Ink Review: Diamine Green Umber

[Chrissy]

Today I’m reviewing a sample of Diamine Green Umber

It’s an interesting green, with added blue (and brown in the chroma test.) I think green umber is a good description of the colour. I found it had good flow while I was writing with it. I didn’t see any spread or feathering, nor any woolly line.

When I first started writing the review form I had just filled the cleaned pen. It became slightly darker in colour when left in the pen for a few hours. At first I found it looked less saturated but after a while it looked more and more saturated, especially with my broader nibs. It also exhibited nice shading that was more noticeable with the fine nib.

When I came to do ink comparison tests with other inks, I found that I didn’t have an ink that was the same colour. So it was an unusual coloured ink to write with. Green Umber is an old natural earth colour, and it fits it’s description very well.

Overall I found it behaved very well, and I like it. I didn’t experience any clogging or clean-up problems with it.

• This isn't sold as a waterproof ink, and it has no water resistance.
• Bearing in mind the review form paper I use is thick with a quite shiny surface at 100gsm, and I used several different nibs, this ink took 12-15 secs secs to dry.
• No smear after dry.
• It exhibited good flow and I found it reasonably smooth to write with. I saw no skips or hard starts while I did swabs and dry time tests.
• It is currently available in 80ml glass bottles or 30ml plastic bottles.
• Diamine sell it directly to end-users on their web-site.
• It's a reasonable price.

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[alexander_k]

Thanks for the review; as usually, it's quite helpful. I did have a 30ml bottle of this one under the old name and it was as you describe it, only I wanted something darker, so I switched to Green-Black.

[Chrissy]

Thanks for the review; as usually, it's quite helpful. I did have a 30ml bottle of this one under the old name and it was as you describe it, only I wanted something darker, so I switched to Green-Black.

Your'e welcome. Yes Green-Black is a lot darker than Green Umber

[fountainpenkid]

Thanks for the review! It reminds me of Private Reserve Avocado, and the components seem to be similar.

[Chrissy]

Thanks for the review! It reminds me of Private Reserve Avocado, and the components seem to be similar.

You're welcome.

I've added a chroma test that I forgot to add on originally.

[TSherbs]

Nice review. I like greens, but not so much this one.

[Chrissy]

Nice review. I like greens, but not so much this one.

You're welcome. It's good that everyone has different tastes in ink.

[ac12]

Thank you Chrissy,
I need to sample this one.

[Chrissy]

Thank you Chrissy,
I need to sample this one.

You're welcome.

[Guilherme Atencio]

Thank you.
It seems like a green color I could use daily without getting tired since it seems subtle and not overly flashy.

[Chrissy]

Thank you.
It seems like a green color I could use daily without getting tired since it seems subtle and not overly flashy.

You're welcome. I agree with you that it is.

[VertOlive]

Thanks--your review got me interested in the Diamine Classic Green (!)

[Chrissy]

Thanks--your review got me interested in the Diamine Classic Green (!)

You're welcome. Classic Green is one of the new colours.