With the help of Diamine, this color was designed by the Fountain Pens UK Facebook group. They wanted to try and create the ultimate purple fountain pen ink. 

Monboddo’s Hat - Lord Monboddo was a Scottish writer who delved into evolutionary theory while teaching orang-utans to play the flute. As far as we know, the latter-day purple ink enthusiast who goes by the nom-de-plume of Scribble Monboddo may or may not be a distant relation – but he definitely has a top hat in this splendid colour, a mid-purple veering towards the blue with a feint yellow sheen. The Fountain Pens UK community on Facebook selected this as one of their two choices from ten Diamine prototypes, in an exercise co-ordinated by Bernardo Gomes. The ink is recommended for fountain pens which naturally run wet.

Information provided by FPUK MONBODDO’S HAT AND SCRIBBLE PURPLE REVIEW 

The Diamine Ink Co have been ink manufacturers since 1864 and have upheld their reputation for producing the finest quality of fountain pen inks calligraphy inks drawing inks and writing inks. Imported from the UK we are proud to offer the full line of Diamine colors in 30mL and 80mL bottles with some colors also being offered ink international size ink cartridges.

Diamine Bottled Ink in Monboddo's Hat Specifications

• 30mL/80mLPlastic Ink Bottle
• Color: Purple (pinky purple with hints of a feint green/gold sheen)
• Made in the UK
• High-Quality Safe Ink for your Fountain Pen
• Suitable for all fountain pen brands

Please note that ink color swab depicted on our item listing image is for reference only. The actual color of the ink may be subject to variations in manufacturing and computerized scanning quality of the sample