When writing with a medium nib, I find this to be a fairly boring (but pretty) lavender shade, with a slight edge of green if I manage to pool a lot of ink. When spreading it on watercolor paper, it really shines, breaking apart into blue, purple, pink, and a nice mint green. Overall, I really like it, but I'd probably put it in a stub or a broad if I wanted to actually write with it.

Watery. Unusable.

Lovely shading!

Love these Sailor inks to play with. Beautiful shade, maybe a bit light if your sight is less than perfect.

It’s all the rave that everyone boasts about, stunning!!!

Thank you for super fast shipping too!

Usually don't get excited about two toned inks, but I like this one. I've put it into a medium nib Preppy hoping to see more of it. It pretty much looks like gray. I also color with my inks and this one tends to not go on evenly but gets blotchy. Still, I like it.

Sich a beautiful ink. Just the right viscosity. This would be great for artists, as the green under sheening is breath takingly beautiful. It's hard to see in normal writing in regular paper though.

Fairly light ink while being just dark enough for everyday writing. The chromoshading is noticeable in a variety of nib sizes and paper types. Will likely buy a whole bottle

This ink is fun to write with. The base color is a light gray, with hints of darker blue to purple that show up randomly. It is fast drying, which is great for a leftie like myself and is glides smoothly across all types of paper.

I love this color! But it only works on some pen/paper combos. Wet nibs on Tomoe seem to be the best...also. the price is ridiculous, but what are you going to do. Troublemaker needs to begin production again

I'm proooooobably going to buy the full size of this ink. I love it � I put it in my pilot plumix and the pinks and blues are beautiful.

I really love this color! Another reason I am thrilled to test out ink samples. Thank you, Goulet Pens!Now I can continue to Write On!

The ink is very pretty however it is not something I would use on a daily basis. It's a bit light for my taste.

#1, I won't be buying a bottle of it, because it looks like some old black ink which I watered down with water only. Weak, uninteresting.#2, I did enjoy playing with it and I paint with watercolor, so I liked that I could see it separate into two of the colors on my pallet I use to make gray sometimes: Cobalt Violet and Cobalt Green (Winsor Newton brand). But for writing, no, too boring for me.

I have only bought a sample but I enjoy the ink because it is slightly unpredictable. It comes out darker some moments, lighter other (my pen was totally dry when I inked it) it has a slight lavender quality but it's more blue-gray. It reminds me of that lovely gray that you see on the underside of cumulus cloudsThe more resistant the paper the more dramatic the color effect. If you are looking for a consistent tone for your writing, I don't think this is the one for you. I'm using it with a stub nib pen on Clairefontaine paper to enjoy the shading and variations it produces. High marks for being entertaining to write with, no troubles with flow or staying happy in my Conklin pen. Water Resistance: after drying for a minute, you can rinse it with water and the blue-gray leaves but a lavender-ish ghost remains.

I am obsessed with the Sailor color-change inks (not sure what their official term is) on Tomoe River Paper. They are so magical to write with. This ink goes on grey and has purple-ish pink an green tones that come out as it dries (again, on TRP). On Rhodia and Clairefontaine, it mostly stays grey with my 1.1 stub nib.

I tested this sample with a wide nib Pilot Parallel Pen and found the shading on the ink to be intriguing. It has a base of purple that fades do lavender with faint blue highlights in places. I was looking for something a bit more blue and I'm happier with Manyo Haha, however this ink would be very lovely if one wanted a nicely shading purple, especially with a wider nib pen.

Sailor really knows what they're doing when it comes to multi shaders. This one is a bit of a muted grey with purple, blue and sometimes green shading. Not as aggressively color-changing as Manyo Ha-Ha, but much more legible as it's a touch darker.

I'm usually not a big fan of lighter colors... especially those that are on the thin side. The amazing multicolored shading that goes on with this ink is well worth it. I typically use fine/ Japanese fine nibs, but I put this in my TWSBI Diamond 580 with a medium nib. The ink performed well above my expectations. It was legible and interesting to look at. I will definitely be buying a full bottle!

I love this gentle ink. The picture on the listing is accurate; that's exactly the color it writes. I prefer to use it in my thicker-nibbed pens so the purple in the shading really gets to shine!

Great experience.

This is a beautiful color - I've started doing a Moon journal to keep myself on a writing schedule and chose this color as my moon color for a Parker IM Midnight Astral (sadly, not available by Goulet). A lovely pairing, the gray has purple and blue undertones that come out as shading/sheen and is perfect for my journal.

Beautiful! It runs a little lighter than I expected. As it dries it reveals it's true self.