at 6:29 am
I’ve been wanting to try Skull and Roses since everyone has been talking about it lately.
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May 26, 2018 at 7:43 am
Awesome inks. I like the ink name… sunspots . 😊 ☀️
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May 26, 2018 at 8:15 am
Thanks for the opportunity.
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May 26, 2018 at 8:55 am
Oh! Skull & Roses! Also curious about the Calligraphy Passion. I was just doing some research on it. And OMG!!! Sunspot. Dual sheen! I had been turning my nose up at it because I also thought it was just a plain black. WOW!! Great blog for reviews. THANKS!
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May 26, 2018 at 8:58 am
I’m digging the sheesh black. Must buy.
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May 26, 2018 at 10:00 am
I also just entered
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May 26, 2018 at 10:17 am
Me, to. She’s, shade, and anything exciting.
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May 26, 2018 at 10:20 am
So many inks…so little time!
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May 26, 2018 at 11:37 am
Goregeous inks!
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May 26, 2018 at 1:20 pm
WOW Double sheen!! Such a neat looking ink. Thanks for the chance to win!
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May 26, 2018 at 1:39 pm
Although I’m not a fan of the name of the Diamine Skull and Roses ink, it certainly is beautiful, and I would definitely use it.
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May 26, 2018 at 2:43 pm
Oh how exciting! Thanks so much for the giveaway! Looking forward to seeing you in Raleigh!
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May 26, 2018 at 3:05 pm
Thank you for another wonderful giveaway. These inks would be beautiful in my new Hippo Noto ❤️
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May 26, 2018 at 3:54 pm
The sunspot looks awesome!
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May 26, 2018 at 5:10 pm
Wonderful ink!
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May 26, 2018 at 6:42 pm
Absolutely Awesome giveaway!! You keep topping the previous one you do!! Finally rid of the worst “new” thing to ever have…pneumonia!! Thank the Lord, I’m over it! Hope things are well with you! Hawaii has been in our prayers!! Please give Bones & Bits BIG HUGS from Nugget(he’s doing great now also!) & his SC Family!! God Bless & Love You Bunches!!!
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May 26, 2018 at 6:48 pm
I’m so glad you reviewed Sunspot, not that I need more ink. I would love to win this super package! Thanks for all the great reviews and giveaways!
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May 26, 2018 at 6:58 pm
Awesome inks, would love to give them a try.
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May 26, 2018 at 7:35 pm
Thank you! The inks are so elegant!
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May 26, 2018 at 8:23 pm
That Krishna Hippo swatch!! I love the surprise sheen in Colorverse’s Sunspot and it would be so fun to check out what the hype is all about with the Diamine inks 🙂
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May 26, 2018 at 9:47 pm
Thank you for the giveaway and for highlighting Sunspot, which I otherwise would have missed
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May 27, 2018 at 12:53 am
That sheen on Sunspot is gorgeous!
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May 27, 2018 at 1:08 am
Thank you for give away
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May 27, 2018 at 6:01 am
I hope I can get this giveaway awesome color.
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May 27, 2018 at 7:01 am
Love your reviews
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May 27, 2018 at 7:59 am
What a cool looking ink! Thanks for the giveaway.
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May 27, 2018 at 12:10 pm
Sunspot is a much more poetic name than oil slick but that is what this ink reminds me of… in a good way! I’d love to make something with all three inks, for maximum iridescence!
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