A little while ago Amy and Jen were thinking of buying some pigment inks, and they asked me to stamp out come colors for them. I have most of the A Muse Studio colors and several Fresh Ink colors, so I put together this chart for them. Since it has been a few days since I posted (my blog host went down!), I thought I would share the comparison here.

On each of the four panels, the Fresh Ink is stamped on the left, and the similar A Muse Studio color from my stash is stamped on the right. Here’s a list of the colors on each card, by column. (A Muse colors noted with a “*” in the photo are called by their original name, and have had a name change since I purchased my inks.) I will say that Turquoise is much more of a genuine turquoise color than it appears in this photo, and Birch/Seattle appear more brown in the photo than they are in real life - so sorry about that.

Panel #1
Left: (Fresh Ink) Red Currant, Strawberry, Tomato Red, Fuschia, Pink Lemonade
Right: (A Muse Studio) Cherry, Burano* (now called Poppy), Apple, Berry, Grapefruit

Panel #2
Left: (Fresh Ink) Peach, Melon, Ginger, Mango
Right: (A Muse Studio) Bellini* (now called Melon), Apricot, Lido* (now called Saffron), Papaya, Mermaid

Panel #3
Left: (Fresh Ink) Freesia, Turquoise, Navy, Mojito, Basil
Right: (A Muse Studio) Blueberry, Ocean, Navy, Grass, Fern

Panel #4
Left: (Fresh Ink) Birch, Provincial Gray, Putty, Blue Sage
Right: (A Muse Studio) Seattle, Slate, Pebble, Latte

Which colors are my favorites? Of those shown here: Tomato Red, Berry, Melon, Mango, Turquoise, Mojito, Seattle and Provincial Gray.

Hope this was helpful! For dye inks, I have mostly been using Hero Arts inks, and my go-to black ink is Versafine Onyx Black, though the Memento Luxe one is very good too (both of those are pigment inks). My go-to brown ink is Papertrey’s Dark Chocolate (dye) ink - love!

If you have any questions, please let me know and I will reply in the comments here. Today’s highlight: I rescued a very very floofy white dog today - you can see his pic on my Instagram feed - it made my day!

Suzanne