Last year during inkvent season, I eagrly waited everyday to see what the color was going to be. I had been new in the ink game and wanted to see what these nkvents and newly on the scene Colorvent was all about. This year I decided to jump in and picked up both the Colorverse Colorvent and the Enigma Inkvent.
I liked alot of the colors that Colorverse did for their Colorvent last year and knew that I wanted to pick one up this year. The Enigma Inkvent I was suuuper excited for and picked it up on pre-order the day they put them up. Enigma does a graet job showcasing hard to get and small maker inks and this year was no exception.
Releasing a post everyday felt overwhelming and there are alot of people already do that. I did however, want to share my favorites in these sets and decided to highlight some of my favorites on a weekly basis. I’ll be covering days 1 through 7 here. So without further ado ..
Colorvent 2025 - Week 1 favorites.
For my Colorvent favorites:
- Erebus Crater
- Milky Sea
- The Void
Erebus Crater is a cool green-grey that chromashades as it dries into this bluish-brownish color. It’s very cool. I like this one a lot and immediately put it in a pen. I filled my Opus 88 Demo with a flex-fine nib and from this nib, it shades for days. This is a neat ink! I hope this gets full bottle treatment.
Small writing samples of Erebus Crater in a Flex F nib on Nebula Note Paper
Next is Milky Sea. Milky Sea is a dark blue with blue shimmer! How fun!? It looks to shade nicely and I think this is particularly unique, at least in my collection as I don’t have a dark blue with blue shimmer.
Lastly for this week, The Void. I’m usually not a fan of black inks, unless they have some unique property, and The Void does! It sheen’s! Heavily sheen’s. As it dries this nice broze sheen takes over. I did find it to dry in a reasonable time and not to smear! This color really captured my attention as I was swatching it out and I think it will be next to go into a pen and to be used to setup my 2026 planner.
Honorable Mention: LGM (Little Green Men)
I love this color. It’s a bright Chartreuse. I’m not sure it would be readable from a pen, maybe a broad or stub? However, I couldn’t let this go unmentioned, especially, if you’re someone who likes to use a water brush. I’m really looking forward to using this color in my Dominant Industry Log of Atlantis and/or Log of Elixir coloring books.
Enigma Inkvent - Week 1 favorites
For my Enigma Inkvent favorites:
(These were much harder to pick)
- Platinum “Mixable” Medocino Twilight
- Bungubox Kanda Festival Sarugakucho
- Azonx Gogh Yellow
Medocino Twilight is a unique color that was mixed by the Enigma folks themselves using Platinum’s line of mixable inks. I believe they will be releasing their recipe sometime during the month of December, if anyone wants to mix the color again. This is another dark blue or blue-black, that appears to shade nicely and has a hint of sheen to it.
I was very excited to see a Bungubox ink included. This is my first Bungubox ink. Bungubox Kanda Festival Sarugakucho is a warm orange-red. The shading here looks really nice and the color is warm and inviting. According to Jetpens the color is “inspired by the well-worn hanten coat of a particular palanquin bearer at a Kanda Matsuri celebration.”
Azonx Gogh Yellow. Azonx is a brand that I’ve never heard of before and I believe this ink is made by Sailor, at least it has the Sailor ink scent (if you know, you know). According to Plaza Japan “Azone Artist Ink is an ink series that reproduce colors inspired by representative works of famous painters in history. A total of 6 colors variety, from Vermeer, which is characterized by realistic and precise, to Monet, a representative painter of Impressionism.”
How Cool! This is a nice golden yellow again looks to be a nice shader and should be no problem using for long writing in a pen. I don’t think I have anything quite like it in my collection.
I have an Honorable Mention (Again!):
The Wet Pen Rainier Blue. The Wet Pen is a small, one guy maker. I would say Rainier Blue is one of his signature colors and one that captured my attention, last year, with it’s nice shading and red sheen on some papers. This is the ink that really clued me into The Wet Pen inks and I’ve been collecting them ever sense. They are harder to get, but Matt, the person behind TWP has newly introduced 20ml bottles in addition to his normal 50ml bottle in effort to make more ink available in a given drop. I’m only calling this an honorable mention because this is a dupe for me.
Thanks for reading! Keep enjoying those inks.
PS - All Colorvent and Inkvent calendars were purchased with my own dollars.