As can be seen here (bottom of page)
http://www.thewritingdesk.co.uk/diamine/diamine_ink.php

there are 12 new Diamine colours for the addict community to crave for.
I just would like to know, which of the two new light blues ('Aqua Blue' and 'Mediterranean Blue') is identical to my favourite 'Tropical Blue' LE, which was sold in the U.S. only

Umpf, Martin from The Writing Desk (of course) allready posted about the new range in the Market forum - sorry for the redundancy

I was looking at those when the Writing Desk newsletter arrived. I like the look of the Deep Magenta and Mediterranean Blue. No, no, really must resist, there's no way I can justify buying any more ink So, who will be the first to buy some of the new inks and post reviews?

Hi Saint,
Thanks a lot for informing!I didn't saw Martin's post.The New colors are very nice!!

Take Care,
Emrecan

okay - question.

Why is Umber a deep green? What don't I know about this word?

it and woodland green look tempting.

Finally, "standard" (non-fountain-pen looking) black, red, green and blue, as bait for less-imaginative newbies (the price point is good), in order to hook them on more distinctive colors. Maybe this will help Diamine's sales.

I'm sure that increased sales are what they're hoping for. The new colors are very pretty; I like the blues. (Aqua and Mediterranean look virtually identical on my monitor; Med. a tad darker.) I'm with KCat on Umber and some of the other names. But, by any name, the colors are grand. Is Noodler's hetting up the market, or what?

Steve, just out of curiosity, what's your standard for "'standard' (non-fountain-pen looking)" inks? BIC ballpoints? Pilot gels? There are so many disposable pens out there today, I don't know anymore what the average person would consider to be standard. (Not suggesting you're average, Steve! You're here, aren't you? ) My knee-jerk reaction would be BIC, but I'm seeing a lot of gel pens these days, e.g., with credit card slips in restaurants. (Confession: I used a black uni-ball Gel Stick 0.7 mm to fill out the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey this afternoon. :ph34r: )

Will we be able to order these new Diamine colors if we live in the USA?

Pendemonium and A Pen Lover's Paradise are carrying these. Looks like Pendemonium has them as the "test market colors" - scroll down past the standard diamine colors on their Diamine page. PLP has them just mixed in with the other Diamine inks.

The blue, black, red and green inks which I consider "standard" in non-fountain pens in offices and schools are the Papermate ballpoint inks and the Pilot G2 gel inks.

OK, the new Diamine Sapphire isn't as dark as either of those, but it seems the only way to get such a blue in FP ink is to get a saturated, and therefore less beginner-friendly, blue. This Sapphire is close enough. I find Diamine's other blues "adventuresome" and delightful, but "adventuresomeness" might be a disadvantage in the minds of anti-imaginative customers.

Also, I would like to express my sincere regret for using the phrase, "less-imaginative newbies" . We were all fountain pen newbies once, and most of us on this board probably did not start out unimaginatively. I allowed my grief about anti-imagination to color that comment inexcusably. Laments belong in "Chatter," not "Inky Thoughts." I'll try to put non-laments there, too .

How different is Aqua blue from Meditteranean blue?

I would be very interested to learn how (if) the new range differs in writing characteristic from the standard range: flow properties, smudging and drying?

P.,

No offense taken and no apology needed, at least by this newbie (still <1 yr w/ FPs). For us newbies it's hard to imagine what all is even out there, so by default we have fewer choices. The great thing about FPN is it broadens your horizons VERY quickly. Of course, that's also the downside of FPN, at least as far as the checkbook is concerned.

The Jade Green reminds me of the Herbin Vert Pré. Wonder how they compare IRL?