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Starry Night

Blues & navies#121A65

An Italian brand offering a compact core ink range alongside its resin pens.

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Specs

Color familyBlues & navies
Approx. hex#121A65
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 Visconti

Founded in Florence in 1988, Visconti is known for experimenting with unconventional materials, including basaltic lava resin in its Homo Sapiens line, and double-reservoir "power filler" mechanisms.

Italy Founded 1988
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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 Starry Night?
Starry Night falls into Inktend's blues & navies family based on its typical swatch color.
Does Starry Night have sheen?
Starry Night 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 Starry Night?
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 Starry Night?
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.