Ink Review: Colorverse Office Brown fountain pen ink

Colorverse Office Brown fountain pen ink review — **Colorverse - Office Brown** - **Ink drop**

The Office series from Colorverse is unusual in that it includes both dye and pigment-based inks. That makes sense for a series devoted to office standards. Office Brown is one of the seven dye inks, so it isn’t as water-resistant as the three pigment inks, but it does show quite good water-resistance in the chromatography.

**Colorverse Office Brown fountain pen ink color range**

I wouldn’t call Office Brown a simple, standard brown. It isn’t wild and crazy, but it isn’t boring, either. It’s cool in tone, with a soft demeanor. As the chromatography shows, there are strong red and yellow influences that make it an interesting brown. I’m sure you could get some very nice results with a water brush, too.

Colorverse Office Brown fountain pen ink on Cosmo Air Light and Tomoe River papers — **Ink Swatches on Cosmo Air Light and Tomoe River**

There is moderate shading on coated papers (and some variation on uncoated papers, as well.) The light areas make me want to call it a sepia brown, and really showcase the peachy pink undertones. On cream-colored papers like Midori MD and Oasis, you’ll find it more of a yellowish, medium brown.

Colorverse Office Brown fountain pen ink writing sample on Cosmo Air Snow paper — **Some shading on Cosmo Air Snow paper**

Writing performance and experience are both very nice. It’s wetter than average in flow, particularly for a Colorverse ink. I didn’t find any feathering on coated papers. Stroke profiles were sharp and clean. On good-quality uncoated papers, it performed well, too. On office copy paper, I found a little spreading or micro-feathering in saturated stroke ends. I used a juicy, Jowo medium nib for testing, and it’s probably not as issue in a fine or extra fine, or a drier nib.

Colorverse Office Brown fountain pen ink writing samples — **Colorverse Office Brown ink writing samples**

Like the other nine inks in the Office series, Office Brown comes in Colorverse’s wide-mouthed, 30 ml bottle. It might not be as elegant as their ink drop bottle, but it’s nice, and very practical. I like it very much. It brings the price down, too. You can find Office Brown for US$12-15 at many popular online retailers.

Colorverse Office Brown fountain pen ink swatch card — **Colorverse Office Brown - Swatch Card**

Colorverse Office Brown fountain pen ink swatch comparisons — **Colorverse Office Brown - Comparisons**

Colorverse Office Brown fountain pen ink 30 ml bottle — **Colorverse Office Brown - 30 ml Ink Bottle**

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