What is shading fountain pen ink?Updated 10 months ago

Fountain pen inks can have varying degrees of “shading.” This is the ink’s ability to show depth of color. Inks like Serenity Blue shade so you can see a darkening value scale within each line stroke.

Then, you have a multi-chromatic shading ink like Sailor Manyo Haha, which shades in both value and color. The lighter saturation of the ink shows dramatic color separation. Is this ink a green? Blue? Pink? It can be all of the above!

High-shading and multi-chromatic shading inks tend to be lighter in saturation and might be a little on the drier side in terms of flow.