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Mermaid backwater
Malevich is one of the 713 brands in Inktend's built-in ink catalog.
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Paper & pairing
Greens read as more expressive than blue or black, a common choice for people who want color without leaving the realm of "still looks professional." 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.
About Malevich
Malevich (Малевичъ) is a Russian art materials brand based in Moscow, named after the avant-garde painter Kazimir Malevich. The company produces affordable artist supplies including paints, brushes, canvases, and easels, as well as drawing and calligraphy inks, among them shimmer inks, used by sketchers and fountain pen enthusiasts.
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
Similar shades By colour distance
Color shown is a close digital approximation of a typical swatch, not a calibrated color match.