32 Oranges And Yellows

[visvamitra]

It took me ages to finish this comparison and I'll be honest I'm not fully satisfied with the result. That's because I totally enjoy orange color. Some scans are more o r less accurate but there are colors that are hard to catch with scan or camera lenses. For example Peach Haze - I don't really like it BUT it's quite unique because it blends orange and pink accents into one. However I didn't manage to catch it on my scans :/

Anyway Orange, Brown and Green are my favourite colors. I'd like to present 32 shades of oranges and yellows. I hope you'll find my comparison useful.

Cyber6 - Thank you A LOT for a lot of samples

INK SPLASHES

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GEMS CUT FROM SWABS IN GIMP

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SWABS (Mondi 90g paper):

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[visvamitra]

INK DROPS ON KITCHEN TOWEL

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TEXT WRITTEN WITH PILOT 78G BROAD NIB IN CALENDAR

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TEXT WRITTEN WITH PILOT 78G BROAD NIB IN OXFORD NOTEBOOK

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CHEAP NOTEBOOK

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WATERPROOFNESS

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FLOATING ON THE WATER

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AFTER IMMERSION

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FIVE MINUTES AFTER IMMERSION

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SUMMARY

I like most of the colors. The problem with orange ink is that it can behave ion a nasty way and cause nib-creep, nib-crud, crystallize under tyhe nib. So there are nice colors like Orange Crush or Shoreline Gold I wouldn't recommend to anyone whio uses vintage pens.

I like most oranges. If someone evil-mindedm would make me choose only three I would pick Yu-Yake, Jentle Apricot and Toucan's Orange. Additionally I would take Taisanjii Yellow - it's tellow, right. I had to limit myself to three oranges. No one said a word about yellows.

Other colors I like a lot are: Autumn Oak, Golden Twenties Orange i Habanero.

There are of course colors I'm not so thrilled about. I don't like De Atramentis Ocher Yellow, it;s ugly. I don't like Mahatma gandhi and Mandarin.

It's a pity I didn't manage to get samples of de Atramentis Oranges - some of them look really nice on scans. Maybe un the future.

The poll is multiple choice.

[lgsoltek]

Thank you for posting this, Visvamitra! I like all your comparisons, especially the splashes.

In my opinion Diamine's Yellow is the purest yellow: I use it as highlighter. Have you tried that? It's strange that my Orange Crush doesn't look like this. Mine is quite dark. Apache Sunset's incredible shading makes it one of my favourites.

[jrobert6]

Thanks so much for this. Last night I dipped a pen in 11 oranges, yellows, and browns to get a sense of the variety in my collection. Now I have even more to check out!

[TSherbs]

this is an incredible review

 

thank you so much for the time and effort

 

wow

[senzen]

Thank you thank you thank you! Amazing work. On the pens that have them, Lamy Vista M and Muji F, Mandarin and Orange Indien which I really enjoy on Clairefontaine notebooks look just like on the Oxford notebook example, which is extremely useful. I was thinking of Yu Yake but it's way too close... Fuyu Gaki looks amazing, except I have a particular dislike of pink... Maybe Diamine sunset then... And a yellow would definitely strain my eyes.

[mm1624124]

All of your comparisons are fantastic! Confession: I already have my personal picks and have biased the poll accordingly: Sailor Apricot, Noodler's Habanero, Caran d'Ache Saffron, and Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-gaki. Ah and the wild Noodler's Dragon's Napalm that can get very orange-y.

[amberleadavis]

Ghandi is one of those strange ink - I was surprised that it held up in my fade tests.

[cybaea]

Epic! Thank you so much for this. These are tricky colours to capture - you have done well.

 

I love Autumn Oak and Blaze Orange, while Orange Indien was the one that got me started on oranges. On the amber side, I do like Edelstein Amber.

 

 

[PS: You have "Autumn Oak - Noodler's" in the splashes, you probably meant "...- Diamine".]

[bstnnyc]

Thank you! This is amazing; I've been waiting for this review to order orange ink samples

[Morbus Curiositas]

Nice work again Visamitra

 

 

I love the colour of the autumn oak...

 

But as a Dutchman I say ORANJE BOVEN

[Tas]

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Fan, tas, tic !

Stunning work.

Thank you.

[mallymal1]

Spectacular comparisons!

 

Thank you.

[xiewadu]

I haven't seen the Toucan Orange before. I love its deepness, which isn't muddy at all!

 

- Jen

[Jamerelbe]

The Toucan line of inks being an Australian product, I was one of the 'early adopters' - and I agree, it's a beautiful, vibrant orange, strong enough to write clearly with a fountain pen, but also works nicely in a Preppy highlighter pen. I also have Apache Sunset, and am not sure I can justify buying *more* orange inks... but I've gotta say I'm sorely tempted!

[Cyber6]

WOW... Vis... Oh ... WOW... Such an amazing review/comparison.... http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/MSN_Emoticons/MSN-Emoticon-heart-010.gif

 

 

The Golden Twenties... looks really interesting on the ink drop (kitchen towel)...

 

 

I can't choose a favorite... there are too many of my favorites there....

[Dumatborlon]

Thank you! This is amazing; I've been waiting for this review to order orange ink samples

 

+1. No, make that a +2. A few minutes ago, I had too few oranges to choose from, now I have too many. :‌o)

 

But what’s ‘Nicpoń Pomarańcz’? It’s included only in the second half of the scans and is absent from the splashes and the overview. I’d hazard the name means ‘Japanese orange’ or something like that, which’d suggest Iroshizuku Yu-yake—and that one indeed has two different splashes instead of just one…

 

@Visvamitra: Epic work!

Edited September 11, 2014 by Dumatborlon

[Cyber6]

But what’s ‘Nicpoń Pomarańcz’? It’s included only in the second half of the scans and is absent from the splashes and the overview. I’d hazard the name means ‘Japanese orange’ or something like that, which’d suggest Iroshizuku Yu-yake—and that one indeed has two different splashes instead of just one…

 

That is KWZI #46... You can see it here... KWZI Inks

[visvamitra]

Thank you Cyber6 - that'e precise. Nicpon is KWZI owner nick on Polishe Pen Forum so I used it here.

 

And of course Autumn Oak is new Diamine ink and not Noodler's

[sharmon202]

Wow, what project. Thanks for a wonderful display.