Inks
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Ink wells can be purchased at various locations. Inks can be used to write with, to marble things, to stain crafted wooden items, and in candle making.
Scented ink may not be used to stain or marble.
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List of known inks (incomplete)
All colours appear to randomly show up in the shops that sell random colours, but some are also always, or often, available at specific shops.
| Ink name | Shade | Commonly available at | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| agate green | green | ||
| alice blue | blue | ||
| amber | yellow | ||
| amethyst | purple | ||
| amethyst purple | purple | ||
| antique brass | metallic | ||
| apple white | greyscale | ||
| aqua | blue | ||
| aqua pearl | blue | ||
| aquamarine | blue | ||
| aquashell white | greyscale | ||
| ash blue | blue | ||
| asparagus grey | greyscale | ||
| aspen green | green | ||
| aubergine | purple | ||
| auburn | brown | ||
| Auriental red | red | ||
| avocado green | green | ||
| azure | blue | ||
| baby's breath pink | pink | ||
| battlefield crimson | red | Addlemeyer's | |
| beachwood white | greyscale | ||
| bear claw brown | brown | ||
| bisque | brown | ||
| black | greyscale | Quirm Road stationer's shop, school shop, post office, Ninja guild, Batchev's, Addlemeyer's, tannery, Felicity Avenue Stationers, Samurai dojo | |
| blackberry cream | purple | ||
| blanched almond | greyscale | ||
| bleached parchment white | greyscale | ||
| blood red | red | ||
| blue | blue | Quirm Road stationer's shop, Ninja guild, specialty ink stall, Felicity Avenue Stationers | |
| blue ebony | blue | ||
| blue lagoon | blue | ||
| blue moss | blue | ||
| blue tundra | blue | ||
| blue whisper | blue | ||
| blue-black | blue | ||
| blue-violet | purple | ||
| blueberry frost | blue | ||
| blushing lavender | purple | ||
| bone white | greyscale | ||
| brass brown | metallic | ||
| brick red | red | ||
| bright white | greyscale | ||
| bright yellow | yellow | ||
| Brindisi orange | orange | ||
| bronze | metallic | hunters' | |
| brown | brown | Ninja guild, specialty ink stall | |
| burnt orange | orange | ||
| burnt umber | brown | ||
| buttercup yellow | yellow | ||
| butterscotch yellow | yellow | ||
| cabbage green | green | ||
| cadet blue | blue | ||
| cameo mauve | purple | ||
| canary yellow | yellow | ||
| candlelight yellow | yellow | ||
| candy apple red | red | ||
| carmine red | red | ||
| carnelian red | red | ||
| cat grey | greyscale | ||
| celadon | green | ||
| celadon green | green | ||
| celery green | green | ||
| cerulean blue | blue | ||
| champagne white | greyscale | ||
| charcoal black | greyscale | ||
| charcoal grey | greyscale | ||
| chartreuse | green | ||
| cherry red | red | ||
| cherrystone brown | brown | ||
| chestnut brown | brown | ||
| chocolate brown | brown | ||
| cinnamon | brown | ||
| clearlake blue | blue | Addlemeyer's | |
| cloud white | greyscale | ||
| cloudy grey | greyscale | Addlemeyer's | |
| coal black | greyscale | ||
| cobalt | blue | Ninja guild | |
| coffee bean brown | brown | ||
| cool white | greyscale | ||
| copper | metallic | hunters', Addlemeyer's | |
| copper flecked brown | brown | Addlemeyer's | flecked |
| coral reef pink | pink | ||
| corn yellow | yellow | ||
| cornflower blue | blue | ||
| cornsilk | yellow | ||
| cotton candy pink | pink | ||
| crimson | red | ||
| crystal blue | blue | ||
| cyan | blue | Ninja guild | |
| daffodil yellow | yellow | ||
| dark blue | blue | tannery | |
| dark brown | brown | ||
| dark chocolate | brown | ||
| dark green | green | hunters' | |
| dark grey | greyscale | hunters' | |
| dark indigo | blue | ||
| dark iron | metallic | ||
| dark lavender | purple | ||
| dark rose | pink | ||
| dark sienna | brown | ||
| dark salmon pink | pink | ||
| dark slate grey | greyscale | ||
