Welcome back to the Marilyn Darling Show—today I’m swatching and testing Private Reserve DC Supershow Violet, which I fully thought was going to be a straightforward purple… and then it started acting like a “blural” (blue-purple) situation and had me questioning everything. I do the full ink-of-the-day setup: a big juicy swatch (with the teeniest hint of sheen), a water resistance test (she’s got a tiny bit, but she gets kind of smunchy), and my two toilet paper chromatographies—one with water and one with rubbing alcohol. Right off the bat I got Lamy Dark Lilac vibes, plus little bits of pink peeking out in the split. Then I put this ink through my paper gauntlet, and let me tell you: she is not a very cooperative ink on a lot of everyday papers. HP Premium 32 lb copy paper looked great with no feathering or bleeding, and I also got excellent results on papers like Midori MD, Tomoe River, CVS Caliber filler paper (Caliber is the best), Pelikan Hub notepad, and Target “GeoWorthy.” But on a bunch of notebook and envelope papers it was feather-like-a-chicken and bleeding through the page. I wrap up with a comparison panel where it lands somewhere between violet, purple, and just past magenta—so if you love that in-between zone, this one might be worth a look.