Luxury Brands and Colorverse: Making a Difference
PEN WORLD|December 2021
At the 2021 Washington D.C. Fountain Pen SuperShow, South Korea's Colorverse and its U.S. distributor Luxury Brands of America premiered a new D.C. show ink with a special message and purpose.
Luxury Brands and Colorverse: Making a Difference

The Colorverse COVID-19 memorial ink, Rising Reflections, is a pale luxurious yellow that symbolizes starting over and rising once again in a post-pandemic world. The ink label is an illustration of the reflecting pool at the Washington Monument in Washington D.C., lined with lights to honor the Americans who lost their lives to COVID-19.

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