De Atramentis Kermesin Red

[jschwab]

Here is my new 2 page review of De Atramentis Kermesin Red ink. This is another fairly new color for De Atramentis and is a deep red color woth slight (to me) purplish highlights. It is well saturated, but is unfortunately prone to feathering except on some of the better papers. Moderate drying times may discourage left handed writers as well.

 

http://www.dslnorthwest.net/~jschwab/images/DAKermesinRed1.jpg

 

http://www.dslnorthwest.net/~jschwab/images/DAKermesinRed2.jpg

 

It should be noted that the paper used for the formal review section is a light natural in color but did not scan well.

 

Kermesin red is a beautiful color with very slight purplish tones. The ink is well saturated, btu doesn't show a great deal of shading with this finer nib. I have yet to try it in one of my broader nibbed pens but will update this review when I have done so.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

John

[IWantThat]

This is also lovely I have the Bordeaux Red, which I just received, so I won't be ordering this one ... at least not yet ;-)

[indigirl]

Thanks for the great review! I was just ogling this color last night! :embarrassed_smile:

[SamCapote]

Beautiful color. Thanks for showing it so well. So far my filtered biocided bottle of it is looking pristine. DeAt does have some gorgeous inks.

[Signum1]

Excellent looking ink. I like this colour too. I will definitely put it on the want list. Thanks for the review.

[OPG4711]

Excellent review! You have gorgeous handwriting too!

[Cedar]

+1 on the feathering. Worst ink I own for that. Luckily a very pretty ink that works okay on Rhodia or Clairfontaine. Only ink I've run into so far that feathers on Bagasse paper.

 

Cedar

[karinh]

Thanks for the review John. It's really a lovely deep red and the slight purple tinge makes it different than reds like Diamine Oxblood, New Crimson and Monaco. It's not as purple as Syrah either, so it's not a burgundy. I had this colour in one of the Dollar calligraphy pens which wrote fairly wet and it shades amazingly. I'll be interested to see how it shades in a broader nib pen for you.

[blopplop]

+1 on the feathering. Worst ink I own for that. Luckily a very pretty ink that works okay on Rhodia or Clairfontaine. Only ink I've run into so far that feathers on Bagasse paper.

 

Cedar

 

Real shame about the feathering. I LOVE reds!! This one looks very nice.

 

Dave

[iiixvix]

Such a nice red! Too bad about the feathering though.

[inkspot]

Thanks for the review. I might have to add that ink to my grading stash.