Kitty Inkpot is an independent Chinese studio famous for their shading and chromashading inks. I’ve written a blog post as a guide to the brand and where to find their inks, and this companion post acts as a guide to their full range and a catalogue of Kitty Inkpot swatches.
I have swatched all of their inks (that I have) on full collection pages, and I’ll update this guide periodically to include larger single-ink swatches as I do them over time.
Swatching Paper and Tools
- Unless otherwise specified, all ink swatches here were swatched on white Sanzen Tomoe River 52gsm paper.
- Monoline headers were written with a Speedball A- or B- series nib.
- Writing samples were written with a glass dip pen.
Inks last updated: 2026-07-29
Kitty Inkpot Season Collections
Season 1: Write With Wild
Season 1 is unique amongst Kitty Inkpot collections, as all the inks in this collection were available in versions with and without shimmer included; I have swatched the no-shimmer versions here. This collection was also released before Kitty Inkpot began the chromashading effects which would quickly become their signature.
Season 2: Something Remembers
Season 3: Odyssey of Unknown Island
Season 4: Prologue of Season
Season 5: Crazy Party
Season 6: Daytime Fantasy
Season 7: Fairy Tale Town
Kitty Inkpot Limited Edition Inks – Seasonal and Event Collections
2024 – Summer, Autumn, Winter
2025 – Year of the Snake
In progress.
2025 – First Year Anniversary
2025 – Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
2026 – Second Year Anniversary
2026 – Spring
In progress.
Kitty Inkpot Kitty Island Collection
This collection consists of various experimental inks made by Kitty Inkpot in response to customer demand and fan requests, and inks in this collection are generally discontinued very soon after release.
Other Kitty Inkpot Inks
Kitty Inkpot Store Exclusives
Kitty Inkpot has created three exclusive inks for Australian indie stationery store Soe & Soe. (Full disclosure: I am a Soe & Soe affiliate, and you can find my affiliate code on my Codes page for a discount if you’re shopping there; they do ship internationally.)
Kitty Inkpot Mystery Inks
Kitty Inkpot’s “mystery inks” come in small 5 mL glass jars, and are often drawn from prototypes and test batches, thrown in as freebies with ink orders. If you receive a mystery ink, you may never be able to match it exactly with one of their official releases and it may be nearly unique. The swatches here are the mystery inks I have, and I’m including them for completeness.
Kitty Inkpot Ink Gacha
Kitty Inkpot have also released a selection of blind box/”ink gacha” inks, and I will include swatches of the inks I do have – however, I don’t have a full list of inks that were available in this way.
In progress.
So this wraps up the extent of my collection of Kitty Inkpot swatches – so far! I’ll continue updating this guide as I swatch further, and as I become aware of new releases.