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Fonte

05 Malachite

Blues & navies#176960

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#176960
SheenNot typically noted
BrandFonte

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 Fonte

Fonte is a stationery line of the Japanese company Komamono Lab, part of the Nippan group. The brand offers affordable writing goods including customizable skeleton fountain pens, glass dip pens, rollerball and brush pens, bottled inks, ink cartridges and pen cases.

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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 05 Malachite?
05 Malachite falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.
Does 05 Malachite have sheen?
05 Malachite 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 05 Malachite?
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 05 Malachite?
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.