What’s Inside Blue Ballpoint Ink? Fatty Acids and Alcohol by Jennifer Chaussee from on 2016-09-23 14:00 (#1VRFX) Patents for ballpoint pens go back to the late 1800s, but it took half a century to develop good, fast-drying inks. The post What's Inside Blue Ballpoint Ink? Fatty Acids and Alcohol appeared first on WIRED.