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Hosia Ink Studio

Azure Clouds

Blues & navies#355B9C

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#355B9C
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 Hosia Ink Studio

Hosia Ink Studio is a Chinese ink studio known for chromatography and gradient "chromo-shading" fountain pen inks whose colors separate into multi-layered transitions on paper. Its dye-based inks are sold in 30 ml bottles and smaller sample sizes through AliExpress and international stationery retailers, and have gained a following among ink enthusiasts for their unusual shading effects.

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