Sailor x mizutama Dark Beige - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample
Sailor x mizutama Dark Beige - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample
Details
Hue: A muted greyish taupe-brown with a soft mauve undertone. Be aware that it is noticeably darker and cooler than "beige" suggests. Written lines read as a dusky grey-brown, and where the ink pools it turns distinctly mauve-purple with dark olive edges.
Shading: Moderate. It shades clearly from pale taupe to deep grey-brown, and the shading is visible in normal handwriting.
Sheen: None observed.
Shimmer: None.
Flow: Medium.
The interesting bit: This ink comes from Sailor's collaboration with mizutama, the Japanese illustrator and eraser-stamp artist known for her gentle drawings of a little girl, food and the countryside. Its Japanese name is Yosooi, meaning "dressing up". The label shows the girl putting on her beret for an outing, with a rabbit and flowers alongside her. It was one of three inks in the collaboration, with Eastern Blue and Faded Orange.
This is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.
Photos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.
I'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.
Postage
Royal Mail or Evri, your choice at checkout, from £1.90. Free over £20. Dispatched within 2 working days. UK only for now.
Returns
Change your mind within 14 days and I'll refund you, including standard outbound postage. Return postage is yours unless something's wrong. Opened vials can only be refunded in part. Full details in my refund policy.
What you're getting
A 4ml vial, hand-decanted by me from my own bottle. Swatch photos are mine, on Tomoe River paper. Colours vary with paper, nib and screen, so treat them as a good guide rather than an exact match.