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Lichtope

Winter Garden

Blues & navies#001D37

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#001D37
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 Lichtope

Lichtope is a fountain pen and stationery shop based in Shibuya, Tokyo, run by a fountain pen adjustment specialist. It offers a curated selection of pens, performs nib alignment and ink-flow adjustment on the pens it sells, and releases original fountain pen inks, including its MITSUO ink line.

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