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Anderillium

Diversey Harbor

Blues & navies#172B63

Small-batch natural-history inks organized into Avian, Cephalopod, Lepidopteran, and Ichthyoformes series, each color named for a real creature.

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#172B63
SheenNot typically noted

Paper & pairing

Blues and navies are the most broadly "safe" fountain pen colors: legible, professional, and unlikely to raise eyebrows in an office. This ink will behave predictably on most fountain-pen-friendly paper. Cheap, highly absorbent paper (standard copier paper) will dull any ink's saturation and can cause feathering or bleed-through with wetter nibs.

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About Anderillium

Anderillium is a small family-run American ink maker producing small-batch fountain pen inks inspired by the natural world. Each color is named for a real animal and grouped into themed series such as the Avian, Cephalopod, Lepidopteran, and Ichthyoformes collections, sold in distinctive 1.5 oz bottles. The inks are formulated in-house and have become favorites among nature-loving pen users for their evocative, well-researched palette.

USA Founded 2020
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Storing and using the bottle

Bottled fountain pen ink has an effectively long shelf life when kept capped and out of direct sunlight: most inks remain usable for years. The main risk isn't the ink spoiling, it's a pen sitting inked and unused for weeks: that's what causes clogs, not the ink's age.

Frequently asked questions

What color family is Diversey Harbor?
Diversey Harbor falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.
Does Diversey Harbor have sheen?
Diversey Harbor is not typically noted for sheen. If you want that effect, browse similarly colored inks tagged with sheen in the ink library.
How should I store a bottle of Diversey Harbor?
Years, easily, as long as it stays capped and out of direct sunlight. The thing that actually shortens an ink's usable life is sitting unused inside a pen, not sitting on a shelf.
What paper works best with Diversey Harbor?
It behaves predictably on most fountain-pen-friendly paper. Stick to something reasonably absorbent-resistant, since cheap copier paper dulls saturation and can feather.

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Color shown is a close digital approximation of a typical swatch, not a calibrated color match.