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Königsblau

Blues & navies#146BE8

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#146BE8
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 Gutenberg

Gutenberg is a traditional German ink brand best known for its Urkundentinte G10, a handcrafted iron gall document ink for fountain pens produced by Gutenberg-Werbering. The ink penetrates the paper and becomes permanent, resisting chemical erasure, and is intended for signatures, documents, and other special occasions.

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