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City Fantasy - Flinders Yellow
Pierre Cardin is one of the 713 brands in Inktend's built-in ink catalog.
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Paper & pairing
Warm tones (oranges, yellows, ambers) show strong contrast between light and dark areas of each stroke, which is part of why they're popular with broader nibs. 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 Pierre Cardin
Pierre Cardin is a French fashion house founded in Paris in 1950 by the designer of the same name, famous for pioneering large-scale brand licensing that eventually put the name on thousands of products worldwide. Writing instruments are among these licensed goods; in India, Pierre Cardin fountain pens, rollerballs, ballpoints and inks are marketed by Flair Writing Industries, positioning the brand's fashion cachet in the affordable-to-mid-range segment.
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.