"Was the box always empty? No – your clothes, the upholstery on the furniture, the covers of the books on the shelves: everything looks a little duller, abraded by the passing of the light that devours."[3]
Gant light consumes other colors around it.[4] Zee-beasts go to a place called the Gant Pole to die.[5]
Gant is usually portrayed as a sort of warm grey.[6] This portrayal may be inspired by the color eigengrau (German: "intrinsic grey"), which people in real life reportedly see in the absence of light. It could also be a reference to cosmic latte, the light-beige average color of the universe.
Uses
"It would be terribly bad luck to add gant ink to a tattoo, if the tattoo is not truthful..."[7]
Gant is the color of the figurehead of the Eater of Names,[8] and perhaps most notoriously, it is also the color of the Avid Horizon's gate.[9]
Gant ink is used to remove or negate tattoos;[10] it also can be used as an invisible ink, meant for writing Licentiates' aliases.[11] Gant ink and liquid might remind one of tarnished silver or mercury,[12] though this may be an optical illusion.[13] In extremely concentrated forms, it is nearly invisible and can cause eye-strain.[14][15]
Gant light is usually invisible[16] but induces the sensation of "gnawing on the inside of one's head."[17] Objects exposed to gant light appear washed of color afterwards,[18] and mirrorcatch boxes containing gant light feel less heavy than usual.[19]
↑Empty a gant box, Fallen London"[...] your clothes, the upholstery on the furniture, the covers of the books on the shelves: everything looks a little duller, abraded by the passing of the light that devours."
↑Avid Horizon, Sunless Sea"Two vast winged shapes guard a gate of something like resin [...] It is deep gant - the colour that remains when all other colours have been eaten."
↑Join the Old Zailors, Sunless Sea"You undress and step into the shallow pool. Its surface is the silver of mercury, though that is only a trick of the darkness."
↑Empty a gant box, Fallen London"Was the box always empty? No [...] everything looks a little duller, abraded by the passing of the light that devours."
↑Gaze into the Neathoscope, Fallen London"You see nothing – nothing at all – within the machine. But there's a grainy, prickly sensation; as if something is gnawing on the inside of your head."
↑Empty a gant box, Fallen London"Was the box always empty? No – your clothes, the upholstery on the furniture, the covers of the books on the shelves: everything looks a little duller, abraded by the passing of the light that devours."
A Licentiate's aliases, written in gant ink.
The Eater of Names's gant bow.
The Gant Pole
A Star-Shell from the core of Frostfound.
The Gant Moth mask, worn for Hallowmas.
The Avid Horizon's High Gate.
A gant hat.
