A lime green tray made to hold sample vials. There are 5 sample vials with different colors of ink, each one is labeled 1-5. Underneath the vials is a bag labeled Caran d’Ache Inks, Delicate Green, Divine Pink, Electric Orange, Infra Red, Magma Blue
Fountain Pens

August Truphae Review, Caran d’Ache

Funny story, a friend of mine wrote a book with a character name Caran and I texted her to show her I’d just found this ink and she told me that is where she got the name! Small world, eh? By the way – excellent book, check it out: Resonance, by Dora Raymaker

Notebook page with the following text: August Truphae (‘22) Caran d’Ache Inks! (Written inside of an ink bottle stamp) Delicate Green Divine Pink Electric Orange Infra Red Magma Blue Each color name has a line of color matching it underneath
Qtip line swabs of each Truphae Sample

These are really fun colors! Two of them remind me of other inks I already love – Down the Don Valley by Ferris Wheel Press and Wonderland by Diamine. I will definitely use the other three, altho reds are not my favorite so…maybe not that one. It was kind of interesting how 4 of these inks were vibrant and bright and the blue was a lot darker. But the ink wasn’t sticky, it wrote smoothly, it didn’t feel dry, and it does not bleed thru the page. All good things. Overall solid inks! 

5 sample cards, they are stacked on top of each other so only the swatch of color at the top is visible on the first 4. the last one is fully visible and the text reads: Caran d’Ache Magma Blue xxx ooo sssss And the word “standard” written on the right edge of the card. The first four cards are a bright green, a brigh pink, a bright orange, and a bright red. the last one is a darker blue.
Sample Cards for the Caran d’Ache Truphae inks I sampled in August.