What color of ink in your pen do you prefer to use? :-)

By cecillecarmela

@cecillecarmela (3818)

Philippines

January 31, 2010 5:23pm CST

Personally I wanted to use blue pens (instead of black) because I can easily see what I'm writing. I also sometimes use red for checking purposes since I am also a teacher. So what color of ink in your pen do you prefer to use and why?? ;-)

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@johndur (3052)

• Pasig, Philippines

14 Feb 10

i always use black pen when writing.i guess i was just used to it way back in my engineering school other color of pen is restricted to use so until now i prefer to use black ink pen.

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

14 Feb 10

Thanks for responding johndur :) Though I sometimes don't like black, it has it's elegance sometimes. Take care and God bless!

@johndur (3052)

• Pasig, Philippines

14 Feb 10

dont you like the elegance of color black mam cecillecarmela?

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@Hubfee (665)

• Thailand

14 Feb 10

blue for writing, red for underlining.

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

14 Feb 10

Hahahaha I agree. Black makes me sleepy, but sometimes it seems elegant and clean. Depends on the kind of ink I guess. :) Hahaha. I also love blue.. in fact I usually use blue ink :)

• Thailand

14 Feb 10

I found them match and easy to read. black makes me sleepy.

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sreejithsreenivas

@sreejithsreenivas (10200)

• India

3 Feb 10

Black is my favourite ink color.I always prefer to write with black ink pen.

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

3 Feb 10

Thanks for responding :) take care and God bless

@ratyz5 (7808)

• Philippines

1 Feb 10

As much as possible, when I am writing something, like something that I would be documenting later on, I would prefer black ink. Its just a preference really, no reason to elevate its importance compared to other colored pens around there. I would even prefer pencils over pens, mechanical pencils anyway. If I just need to jot something down, any colored ink would do. When I have to check something, as I am an english instructor at work, I really prefer t use red ink or red lead to do my corrections (^_^ )

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@ratyz5 (7808)

• Philippines

2 Feb 10

Your pretty much welcome (^_^ )

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

1 Feb 10

Thanks ratyz for responding, take care and God bless :)

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@maezee (41988)

• United States

1 Feb 10

I'm not a teacher, but I typically write with "professionally-appropriate" colors like black and blue. Usually black, though. At home, though, like when writing to-do lists or writing in my planner (which I do often) I also usually stick with those colors just because those are the ones I have most often at home. Not to say I'm opposed to write with other colors. I in general just like NICE pens, ballpoints especially. I like being able to write easily with them. I won't write with like, glittery gel pens or anything that will give me a headache trying to read later, though

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@Kexington (24)

• United States

1 Feb 10

The only reason black and blue are considered "professionally appropriate" colors is because of an old scanning standard called Optical Character Recognition in which its able to pick up all aspects of the black ink when scanned. Some documents will ask specifically to write in Black or Blue ink(this reason being OCR). I posted earlier stating that I use a purple gel pen(Pilot G-3), that actually looks very nice on paper, while it does stand out against black lettering on the page there have been no complaints to this point. Now, while I won't be filing my taxes this year with a purple pen, I believe it's OK to use on most professional documents. You're right about the glittery pens though, definitely hard to read and should never have been sold. I can't even stand to look at them on sticky notes.

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

1 Feb 10

Hahahah.. thanks for your responses ;) I observed most people prefer to use black instead.

@atv818 (1980)

• United Arab Emirates

14 Feb 10

I prefer to use blue because it is my favorite color but since I'm working, black is the required colored pen in the workplace. No choice! I have to follow

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

14 Feb 10

Thanks for responding atv and God bless you ;)

@carolscash (9492)

• United States

1 Feb 10

I prefer using a black pen as I feel that it is stately and the most used color in writing. However, I normally have a red pen closest to me as I am a homeschool parent and I grade all papers in red.

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

3 Feb 10

Thanks for responding carolscash take care and God bless :D

@barnkinney (1343)

• Philippines

2 Feb 10

most documents that needs to be filled out requires a blank inked pen. but if i would allow my kikay self to take over, i would love to use multi-colored pens. there are those that are combined. i love green and blue together. i used to have those type of pens back in high school. i wish i could have one again!

