Tono & Lims - Peridot

Tono & Lims - Peridot - Ink Drop

Peridot is from one of my favorite makers, Tono & Lims. Peridot is the name given to gem-quality examples of Olivine. This semi-precious gem is favored for its yellow-green to emerald color, and its use in jewelry dates back to Egypt’s pharaonic period almost 5000 years ago.

Visually, this ink resembles the lighter range of the standard peridot gem colors. It’s a leafy, vegetable green, similar to the greens of cabbage or celery. There are yellow undertones that soften the already pale, cool, mild green. Blending with the green is a brilliant, fine-particle, platinum shimmer. It covers areas of pooling, and written strokes. The result is a beautiful satiny smooth green. A darkened edging adds definition to pooling, as well as written strokes. As a shimmer ink, shading is largely obscured, but that does not detract from the beauty of the ink.

Tono & Lims - Peridot - Ink Swatch Card

As a writing ink, Peridot shows different faces based on the paper you choose. Strokes were clean and crisp on Rhodia (R), Kokuyo (K), and Fabriano (F), slightly less so on Mnemosyne (M) , but feathered significantly on Apica (A), and office copy (O). There was some light shading on R and M, but none on the others. Halo was darkest on R, and visible on M, K, and F, as well. Drying time was 25-45 seconds on coated papers, 15-30 seconds on uncoated premiums, and 5 seconds on office copy. On the right paper, this is a nice writing ink.

Tono & Lims Peridot is definitely a pretty ink, and light greens are difficult to get right to my liking. Its best examples were gorgeous, and it wrote well in those cases. However, on other papers, it was less enjoyable to use than I expected. I really like Tono & Lims inks, but in this case, it was too inconsistent, and too slow to dry for me recommend strongly. Check out my review of Tono & Lims Power Up for something similar that performs well in writing.