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Yötaivas

Blues & navies#141345

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#141345
SheenNot typically noted
BrandAngers

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 Angers

Angers is a Japanese lifestyle and stationery retailer based in Kyoto, with its main store on Kawaramachi and branches in other Japanese cities. The shop curates stationery and household goods from around the world and has released original fountain pen inks made in collaboration with Sailor, inspired by Finnish natural landscapes.

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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 Yötaivas?
Yötaivas falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.
Does Yötaivas have sheen?
Yötaivas 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 Yötaivas?
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 Yötaivas?
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.