Ink Review: Diamine Brilliant Red

[Chrissy]

Today I'm reviewing Diamine Brilliant Red ink.

Diamine Brilliant Red is a mid-red dye based ink that could be viewed as a “standard daily red.” It’s not too pink nor too orange and is from Diamine Inks standard range.

Diamine Brilliant Red isn’t a heavily saturated red, it’s less saturated than Diamine Poppy Red and Sheaffer Skrip Red, but it’s that type of bright red.

I found it flowed well in the pens I used it with and I saw some shading particularly with the finer nibs. It looked more saturated with my Lamy B nib. Lubrication was good, and it felt smooth writing across all of the papers I used.

I cleaned out the Pilot Capless overnight before filling it with Brilliant Red. It seemed to be a little more concentrated two days later.

• Flow Rate: Good. Not really wet and dries quickly.
• Lubrication: Good. Smooth across the paper.
• Nib Dry-out: Not noticed.
• Start-up: Immediate.
• Saturation: Not heavily saturated ink.
• Shading Potential: Some shading seen.
• Sheen: None seen.
• Show-Through:
  
  • Rhodia Dot Pad - just a little
  • Tomoe River 52gsm
  • Silvine lined pad
  • Generic lined pad
  • Field Notes
  
  
• Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not seen.
• Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after over 1 week in the pen.
• Staining (pen): Not seen after several days in the pen - easy clean-up with water.
• Staining (hands): Easy clean-up with bar soap.
• Clogging: Not seen. Seems unlikely.
• Water resistance: Not sold as waterproof but has slight water resistance.
• Availability: Available in 80ml glass bottles, 30ml plastic bottles and cartridges from Diamine Inks web-site and many other outlets.

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[Wuddus]

Great review as always, Chrissy. Too bright for my tastes, and as I don't do editing or marking, I don't think I'd get usage from this ink. Always good to get other people's opinions though, as it helps broaden the mind.

Cheers
Wuddus

[Chrissy]

You're welcome. Yes, definitely bright red.

[fountainpenkid]

Any idea how colored celluloids respond to it? I might get it to replace my bottle of Organics Studio Mabell's Scarlet (a celluloid-safe bright red) that fell victim to fungus.

[Chrissy]

Any idea how colored celluloids respond to it? I might get it to replace my bottle of Organics Studio Mabell's Scarlet (a celluloid-safe bright red) that fell victim to fungus.

Sadly I have no celluloid pens to try it with. All I can say is that Diamine has been making ink in Britain since 1864 so some of it must have been used in celluloid pens.

As saturated inks go, this one is less saturated than some other Diamine reds I've tried.