{"product_id":"diamine-celadon-cat","title":"Diamine Celadon Cat — 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A cool, muted grey-green. Diamine and retailers describe it as a light grey-green or pale jade, and some list it as a pale teal. On my swatches on Tomoe River it reads noticeably greyer than that — a soft slate-grey body with the green-teal showing mainly where the ink concentrates at stroke edges and pooled areas. The written line is a pale, dusty grey with only a faint green cast; the jade note is far more obvious in a swab than in handwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e High. Marked light-to-dark variation, and a pronounced chromatic separation — the grey body separates out to a much darker blue-teal at every edge and pool, which is the ink's main visual character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen: \u003c\/strong\u003eNone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Celadon Cat came out of the Diamine Reddit Ink Project, an ongoing collaboration in which members of the r\/fountainpens forum vote on a new Diamine colour and then name it. The 2022 vote was close enough between two candidates that Diamine released both for 2023 — Celadon Cat and Sailor's Warning. Earlier rounds of the same project produced Earl Grey, which went on to become one of Diamine's best sellers. Celadon is a Chinese ceramic glaze known for its cool, milky grey-green finish, and the ink is a fair likeness of it, particularly the darker tone that gathers in the crazing and crevices of the pottery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003cbr\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003cbr\u003eI'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diamine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266215158086,"sku":"INK-125","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/Diamine-CeladonCat3.jpg?v=1789164493","url":"https:\/\/thepensmuggler.co.uk\/products\/diamine-celadon-cat","provider":"The Pen Smuggler","version":"1.0","type":"link"}