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Summer Inkage: Pink 'n' Orange


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So many inks...so little time. Actually, that's not true. It's summer. There's lots of time. What we really mean is, so little energy.

 

In addition to being good for laziness, summer is good for pink inks, so here's a quick comparison.

 

http://extras.ourpatioparty.com/files/8914/0383/0666/Pinks001-610w.jpg

 

 

The colors don't scan true, alas: Neon Coral really is an intense coral-red-pink. The top three on the right are warm pinks, very similar, with the V-Pen ink being a little more inense than the Iro or the DA (both of which are really similar). JH Rose Tendresse is a colder pink with more blue in it.

 

The Fireball is just there for comparison. Actually it's more of an orange. Orange ink scan is in the wings.

 

As for the pens they were in...The Berol Fontaine is an old plastic disposable which hasn't been around in ages, but Dr. Inkenstein had one left.

 

Too bad they're gone from the marketplace. Very nice writers in a wide range of colors, including green, brown, and blue-black, for two bucks each! Appealing to the cheapster and the nostalgia buff in Dr. Inkenstein, the Berol Fontaine is a two-for-one deal.

 

Can't say much more about the Lamys other than they're lightweight, reliable and fun to use.

 

On to Orange.

 

Dr. inkenstein recalls a certain Carvel frozen dessert called Icy Wicy, which was a swirled mix of orange and fuschia sugar water on a double stick so you could share with a friend. Got the pinks, got the oranges. Here, through the magic of scannage, we have added in some red-browns.

 

Because, you know, autumn is coming. Some day.

 

Again, scans don't do these inks justice....

 

Chesterfield Fire Opal, the orange ink tested in the orange Jinhao-fari 599, really is the color of Orange Crush soda. It is eye-searingly, happily, summer-afternoons-at-the beach orange, and I would love it but for the fact that it invariably gunks up a nib with a hideous orange crust that looks like dried-on iodine.

 

Good thing the Jinhao-fari only costs five bucks. That's one ink-pen combo stamped in stone! No shading, but with color this bright, why bother?

 

The Sailor Brick Brown Red shades like crazy. The MB Leonardo Red chalk also shades, but with a terra cotta component, and is a wonderful, well-balanced ink. J Herbin Terre de Feu is another red-brick color that, interestingly, looks more burgundy in the bottle than on paper, where it turns a mid-range, boullion-brown that does shade. It bears a passing resemblence to the Sailor Brick Brown Red, like maybe they're cousins who get together on the beach every summer.

 

And Ambre de Birmanie is, well, amber-y. The color of butterscotch that got a little too caramelized in the pan. Shades, too. What more could you want? Maybe a little more summer!

 

http://extras.ourpatioparty.com/files/2414/0555/5568/Orange_Brown_Inks001-610w.jpg

My latest ebook.   And not just for Halloween!
 

My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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I know that brown bag. It's actually plasticized, so the ink bottle won't break free through it.

 

mhhh, and to think that Saskia has dismissed that color as being too rosy.......

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Yes...it's a lot of J Herbin Rouge Caroubier and a dash or two of Bouton D'Or.

My latest ebook.   And not just for Halloween!
 

My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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