Spring is upon us and I've been looking for something that reminds me of new growth and tender leaves. Enter Colorverse King's Road. King's Road is part of the Korea Special inks and is number 49. It's a leafy, vegetable green color. It is on the lighter side, at least as light as I'd like to go for writing purposes. However, the color is somewhat complex, in that hints of blue come out around the edges of the writing and dare I say a hint of chromoshading?
Swatches
The Col-o-Dex really shows the blue on the edges. The green shows shades from a light new leafy green to a darker vegetable green with some hints of yellow.
I ended up doing two chromatrogrphy strips because I really thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. I expected to see some of the green move, however, you can see it’s only those blues coming out in the chromatrography. So strange.
Long Writing Samples
Longer writing samples were done on Yu-Sari 95gsm paper. View Corona 52gsm paper, Tomoe River S 52gsm paper, and Colorverse’s own Nebula Note 90gsm paper.
The Yu-Sari paper brings out the shading properties in this ink. Writing was very smooth on this paper. I quite enjoyed King's Road on this paper. The blue around the edges is present if you look closely. I think King's Road stands out on this paper and even more so after I flooded the feed toward the end.
View Corona also brings out some shading but not the way the Yu-Sari does. View Corona did bring out the color a little more. I also liked the flow on this paper. The blue is a little harder to detect but it is there in some of the bigger strokes.
King’s Road on Tomoe River S paper performed similarily to View Corona, though more shading comes through on Tomoe River. I cannot detect the blue around the edges of the writing on Tomoe.
Nebula Note was interesting as in it’s a thicker feeling paper even from the Yu-Sari which is around the same weight. Nebula Note also feels like it has a bit of texture to it. The writing is still smooth. Shading though barely came through on this one. Although the color is punchy on the Nebula Note, and you can see a blob of blue in the “G.” This was right after I took a shim to the tines.
Up-close pictures
Final Thoughts
I filled a TWSBI Eco with a broad nib for this one. The flow was a little on the dry side and I found that I had to flood the feed from time to time. However, I also think the pairing wasn’t the best choice. I’ve come to find that this particular nib even though it’s a broad, it runs dry due to the coating on it. All of that aside, I still found the writing experience to be pleasant on all the papers that I tested on. The lines were crisp and there was no feathering what-so-ever. I think the ink in terms of showing properties performed the best on Yu-Sari paper.
I do not have anything in my collection that is remotely close to this color, so if the color catches your eye, I wouldn’t hesitate to pick up a sample or a bottle. Just be sure to use your very wettest nib.
Thanks for reading! Keep enjoying those inks.
PS - All inks were purchased with my own dollars!