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December 7, 2018

The best white pens for writing on black paper

On the quest to find something different than the usual notebooks, I stumbled across the Papicolor which has white, kraft and black paper all in the one notebook. Black paper means I obviously couldn’t use black pen so some pen testing was in order!

Which pens write best on black paper

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Worked Well:

  • Sakura Gelly Roll 08
  • Sharpie Permanent Markers (metallic gold and silver)
  • Scholar Gel Ink Metallic & Pastel (from Aldi)
  • Sakura Ballsign
  • Sakura Gelly Roll

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Worked Ok:

These pens you could see the ink but it wasn’t very bold.

  • Pilot Poplol 0.7mm
  • The Craft Stall Metallic Pencil (from the Reject Shop Australia)
  • Target metallic gel pen
  • Gelly Roll Metallic Glitter (I had to write over the words twice so wouldn’t recommend)

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Didn’t work:

These pens were too dark that you wouldn’t be able to read what you’d written:

  • Kaisercraft metallic glitter (can’t see it enough to read it properly)
  • Uniball Signo (colors, I don’t have a white one to test)
  • MUJI

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More white pens

These are white pens I’ve come across on the internet but don’t own so I’m assuming would work ok on black paper:

  • Uniball Signo
  • Recollections Signature Broad (from Michaels)
  • Sakura Pen Touch 1mm fine point

Which pens were best?

For writing on black paper I recommend the Sakura Gelly Roll 08 and the Sharpie Metallic Permanent Markers.

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