Tsukineko Brilliance Ink Pad: Stamp test on black paper

During my hunt for ink pads that stamp well on dark coloured card stock, I read on Tsukineko’s Japanese website that their Brilliance metallic ink pads somewhat work on black paper.

So I tested Tsukineko’s Brilliance Metallic “Planetarium” Dew Drop ink pad set on black paper. Here are the results.

Here's what Tsukineko Brilliance metallic ink pads look like when stamped on black paper | ツキネコのブリリアンスメタリックスタンプを黒い紙に押してみた — Here’s what Tsukineko Brilliance metallic ink pads look like when stamped on black paper | ツキネコのブリリアンスメタリックスタンプを黒い紙に押してみた

Can you stamp on black paper?

The short answer is, yes – Tsukineko Brilliance ink pads do somewhat work on black paper.

Brilliance Planetarium Dew Drop set consists of Platinum Planet, Starlight Silver, Galaxy Gold, and Cosmic Copper. The Cosmic Copper tends to work the best, followed by Starlight Silver, then Platinum. Galaxy Gold doesn’t work as well.

In reality, the contrast is slightly less than what this photo shows. But they do indeed somewhat work.

On white paper, the colours turn out like below.

Here's what Tsukineko Brilliance metallic ink pads look like when stamped on white paper | ツキネコのブリリアンスメタリックスタンプを白い紙に押してみた — Here’s what Tsukineko Brilliance metallic ink pads look like when stamped on white paper | ツキネコのブリリアンスメタリックスタンプを白い紙に押してみた

Cosmic Copper looks great on both black and white paper. My handmade earrings stand out better without the metallic stamping on the black backing cards though, so I’m keen to try out some matte colours.