The newest addition to my small (by comparison to, say, my Diamine collection) Conklin bottles, Dusty Rose surprised me as a pleasant shade. The saturation, depth, and subtlety of this color seems spot on.

This was the first Conklin ink I had experience with, and it remains an elegant, outstanding color.

Perhaps the most intriguing of these seven colors, as the denim has a lot of grey in it. But it’s a pleasant, gentle color for sure.

While it might seem unusual to folks who don’t use various inks and might think black is black, that is absolutely not the case, and today’s black is rich, dark, and extremely saturated.