| dark tan | brown | ||
| dark terracotta | brown | ||
| dark violet | purple | ||
| dark yellow | yellow | ||
| dawn's light rose | pink | ||
| deep blue | blue | ||
| deep purple | purple | ||
| delicate cream | greyscale | ||
| desert bloom | |||
| desert sand red | red | ||
| dolphin grey | greyscale | ||
| dove grey | greyscale | ||
| dried blood brown | brown | Addlemeyer's | |
| dusty rose | pink | ||
| ebony | greyscale | ||
| eggshell blue | blue | ||
| emerald green | green | Quirm Road stationer's shop, hunters' | |
| emerald | green | ||
| firebrick red | red | ||
| firelight red | red | ||
| forest green | green | hunters' | |
| frosty blue | blue | ||
| fuschia | purple | ||
| galaxy black | greyscale | ||
| garden gate green | green | ||
| garnet red | red | ||
| gay scarlet | red | ||
| Genuan violet | purple | ||
| ghost white | greyscale | ||
| gingerbread man brown | brown | ||
| glass block blue | blue | ||
| gleaming silver | metallic | ||
| Gloomy Forest green | green | ||
| gold flecked blue | blue | flecked | |
| gold flecked crimson | red | flecked | |
| gold flecked green | green | flecked | |
| golden clay yellow | yellow | ||
| golden orange | orange | Sto Lat Misc shop (Rimwards/Blueberry) | |
| golden yellow | yellow | ||
| goldenrod | yellow | ||
| gonne metal grey | greyscale | ||
| gossamer | greyscale | ||
| grape blue | blue | ||
| greasy black | greyscale | ||
| green | green | Ninja guild, Addlemeyer's | |
| green-black | green | ||
| green-yellow | green | ||
| grey | greyscale | Ninja guild | |
| harvest gold | yellow | ||
| heather-coloured | green | Addlemeyer's | |
| hemlock green | green | ||
| heron blue | blue | ||
| Hogswatch tree green | green | ||
| honey brown | brown | ||
| hot pink | pink | ||
| ice blue | blue | ||
| ice grey | greyscale | ||
| ice white | greyscale | ||
| iced orchid | |||
| imperial teal | green | ||
| indigo | blue | ||
| innocent blush | red | ||
| iris purple | purple | Addlemeyer's | |
| ivory | greyscale | ||
| ivy green | green | ||
| Jack Frost white | greyscale | ||
| jade | green | ||
| jet black | greyscale | ||
| khaki | brown | ||
| kitten whiskers white | greyscale | Addlemeyer's | |
| Klatchian coffee brown | brown | ||
| lace white | greyscale | ||
| lake blue | blue | ||
| Lancre green | green | hunters' | |
| lavender blush | purple | ||
| lavender | purple | ||
| lawn green | green | ||
| lead grey | grey | ||
| leaf green | green | hunters' | |
| lemon chiffon | yellow | ||
| lemon meringue | yellow | ||
| lemon twist | yellow | Addlemeyer's | |
| lemon yellow | yellow | ||
| light amber | yellow | ||
| light green | green | ||
| light purple | purple | ||
| lilac | purple | ||
| lilac purple | purple | ||
| lime green | green | ||
| lime mist | green | Addlemeyer's | |
| linen | greyscale | ||
| magenta | red | ||
| malachite green | green | ||
| marmalade | orange | ||
| maroon | red | ||
| melonade orange | orange | Addlemeyer's | |
| midnight black | greyscale | ||
| midnight blue | blue | ||
| mint green | green | ||
| misty mint green | green | ||
| mocha | brown | ||
| moody purple | purple | ||
| moonless night black | greyscale | ||
| moonstone white | greyscale | ||
| moss green | green | Addlemeyer's | |
| mustard yellow | yellow | ||
| mystic mauve | purple | ||
| navy blue | blue | ||
| oak | brown | ||
| off-white | greyscale | ||
| oily black | greyscale | ||
| old lace white | greyscale | ||
| olive branch green | green | ||
| onyx | greyscale | ||
| opal | |||
| orange | orange | Ninja guild | |
| orchid mist | purple | ||
| pale amber | yellow | ||
| pale blue | blue | ||
| pale gold | metallic | ||
| pale green | green | ||
| pale grey | greyscale | ||
| pale indigo | blue | ||
| pale lavender | purple | ||
| pale lilac | purple | ||
| pale mauve | purple | ||
| pale moon blue | blue | ||
| pale peach | orange | ||
