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Usual disclaimer: Colour representation is not always accurate in a scanned image, reproduction of the scanned image in different computer monitors, and variations in pen/paper combinations.

Definitely a "rust brown" color. Nice looking ink, especially the shading, but too much red for me.

Love your ink reviews. Great sample sheets!

I'd really love to see how this compares in real life to PR Copper Burst or FPN Galileo Manuscript. Do you have either?

Thanks for the review. I'm taking a closer look at this one!

Looks vaguely like a more intense version of Herbin's The [Tea]?

Ooooo.......I think I must look for some of that!

It's lovely - and I DO so love my Diamine inks!

Unfortunate that this one dries slowly--it's such a beautiful color.

Thanks for showing this to us.

Best, Ann

I'm embarassed to say, particularly with the FPN Galileo Manuscript, that I don't have either one, so I cannot offer a comparison. Maybe someone else who has all three will indulge us in a comparison w/ a scan.


Herbin Lie de The (Black Tea) often has a strange greenish tinge to it, so I don't think they're comparable. It's more like Herbin Terre de Feu (Terracotta), but Burnt Sienna is lighter and has more red in it. It's also similar to Sailor Red-Brown, but Sailor RB is more a caramel colour, meaning it leans more toward a warm reddish brown. This leans more toward a slightly translucent rusty brown.


I've tried Burnt Sienna w/ XF, F, M, and smaller italics as well, and the drying time is not as bad in those pens -- though I still say this one dries rather slowly. While using this with finer nibs might help with drying time, the colour will be a bit darker and the shading will obviously not be as dramatic. I should have noted all that in the review, but I was going by current impressions with the pen I happen to be using at the time.

The pen I was using for the review (CS Wellington w/ IF) is a very wet writer. I'll have to ask Richard Binder to adjust it for me a bit the next time I see him. I asked him to make it a wet writer when I ordered it because I knew it was going to be a heavy pen for me. I figured I'd need the pen to write very wet to get it to deliver ink on paper with ease, given its weight. As a result, however, several Diamine inks just gush out of it -- and this just happens to be one of them. Saddle Brown also flows rather freely with this pen, though not as badly.

Looks rusty brown. Pretty shading but colour trumps up shading for me. Like the look of Saddle Brown better. Ta on more reviews!!

Thank you for yet another well done review.

One of my favorite inks is Pelikan "Brilliant Brown," which I understand is now being called just "Brown." This Burnt Sienna seems to have a similar "brilliant" quality to it, though it is a non-brown color. I am going to try some J. Herbin "Rouille d'Ancre" ("Rusty Anchor") and this ink seems to be similar in character, though different in saturation. Just for grins, I think I shall try both.