J. Herbin Fountain Pen Ink - 30 ml Bottle - Lierre Sauvage (Wild Ivy Green)

The perfect shade of emerald green. Closely matches the swatch on the website, and flows evenly (used in Pilot Metropolitan pen). Not much else to add. If you like green ink, get this.

This is a beautiful medium green with blue undertones. It has beautiful shading even when I use it with my medium nib pen. On my computer, it resembles the Herbin swatch at this web site exactly. While I'd never write a business letter with this color, I never get tired using lierre sauvage to grade student papers or write in my planner.

Without a doubt the best black fountain pen ink in the world. A very deep black, with great flow, good lubrication, limited feathering and bleed-through on most papers, nice dry-time and very safe in all pens. I just wish that Jet Pens would stock the cheaper 100ml plastic bottles!

A great brown color. As with the previous reviewer, I feel that it matches the swab on the site perfectly. This is a great alternative to a harsh black when journaling. It looks especially good on off-white paper.

Not "pensive violet purple": "Pensee" (noun, feminine) is the French name for the flower called "pansy" in English. There's a drawing of one on the label, and the petals are indeed very similar in hue to that of this ink.

This is not a colour I have much call for, but it is indeed a lovely, clean violet- a grown-up version of the ink ( AKA Waterman's Violet) that French primary school kids would use in their exercise and composition books.

Herbin inks are among the best in the world, and have been made to a very high standard indeed for centuries longer than most ink manufacturers have been in business. This superb, pure hue is no exeption. If you are a fan of violet and have not tried this one yet, I urge you to buy a bottle. More likely than not, it will not be your last.