Diamine Imperial Purple

[TheNobleSavage]

This has turned out to be my favorite purple!!

http://img164.exs.cx/img164/4085/diamineimperialpurple7al.jpg

[Keith with a capital K]

The looks very similar to Pelikan violet ink although the coloours we see on our monitors don't always reflect what they really are.

 

It's a great colour.

[TheNobleSavage]

Please post it No Snow!!! It is good to get different opinions and scans of inks!!!

[Keith with a capital K]

Good plan...

 

I'll scan in some Pelikan Violet and seehow the two purples compare.

[TheNobleSavage]

That sounds good Keith, I am posting some of the inks I scanned in last night!!. Any word on the pens? I think it will taken another week for it to get to you.

[wimg]

Hi NS,

 

I noticed a gradient in colour from top to bottom on the scanned page. Is that a scanning effect, or possibly slightly watered down ink because of a flush and rinse prior to using this ink?

 

Or something else? Could you please tell us?

 

Just wondering,

Kind regards,

Wim

[Keith with a capital K]

I jotted down a quick sample and shot a few pics with the digital camera. In real life the Pel Violet is brighter than the second and third shot and closer to what you see in the second shot.

 

I made minor colour corrections to make the sample I see on my screen look closer to the sample on my desk.

 

When scanning pages, the light from the scanner is extremely bright and backlights the sample which really brings out the various shadings.

 

This ink really changes it's personality when it's put in a pen with a medium or broad italic, this sample was done with a med nibbed Sheaffer cart pen.

 

http://members.shaw.ca/feynn/FPN/pelviolet1.jpg

In natural indirect sunlight, no flash.

 

http://members.shaw.ca/feynn/FPN/pelviolet2.jpg

Natural indirect sunlight, flash

 

http://members.shaw.ca/feynn/FPN/pelviolet3.jpg

In natural indirect sunlight, no flash, magnified 5x.

[TheNobleSavage]

I agree. I have the Waterman Violet and I really like that color too!!! The only isue with waterman violet is that it stains like crazy. I still have stains in my Pelikan white tortoise shell. I have to make sure that I use this color in a darker pen.

 

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[Leslie J.]

Ooh, I quite like the Diamine Purple. Haven't seen this one before, and I love purple. I have a Platinum Purple Passion, which is always filled with purple ink. No other colour will do for that pen. This ink will go on my wishlist I think.

[TheNobleSavage]

Hi NS,

 

I noticed a gradient in colour from top to bottom on the scanned page. Is that a scanning effect, or possibly slightly watered down ink because of a flush and rinse prior to using this ink?

 

Or something else? Could you please tell us?

 

Just wondering,

Kind regards,

Wim

To be quite honest, I dont know why, maybe from my scanner. who knows!!!

[wimg]

Hi NS,

 

Oops, I just realise it may be the combination of ink colour and the TFT screen on my laptop. Turning it slightly resulted in the colour becoming quite even.

 

Of course the funny thing is I didn't have to do that with any of the other scanned ink samples.

 

Thanks for trying to answer my question anyway!

 

Kind regards,

Wim

[Leslie J.]

That's odd, Roy's sample looks quite dark blue. ??? I realize different nibs will produce different results, but it doesn't look very close. My monitor is fairly accurate too.

[wimg]

Hi Leslie,

 

To me Roy's sample looks a very dark purple. Maybe because it is not just a wet but a very wet line?

 

Regards, Wim