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

3 Feb 10

Thanks for responding barkinney, take care and God bless :)

@cream97 (29087)

• United States

1 Feb 10

I prefer to use any color that is pretty and that stands out. I like colors that are exotic and shimmery. I like to use black ink. This ink looks great on papers when you write with it. And like you too, I like red ink too. I also like using purple, pink, green and orange ink too. I have some pens now that has these colors.

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

3 Feb 10

Thanks for responding cream97 take care and God bless

@sublime03 (2339)

• Philippines

2 Feb 10

I prefer to use black since we use that for almost everything to not important stuff to important things. I see it as a handy tool since it is being used for important documents as well. Also, I like how it looks when you write on paper since it looks neater and more professional than the blue color.

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

3 Feb 10

Thanks sublime, take care and God bless :)

@jaiho2009 (39141)

• Philippines

1 Feb 10

hello cecille, Usually i use black pen,but when issuing receipts,it should be blue ink pen to determine easily original copy from xerox one. But,most of the time i prefer using black ink pen. I like fine ball point too rather than the sign pen. Have a good day always

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

3 Feb 10

Thanks for responding jaiho and God bless you :) I think fine pens are only for signature purposes. :)

lovelyn_medrano

@lovelyn_medrano (3070)

• Philippines

1 Feb 10

Black and blue is fine with me. But between them, I prefer the color black more. I like it because it is more formal- like I can use it in any document signing or writing... I avoid using red pen or ink for there is connotation about it like you are mad or angry on the person if you sent something that is written in red ink. I only use RED ink for checking or putting asterisk marks...

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

3 Feb 10

Thanks lovelyn for responding take care and God bless :)

@xanniepoox (71)

• United States

1 Feb 10

black, its the most professional.

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

3 Feb 10

Thanks for responding xanniepoox take care and God bless ;)

@omgxitsxshiloh (42)

• United States

1 Feb 10

i use pink. quite simply because it's my favorite color and it makes me identifiable at work.

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

3 Feb 10

Hello omg.. :) thanks for responding.. i love pink too but it's not allowed at school. Anyway take care and God bless you :)

@marciascott (25529)

• United States

1 Feb 10

Perfer Black, I think everyone should use Black or blue pen. I write sloopy so I need to take my time more, writing, I need a good Black ink Pen that works. Have a nice day! Good to be back here. I have to come back and visit so often.

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

3 Feb 10

Are you an old mylot member?? Welcome back!!! ;) happy mylotting again :) take care and God bless

@frankiecesca (2489)

•

1 Feb 10

I think I prefer blacK ink because feel it shows up more on the paper - I certainly don't avoid blue pens but, I tend to buy more black as also then I have them when I need them as a lot of forms that we fill out say 'please complete using black ink' so it makes it easier having black ink pens for that reason too!

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

1 Feb 10

Thanks for the response frankiecesca take care and God bless ;)

@becdmd (704)

• Philippines

1 Feb 10

I prefer to use black pen...because I think its the most universal color of pen...And in my opinion, black is more formal than blue especially when in the office. But I use blue pen sometimes when I have no choice.

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

3 Feb 10

I agree... ;) black is also beautyyy ;) thanks for responding, take care and God bless

@Biomechanoid (2923)

• Estonia

1 Feb 10

I prefer using a classic blue ink. It allows me to easily distinguish printed text from written one, because printed text is usually black. I got used to blue ink since the first class and I'm still using blue pens. Although it wouldn't be a disaster if I had to use black one.

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

3 Feb 10

Same here ;) I also love using blue ink because it helps me distinguish what's copy and what's not

@canielynne (135)

• Philippines

1 Feb 10

I am using both blue and black pen.. but I prefer black more since I find it formal and elegant.. I always have black pen in my bag since we are required to use black pens in filling up forms in our school., but I sometimes use blue in writing in my notebook and red pen in checking my classmates test paper ^^ happy mylotting

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

1 Feb 10

Thanks for responding canielynne, take care and God bless you ;)

@natjohn20 (200)

• Philippines

1 Feb 10

I usually use black ink in my pen because it is the only ink that is commonly used around school and offices but what I like the most is the red ink because it is brighter and u can easily read your penmanship using red ink but the problem is u can only use red ink during checking of test papers which is the only ink allowed to use during checking of papers. hehe it really depends on the person. hehe

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@cecillecarmela (3818)

• Philippines

1 Feb 10

Thanks for the response natjohn take care and God bless. I agree, it really depends on the person :)