Wearingeul The Black Tulip Fountain Pen Ink – 30 mL

Some flowers become more compelling because they are thought impossible.

Inspired by Alexandre Dumas's The Black Tulip, Wearingeul The Black Tulip is a deep, near-black fountain pen ink with a violet cast and silver shimmer. The dark base gives the ink considerable depth, while the reflective particles emerge as the page catches the light.

The ink takes its character from the legendary black tulip at the center of Dumas's novel—a seemingly impossible flower pursued amid political upheaval, rivalry, and tragedy. Wearingeul interprets that image through a black-violet base accompanied by silver glitter, creating an ink that can appear restrained at one angle and unexpectedly luminous at another. Wearingeul classifies The Black Tulip as exhibiting shading, sheen, and glistening.

Ink Details
30 mL fountain pen ink
Made by Wearingeul in South Korea
Inspired by Alexandre Dumas's The Black Tulip
Deep black with violet undertones
Silver shimmer
Properties: Shading · Sheen · Glistening

From the Archivist's Desk

The Black Tulip initially reads as an exceptionally dark ink, but it is not simply black. In our swatch, the underlying cool violet becomes more apparent where the ink spreads more thinly, while the silver particles break across the darker surface when the paper is moved through the light.

That combination suits the idea behind the ink particularly well. The interest is not in making black spectacular, but in discovering that the apparent black contains considerably more than it first reveals.

Ink Swatch Note

The ink swatch shown was made on Tomoe River 68 gsm paper. Fountain pen inks can appear different depending on paper, nib, ink concentration, drying time, and lighting conditions. Our swatches are photographed under the natural lighting conditions available at the time and are intended as a guide rather than an exact color reference.