colored ink

Hued printing fluid

Colored ink is ink in any hue other than black—blue, red, green, or any other shade.

The term distinguishes specialty inks from standard black ink used in most printing and writing: The contract was signed in blue ink, but annotations were made in colored ink.

Printers use colored inks for graphics, photographs, and emphasis.

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fountain pen · gel pen · felt tip · vibrant · stain · cyan · magenta · yellow · bleed · smudge · nib · calligraphy · printing · screen printing · hue · saturated · wash · bleeding

Opposites
pigmentation/color presence

colored inkblack ink

Dark pigmented writing fluid

invisible ink · achromatic · black and white · graphite · monochrome

medium type

colored inkgraphite

Crystalline carbon allotrope

pencil lead · charcoal · pencil · chalk · crayon

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G