Ink library · 16 colours · one paper
Same pen, same paper, every swatch.
Every ink in the library is swabbed with a cotton bud, written with a Fieldnote M nib and photographed on Ledger 90 gsm under the same daylight bulb. Order any colour as a 4 ml sample before you commit to a bottle.
Teal
Blue
Blue-black
Green
Black
Warm
Violet
NM-101
Teal
Bosphorus Teal
Heavy shading · red sheen
4 ml sample
€3
NM-102
Teal
Kingfisher Deep
Low sheen · everyday
4 ml sample
€3
NM-103
Blue
Iron Indigo
Iron-gall · permanent
4 ml sample
€3
NM-104
Blue
Harbour Blue
Bright · fast drying
4 ml sample
€3
NM-105
Blue
Lapis Ledger
Saturated · gold sheen
4 ml sample
€3
NM-106
Blue-black
Slate Morning
Muted · business
4 ml sample
€3
NM-107
Green
Pine Archive
Ages to grey
4 ml sample
€3
NM-108
Green
Fig Leaf
Olive · shading
4 ml sample
€3
NM-109
Green
Lichen
Pale · sketching
4 ml sample
€3
NM-110
Black
Lamp Black
Dense · water-resistant
4 ml sample
€3
NM-111
Black
Soot & Ash
Warm grey-black
4 ml sample
€3
NM-112
Warm
Oxblood Seal
Deep red-brown
4 ml sample
€3
NM-113
Warm
Tobacco Leaf
Sepia · shading
4 ml sample
€3
NM-114
Warm
Saffron Note
Golden ochre
4 ml sample
€3
NM-115
Violet
Plum Proof
Dark plum · sheen
4 ml sample
€3
NM-116
Violet
Wisteria
Soft · dusty
4 ml sample
€3
How we swatch
Three rules, so colours stay comparable.
01
One paper
Ledger 90 gsm cream, from the same batch, for every ink.
02
One nib
A Fieldnote medium steel nib, flushed between colours.
03
One light
Photographed at 5,000 K daylight, never edited for saturation.