Examined: Ink Wash Color Tests

This is a review of 7 water-soluble inks that I have been using for my regular everyday sketching. (These tests shown below were done on 80lb. Strathmore Aquarius II watercolor paper, which is what I use in my sketchbook.)
[BEWARE: The color calibration of computer monitors varies quite a bit. So the colors of these inks may not look the same on all monitors.]

1 Noodler's Borealis Black - Straight, firm, pure warm black. Washes to a nice grey flannel. No color drop-out. (Considerable bleeding of the lines on the wc paper, as you might be able to see. Might be a problem.)
2 Noodler's Squeteague Green - Cool turquoise blue lines and wash. Nice.
3 Noodler's AirCorp Blue Black - Same wash color as the Squeteague, except that the lines stay very dark, almost black. Nice contrast with the wash color.
4 Noodler's Nightshade - Dark red/black lines that wash into a lovely violet/fuschia. There are faint undertones of blue as well. Very varied, very nice.
5 Noodler's Sequoia Green - Deep dark green lines that wash into a warm almost olive green, but with pronounced undertones of red, which is green's compliment. This one is quite nifty!
6 Private Reserve Midnight Blue - Good neutral ultramarine blue wash color, with very slight undertones of a yellowish green. Need to experiment with this one more.
7 Private Reserve Velvet Black - My benchmark and my favorite. Washes into violets, blues, and greens. I wanted to compare this side-by-side with these new inks.
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Links:

--Noodler's Inks from Swisher Pens
--Noodler's website
--Private Reserve inks website (beware the auto-audio--yuck!)
--Index of Ink Reviews on the Fountain Pen Network website - excellent resource for more on your ink of choice.

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This last one, at the bottom, is a side-by-side close-up of the Noodler's Borealis Black (on the left) and the PR Velvet Black (on the right), showing very clearly how the PR breaks into all manner of other colors. Love the Velvet Black!