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Beaufort

Zodiac Blue

Blues & navies#1D1B8A

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#1D1B8A
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 Beaufort

Beaufort Ink is a family-owned British company established in 2014 in Devon, England, supplying premium pen-making components and inks. It designs its own original pen kits, serves as a leading worldwide agent for Bock nibs, and produces its own line of fountain pen inks in bottles and cartridges. The company sells to pen makers and writers around the world.

United Kingdom Founded 2014
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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 Zodiac Blue?
Zodiac Blue falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.
Does Zodiac Blue have sheen?
Zodiac Blue 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 Zodiac Blue?
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 Zodiac Blue?
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.