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Royal Blue

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies

Approx. hex#435ED0

SheenNot typically noted

BrandCamlin

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 Camlin

Camlin (now Kokuyo Camlin) is an Indian stationery and art-materials company founded in Mumbai in 1931, beginning as Dandekar & Co. with ink powders and inks. It manufactures inks, pens, markers, pencils, paints and other art and office products. Japan's Kokuyo acquired a majority stake in the company in 2011.

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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 Royal Blue?

Royal Blue falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.

Does Royal Blue have sheen?

Royal 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 Royal 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 Royal 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.

Similar shades By colour distance

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