J Herbin Bouton d'or (Buttercup yellow)

[Yazeh]

I got this one on a whim, thinking I might need a yellow. It's not suitable for writing as you cannot see what you're doing and while the scan and photos make it legible, I cannot read the page, over powered by this arguably bright yellow. It's a dry ink and wrote awful in the Soennecken. And it was awful to see the colour through the ink window, it looked like golden pee. Yuck!

I believe it's only suitable for art work, or mixing to create murky greens for ex. (you know who you are)

I'm not sure if you can use it as a highlighter, as it's not waterproof and loves soaking up cheap paper, meaning it'll bleed through.

Oh and where sunglasses, you'll be blinded. 😎

Let's start with the Chroma:
Chroma - Herbin Bouton d'or.jpeg

Writing samples:
While it looks legible, it is not. I could not read what I was writing, hence my illegible handwriting.
RHodia - Herbin Bouton d'or.jpg

Midori - Herbin Bouton d'or.jpeg

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Hammermill 20lb back. This ink hates cheap paper

Hammermill - Back - Herbin Bouton d'or.jpg

Photos:
lRhodia - Photo - Bouton d'or2.jpg

Rhodia - Photo - Bouton d'or.jpg
Comparaison:
Comparaison - Bouton D'or.jpg
Watertest:
Watertest - Herbin Bouton d'or.jpeg
I was so frustrated with this ink that mixed the Lamy convertors of the pen filled with Herbin Perle Noire with this one. I also added a few drops of Perle Noire in the convertor of the Kakuna, and created a nice murky green. I did a writing sample on cheap Hammermill 20lb paper, and chromas of the different mixes:
Note the blue in the first one,
Mix -Chroma.jpg

And finally the only reason to have this ink: to draw the Minions and bananas
Inks used:
J Herbin Bouton d'or (yellow), Noodler's Apache Sunset
A mix of Herbin Perle Noire + Bouton d'or (Murky green)
Platinum Carbon Black
Ink for the pants: Akkerman Delfts Blauw and water colour and pastel.



· Pens used: Pilot Kakuna Ef, Lamy Safari (EF/F/M/B), Soennecken school pen semi-flex, Jinhao 450 fude
· What I liked: For drawing the Minions and bananas , mixing
· What I did not like: Illegible, not water resistant and ugly through the ink window.
· What some might not like: Illegible It doesn’t like cheap papers.
· Shading: Are you kidding me?
· Ghosting: On cheap paper
· Bleed through: Same as above.
· Flow Rate: Wet
· Lubrication: Dry
· Nib Dry-out: None
· Start-up: None
· Saturation: Unsaturated
· Shading Potential: You can’t see, so what’s the point?
· Sheen: None
· Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: No
· Nib Creep / “Crud”: No.
· Staining (pen): No
· Clogging: No
· Cleaning: Ok
· Water resistance: It doesn’t really make a difference does it?
· Availability: 10/30 ml bottles, cartridges. I hope it's doesn't exist in 500 ml bottles


Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier

[BlkWhiteFilmPix]

Not a useful ink, tho Margaret and H.A. Rey could have used it to illustrate the Curious George character the Man in the Yellow Hat.

[Yazeh]

Not a useful ink, tho Margaret and H.A. Rey could have used it to illustrate the Curious George character the Man in the Yellow Hat.

Indeed! I forgot that one! Is Noodler's Yellow legible?

[LizEF]

Not sure how I missed this when you first posted it... Anywho, thank you for the review, for creating murky ink, for allowing me to experience blindness, for irradiated kitties, and for the minion. Great and fun review, as always, Yazeh!

[Sailor Kenshin]

Not sure how I missed this when you first posted it... Anywho, thank you for the review, for creating murky ink, for allowing me to experience blindness, for irradiated kitties, and for the minion. Great and fun review, as always, Yazeh!

🙀 What you said!

Yazeh, I had a bottle of this. My conclusions matched yours, but I used it as a dipper for hard-starting pens. Now it's a medium yellow-green. Fairly useful.

[Yazeh]

Not sure how I missed this when you first posted it...

It happens to the best of us

Anywho, thank you for the review, for creating murky ink, for allowing me to experience blindness, for irradiated kitties, and for the minion.

I'm glad both your good and bad experiences are scaled equally. I don't know what to think!

Great and fun review, as always, Yazeh!

As always a pleasure! 🙏

[Yazeh]

Not sure how I missed this when you first posted it... Anywho, thank you for the review, for creating murky ink, for allowing me to experience blindness, for irradiated kitties, and for the minion. Great and fun review, as always, Yazeh!

🙀 What you said!

What I said to Liz.

Yazeh, I had a bottle of this. My conclusions matched yours, but I used it as a dipper for hard-starting pens. Now it's a medium yellow-green. Fairly useful.

Like Vert Olive I guess. If it's murky Liz will like it