• Colour: I’m going to call it a neutral grey. Scanned it looks awfully warm but it’s quite neutral.
• Special Attributes:
  • Shade: Yes, some shading.
  • Sheen: No.
  • Shimmer: Silver shimmer.
• Watercolour Usage: Rather boring to use with water, but good for writing.
• Harkens to Mind: Fog on the highway late at night, seawater under a stormy sky.
• Similar to: Nothing in my arsenal.
• Expense: $18/50ml as of 2022.
• Example: Zulu king Cetshwayo kaMpande, whose own great-grandson played him in a film about 80 years after his death.

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Writing Sample

Verdict

It’s a great shimmery grey ink, I have no complaints about it. I like non-shimmer greys better, however. I appreciate very much that it is dark enough to be legible while still not pretending to be black, though.