| pale pink | pink | ||
| pale red | red | ||
| pale star white | greyscale | ||
| pale tan | brown | ||
| pale violet | purple | ||
| pale yellow | yellow | ||
| passionate plum | purple | ||
| pastel green | green | ||
| peach blossom | pink | ||
| peach puff | orange | ||
| peach white | greyscale | ||
| pear green | green | ||
| pearl grey | greyscale | ||
| pearl white | greyscale | ||
| pearly pink | pink | ||
| pearly white | greyscale | ||
| pebblestone grey | greyscale | ||
| peridot green | green | ||
| periwinkle blue | blue | ||
| pewter | metallic | ||
| pine green | green | ||
| pink | red | Ninja guild | |
| pitch black | greyscale | ||
| platinum | metallic | ||
| poisonous purple | purple | ||
| poppy red | red | ||
| powder blue | blue | ||
| prose purple | purple | ||
| puce | brown | ||
| pumpkin orange | orange | ||
| pure natural white | greyscale | ||
| purple | purple | Ninja guild, tannery, Felicity Avenue Stationers | |
| purple haze | purple | ||
| purple-black | purple | ||
| pyramid brown | brown | ||
| raindrop grey | greyscale | Addlemeyer's | |
| Ramtop grey | greyscale | ||
| raspberry puree pink | pink | ||
| raw umber brown | brown | ||
| red | red | Quirm Road stationer's shop, Ninja guild, tannery, Felicity Avenue Stationers | |
| red bronze | metallic | ||
| redwood brown | brown | ||
| rich chocolate brown | brown | ||
| rich red | red | ||
| robin's egg blue | blue | ||
| rose petal pink | pink | ||
| rose pink | pink | ||
| rose gold | metallic | ||
| rose red | red | ||
| royal blue | blue | ||
| ruby red | red | ||
| ruddy copper | metallic | ||
| russet brown | brown | ||
| saddleback brown | brown | ||
| sage green | green | Addlemeyer's | |
| salmon egg orange | orange | ||
| salmon pink | pink | ||
| sangria red | red | ||
| sapphire blue | blue | ||
| scarlet | red | ||
| sea green | green | Addlemeyer's | |
| sea gull grey | greyscale | Addlemeyer's | |
| sea mist blue | blue | ||
| seadrift green | green | Addlemeyer's | |
| seafoam green | green | Addlemeyer's | |
| seafrost green | green | ||
| seamstress pink | pink | Addlemeyer's | |
| sepia | brown | Addlemeyer's | |
| shiny bronze | metallic | ||
| sienna | |||
| silvery blue | blue | ||
| silvery green | green | ||
| silvery grey | greyscale | ||
| silver flecked black | greyscale | Addlemeyer's | flecked |
| sky blue | blue | ||
| slate grey | greyscale | ||
| snow fox grey | greyscale | ||
| snowflake white | greyscale | ||
| sparkly pink | pink | ||
| sparkly silver | metallic | ||
| speedwell blue | blue | Toomer Stationers ($90) (also shows up randomly) | |
| spicy mustard yellow | yellow | Addlemeyer's | |
| spring green | green | ||
| Sto Helit lace black | greyscale | ||
| storm-cloud grey | greyscale | ||
| straw yellow | yellow | ||
| summer days yellow | yellow | ||
| sunset scarlet | red | ||
| sun kissed yellow | yellow | ||
| sun silk yellow | yellow | ||
| sungold | yellow | Addlemeyer's | |
| sunlight yellow | yellow | tannery | |
| sunset orange | orange | ||
| tan | brown | ||
| tapestry green | green | ||
| teal | red | ||
| thunder grey | greyscale | ||
| tombstone grey | greyscale | ||
| tulip pink | pink | ||
| turquoise | blue | ||
| victorian lace white | greyscale | ||
| verdigris | green | ||
| violet | purple | Ninja guild | |
| warm gold | metallic | ||
| warm honey gold | metallic | ||
| water lily white | greyscale | ||
| whale grey | greyscale | ||
| white | greyscale | ||
| white onyx | greyscale | ||
| wild rose pink | pink | ||
| wild thyme | green | Addlemeyer's | |
| winter white | greyscale | ||
| wisteria purple | purple | ||
| witchhazel green | green | ||
| yellow | yellow | Ninja guild |
Scented inks
Scented inks are only available from the specialty ink stall in the Djelibeybi bazaar (which has a rotating stock). They can be used to write with, but cannot be used for staining or marbling.
