I have a couple of fountain pens made by Scriveiner and this rollerball.The color of this "Racing Green Rollerball" is really a beautiful green. I would call it an emerald green and the color really depends on the angle of the light.The rollerball itself is very smooth, and I love writing with it. It's great for writing notes and letters. Being left-handed, you know being in my right mind, a lot of pens have ink that will smudge. I have not seen this ink do that, but I'm really careful, so it may just be me.This pen is very comfortable to write with. It has a good weight to it. For a quality pen, this one is worth it. I think you should get two of them, I am probably going to get at least that many more. Sometimes if somebody admires a pen that I have, I will just give it to them. It's a great surprise.