Jumping back into the Inkvents for week two, so that is days 8 through 14. I liked these colors released this week and it was VERY hard to pick some favorites.
Colorvent 2025 - Week 2 Favorites.
For my Colorvent favorites:
- Flame Nebula
- Snow Angel
- Maven Mission
Swatches of Colovent inks on col-o-dex cards. White background.
Flame Nebula is a muted dusty orange that leans red. This is a standard ink, that appears to be a nice shader. I would like to get this one into a pen, I’m really intrigued by this color, it’s unique. Most of the oranges in my collection are very saturated.
Next is Snow Angel. I almost didn’t include this here and the more I look a this color, the more I like it. This is a brown-pink, or taupe, according to Colorverse. I was worried about the writing experience with it, and I saw a writing sample from someone else doing daily videos, it looked really readable! So I put it in a pen with a fine nib (Little experiment of my own) and I think it’s perfectly readable. Shades really nicely.
Lastly for this week, Maven Mission. I was drawn to this one. The base color is a deep saturated purple that dries with this heavy gold/green sheen. I might have some other examples of this in my collection and I also feel like this isn’t seen often.
Honorable Mention: Morning Frost on Mars - Glitter Potion
This might be a little controversial and I’m super excited that Colorverse included something like this. Morning Frost on Mars is a glitter potion!! Or they call it Gleamix. What the heck is a glitter potion, you may ask? It’s a shimmer additive so you can mix shimmer into your standard inks and have sparkly goodness in anything! How cool is that!? The shimmer in Morning Frost on Mars seems to be a chameleon, meaning it changes depending on what ink it’s in.
I added some to LGM (Little Green Men) - It was really hard to photograph. Maybe I didn’t add enough shimmer. This is my first time using a shimmer potion, so more experimentation is needed for me. Science!!!
Extra Honorable Mention: Both Golden Mist and Blue Hole.
Ok, this covers everything from this week but I couldn’t resist. These two colors are cool even if they are both on the pale side.
Golden Mist is a chromashader with hints of yellow and peach. I don’t think this will be very readable in a pen. However, this will be wonderful for artists. Still this color combination is really unique.
Blue Hole is also a chromashader. A base color of light blue, baby blue with hints of green. I also think this might be a little on the pale side to write with. To paint with this will be beautiful! I think it’s neat that Colorverse continued with this naming theme. I was intrigued by White Hole from last years set, another pale chromashader and sad it didn’t make the cut. Blue Hole likely won’t either, sadly.
With all that said, I included these because I think these will tickle the fancy of anyone who likes to paint using fountain pen inks with a water brush.
Enigma Inkvent - Week 2 Favorites
For my Enigma Inkvent favorites:
(These are hard to pick since Enigma does such a good job with this set!)
- Sheaffer Skrip Pink
- The Wet Pen Everett Massacre #2
- Mishima Kaori
Sheaffer Skrip Pink is a pink! I mean hot pink with small amounts of gold sheen. This is a new color formulation for Sheaffer, I believe. It’s just as smooth as one would expect. It’s certainly a striking color.
The Wet Pen Everett Massacre #2. I was very excited to see this ink. This is one that I skipped when it came out, just due to my preferences. This is a nice brownish-red and I found that I really liked this color as I swatched it. This ink is named after the 1916 event in which eleven IWW Union protestors and two sheriff’s deputies were killed on the waterfront of Everett, WA. While that may sound macabre. This ink (made to look like blood, ew) is actually quite nice. I will have to pick up a bottle due the next run.
Mishima Kaori. Mishima is another brand that I have never heard of. This ink is made by Sailor and from the information I found this mimics popular food stuffs (furikake) packaging in Japan. This is a beautiful bright green. I did track down the brand in the US to one retailer, unfortunately, they are out of stock! Bummer!
I have an Honorable Mention (Again!) yes I know:
Kiwi Inks Lavender. I really was drawn to this color. It’s pale, yes. It may border on too light to write with, however, I’m calling out to the artists here. Those who like to color and paint with fountain pen ink. This will be nice for that and I will be using it in the DI coloring books.
Thanks for reading! Keep enjoying those inks.
PS - All Inkvents were purchased with my own dollars!