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Joifun

Tulip

Blues & navies#051E52

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#051E52
SheenNot typically noted
BrandJoifun

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 Joifun

Joifun (styled Joi-Fun) is a stationery brand that sells through its own Amazon storefront, describing itself as a source for "exquisite and special little things" such as pens, notebooks and stationery sets. Its writing products include glass dip pen and ink sets and coloured gel pen sets, with the bottled inks sold as multi-colour boxed collections named after fruits, flowers and scents. It is a marketplace brand with no separate retail website.

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