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September 16, 2019

Yellow pen swatches (and my recommended pens that have yellow ink you can actually see)

I tend to avoid using yellow pens as the ink tends to be so bright you can’t even see what I’ve written. I typically reach for my Papermate Inkjoy Gel when I want a yellow pen for a rainbow spread. But instead of using that same pen all the time I decided to test all of the yellow pens I’ve acquired over the years from various rainbow pen packs.

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Yellow Pen Swatches

I did this testing in one of my Plum Paper notebooks (see my haul in this post).

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These are the yellow pens I tested (a variety of ballpoint, gel pens, fine tip and marker pens)

  • Staedtler Color 1mm
  • Stabilo Point 88 fine
  • Uni Pi’s dual tip (only the fat end had ghosting)
  • MUJI Hexa Pen
  • Pilot twin marker Fine & extra fine
  • Ooly color connect gel
  • Pilot Frixion erasable
  • Staedtler Triplus Fineliner 0.3mm
  • Daiso fine tip
  • Papermate Flair UF
  • Sharpie Art Pen Fine
  • Inklab Fineliner
  • Pilot pop’lol pastel
  • Kikki K write in rainbow 0.4mm
  • Paperchase sign pen
  • Faber Castell Grip fine pen 0.4mm
  • Caliart Fineliner 0.38mm
  • Kikki K make it precise felt pen
  • Zebra Sarasa Clip 0.5mm
  • Kaco Pure Green Gel 0.5mm
  • Kingart Inkline Pen
  • Papermate Inkjoy Gel 0.7
  • BLOT Gel Pen
  • DONG-A Twinliner Soft
  • Smiggle tri grip ballpoint
  • Staedtler Triplus Broadliner 0.8mm
  • Staedtler Twin tip 0.5/0.8mm and 3mm

Ghosting and bleed through

As yellow is such a light color, there was no bleed through. There was some ghosting for only 2 of the marker pens (Uni Pi’s and Pilot Twin Marker)

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Related: How I use different types of pens when planning

I recommend

  • Staedtler Triplus Broadliner 0.8mm
  • Staedtler Twin tip 0.5/0.8mm and 3mm
  • Staedtler Color 1mm
  • Stabilo Point 88 fine
  • Uni Pi’s dual tip (only the fat end had ghosting)
  • MUJI Hexa Pen
  • Pilot twin marker Fine & extra fine
  • Ooly color connect gel (ok, but not as good as the rest of the pens listed above)

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If you don’t mind more of a golden yellow than a real yellow, then I recommend:

  • Papermate Inkjoy Gel 0.7
  • BLOT Gel Pen
  • DONG-A Twinliner Soft (note that this is actual a dual tip highlighter)
  • Smiggle tri grip ballpoint (the only ballpoint pen on this list)

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I do not recommend

  • Pilot Frixion erasable (my favorite pens let me down – the yellow sucks!)
  • Staedtler Triplus Fineliner 0.3mm
  • Daiso fine tip (this pen looks like a knock off Papermate Flair – it dried out about a month after I purchased it)
  • Papermate Flair UF – note that I have the candy colors set so not a true rainbow collection. The Candy color with the gold lid actually looks like a mustard color
  • Sharpie Art Pen Fine
  • Inklab Fineliner (the rest of the colors these pens come in are great just not the yellow)
  • Pilot pop’lol pastel (too neon it’s hard to read)
  • Kikki K write in rainbow 0.4mm (the needle tip tends to skip)
  • Paperchase sign pen
  • Faber Castell Grip fine pen 0.4mm (the pens with yellow lids either look mustard or orange when you write with them)
  • Caliart Fineliner 0.38mm
  • Kikki K make it precise felt pen (love the other colors in the pack and how these pens write, but the yellow is too light)
  • Zebra Sarasa Clip 0.5mm (the ink comes out more orange than yellow or gold)
  • Kaco Pure Green Gel 0.5mm
  • Kingart Inkline Pen (the rest of the colors in this pack are fine, it’s just this yellow one that randomly dried out)

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More pen reviews

  • After trying more than 20 pen brands, these are my top 5
  • Brush pens versus highlighters: which is better for planning?
  • 5 Pen brands that are similar but cheaper than the Staedtler Triplus Fineliner 0.3mm
  • How I use different types of pens when planning

Planning tips

  • Answers to 50 Frequently Asked Planner Questions 
  • Why I plan my day using planner stickers (and why you should too!) 
  • My all time favorite weekly planner layout (plus my favorite planners in this layout)

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Comments

  1. Nati says

    September 16, 2019 at 14:12

    I’m glad I’m not the only one who has been on the hunt for the “PERFECT” yellow pen! LOL. Recently I purchased a yellow Erin Condern dual tip yellow pen….and I must say it is my FAVORITE by far with no bleed through and both tips are just right for me – with the broader tip being perfect. Great Post and Cheers to finding the perfect yellow pen! 🙂

  2. Karen says

    September 18, 2019 at 22:36

    I also have hunted for the perfect colored pens and my favorite ones are Pilot precise V5 .5 tip pens (LOVE them!). I have actually been stocked up on these with every trip to the store as it seems that ever time I find a pen that I reall love, it eventually ends up being taken off the market. I believe my current “stash” as my family calls it, is up to close to 200 new, saved ones!!

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