Ink Review: Diamine Green/Black

[Chrissy]

Diamine Green/Black is a dark green as it’s name suggests. It’s a dark, pine green, shade that leans slightly more towards blue than yellow.

I wrote my review on HP Premium Choice ColorLok 100gsm smooth coated paper, that is not very absorbent, and I saw no spread, feathering, show-through or bleed-through.

It’s a saturated ink but I still saw some nice shading. It flowed very well with all of the pens I tried it in, felt neither wet nor dry, and lubrication was nicely smooth across the paper.

• No start-up problems noticed. No skipping noticed.
• Dry time was within 16-18 seconds on my test on the 100gsm paper.
• There was no nib dry-out while I put the uncapped pen down to do the comparison ink tests.
• Show-through/Bleed-through seen on:
  
  • Rhodia DotPad, Tomoe River 52gsm and Whitelines. Writing on the reverse still possible.
  
  
• Nib Creep / “Crud” wasn’t seen, even after several days in the pen. No clogging seen.
• Clean up from hands and pens was easy.
• Green/Black is not sold as a waterproof ink and didn’t have much water resistance.
• It is currently available in 30ml plastic or 80ml glass bottles and is reasonably priced.
• Diamine Inks sells it directly to end-users on their web-site, and it’s stocked by many retailers worldwide.

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[junglejim]

This looks like a very nice duplicate of the Cult Pens Deep Dark Green, especially since both inks are made by Diamine. Now on my "to Buy" list for after Christmas Day (Boxing Day) Sales. Thank-you Chrissy!

All the Best.

[Chrissy]

You're very welcome. You're also quite right, and they are very similar.

When I look at them both on my review sheets the Cult Pens Deep Dark Green seems to lean very slightly more blue, and looks a little bit lighter. On screen they look a closer match. I'm going to chroma test them both and report back with my findings.

After I've scanned the review form, I am careful to get the ink colour right for the ink I'm reviewing. If the comparison inks are quite close enough, I don't worry too much about them. There are reviews where I have to make separate adjustments for the main review ink and all of the comparison inks, but I didn't think it was necessary here.

[ethernautrix]

Ooo, pretty!

[benjitzu]

Thanks for the great review!

This is one of my favorite dark green inks (along with Sailor tokiwa-matsu). When used in a wet nib, there is a gorgeous silver sheen.

Definitely worth getting a bottle, or at least a sample, if you like dark greens. Solid behaving ink as long as you don't need much water resistance.