Some of the scents are:
- almond
- amber
- anise
- apricot
- camel dung
- camomile
- cantaloupe
- cardamom
- carnation
- carrot
- cat urine
- cherry
- cinnamon
- clove
- coffee
- coriander
- cumin
- currant
- eucalyptus
- fennel
- fig
- frangipani
- frankincense
- freesia
- fresh linen
- gardenia
- garlic
- grape
- grass
- guava
- hazelnut
- honey
- honey dew
- honeysuckle
- jasmine
- juniper
- Klatchian rose
- lavender
- lemon
- lilac
- liquorice
- lime
- lotus
- marjoram
- melon
- milk and honey
- mint
- ocean
- orange
- oregano
- passion fruit
- peanut butter
- peppermint
- pineapple
- plum
- pomelo
- pumpkin
- raspberry
- rose
- rosemary
- rosewood
- saffron
- sage
- spearming
- spring rain
- sweetgrass
- tea rose
- thyme
- vanilla
- vomit
- watermelon
- womble
- yarrow
Availability
Ink is sold in several locations. Unless otherwise noted, the colours available are random, and rotate within their slots.
Addlemeyer's Ecclesiastical Curiosity Shop, on Grunefair in Ankh-Morpork has a rotating stock of seven different groups of colours: (clearlake blue, cloudy grey, raindrop grey), (iris purple, sungold), (wild thyme, moss green, copper flecked brown, heather-coloured), (black, green, sepia), (sea green, sea gull grey, seadrift green, seafoam green), (lime mist, melonade orange, copper, lemon twist, spicy mustard yellow, kitten whiskers white, seamstress pink), and (battlefield crimson, dried blood brown, silver flecked black). If you buy one of a particular group you may uncover a different ink from that group.
A tannery on Phedre Road in Ankh-Morpork has a fixed stock of dark blue, purple, sunlight yellow, red, and black.
Toomer Stationers on Scoone Avenue in Ankh-Morpork sells random inks for A$1.25, as well as speedwell blue ink in crystal ink wells for $90.
Salter Rhogain's Legibles in the Magic Emporium on Sator Square in Ankh-Morpork sells random inks.
Batchev's World of Maps on Ankh Street in Ankh-Morpork sells black ink.
A specialty ink stall in the Djelibeybi bazaar seems to be the only place to get scented ink (though it also sells the other kind). Unlike most of the other shops, you cannot usually "uncover" a different colour of ink by buying one (although if you buy several from the same slot you may find another colour). The first two inks seem to always be brown and blue.
A papyrus stall in the Djelibeybi bazaar sells random inks.
The post office in Djelibeybi sells black ink.
Academy Legibles in the Academy of Artificers in Sto Lat sells random inks.
A corner shop on Rimwards Road in Sto Lat sells random inks.
A stationer's shop on Quirm Road in Sto Lat sells red, emerald green, blue, black, and one random ink.
The Dragon Emporium on Queen's Road in Sto Lat sometimes sells ink in a A$50 well.
The Lancre Hunters' Trader in the Hunters' guild outpost near Ohulan Cutash sells copper, dark grey, Lancre green, dark green, leaf green, bronze, emerald green, and forest green. (This works like the shops with random colours, just with a smaller selection.)
Felicity Avenue Stationers in Genua sells purple, red, blue, and black ink.
A calligrapher's shop on Diamond Place in Bes Pelargic sells random ink.
A school shop on Rhinu Road in Bes Pelargic sells black ink.
The craft room of the Ninja guild has a fixed stock of red, pink, crimson, orange, brown, yellow, green, cobalt, cyan, blue, purple, violet, grey, and black.
A small niche in the Samurai dojo sells black ink and random ink.
