J. Herbin Rouille D’Ancre - Is This Right?

[yeepers]

Bought this thinking I would get a dusty/vintagey pink based on swatches and reviews but Im just getting orange??? Does this look right to you?

 

Edited November 11, 2017 by yeepers

[lapis]

Looks okay to me. Resembles mine. Rouille meaning "rust" sounds good, too.

[yeepers]

I thought it was going to look more like the sample here:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/288698-j-herbin-rouille-dancrea-handwritten-review/

[Astronymus]

Many scanners seem to have a problem with red hues. I noticed this in other reviews and my own aparatus. Photos are better.

[Intensity]

I also didn't think it'd be that vibrant of an orange, but looking at google photos of sample writing, it looks like in high saturation it's less peachy pink

https://www.google.com/search?q=rouille+d%27ancre&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwis4bzJtbfXAhXM4IMKHXKJAiIQ_AUICigB&biw=2560&bih=1372#imgrc=_

[yeepers]

I thought I'd get more pink. Not full on orange. I'm not getting anything close to pink.

[Intensity]

What about in normal writing, not the high saturation dip pen and splash?

[lapis]

You're right. The review you nailed down does show more red than orange. My own bottle also offers a bit of dried blood, watered down, but only seen so with a quick, lousy swab. My bottle has more orange in it but still some of that dirty pink. More of that orange -- like in your image above -- is visible in a big spash for more saturation. Otherwise use a very wet pen with a very broad nib. If you're looking for a lighter, paler pink, use a drier pen. BTW the colour I see in the square on the top of the Herbin box is even pinkier.

[Chrissy]

When I searched for J.Herbin ink colours, all of the colour charts show Rouille d'Ancre as a much more pink colour than the orange I see in your swab.

 

I would contact J.Herbin and ask them about it.

[inkstainedruth]

I wonder if it's been reformulated, the way Poussiere de Lune was a few years ago.... Because I would have expected it to be more pink, too.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Chrissy]

I wonder if it's been reformulated, the way Poussiere de Lune was a few years ago.... Because I would have expected it to be more pink, too.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

That's a possibility too. J.Herbin would know though.

[Qoan]

I thought it was going to look more like the sample here:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/288698-j-herbin-rouille-dancrea-handwritten-review/

 

Although this pic is far from perfect (and I did a typo in French), it's fairly clear that my bottle of Rouille d'Ancre gives a more pinkish than orangish colour. This was written with a Dollar 717i, which has a medium nib and is not very wet.

 

[Barkingpig]

I will be interested if Visvamitra sees this post; I know he has a fondness for the Rouille D'Ancre & I don't remember his review resembling this sample.

 

My 10 ml bottle had never been opened until now & surprisingly the rim of the bottle almost looked "rusty!" A quick swab on a "Col-o-Ring" seems much less vibrant & actually pretty orange leaning instead of the color "image" on the label. My bottle seems closer to this hue than either Visvamitra's or Amberleadavis's reviews from the index here.

Edited November 12, 2017 by Barkingpig

[yeepers]

 

 

[Intensity]

Wow, that's certainly mostly orange-brown... Very interesting. I've had my eye on that ink to possibly match with my Rose Gold Lamy LX pen, but I thought the ink would be more pink in normal writing. Thanks for reporting your finding.

[Ghost Plane]

Eew! My bottle was a flamingo color. That is not it.

[minddance]

More pink than orange, unless reformulated.

[Chrissy]

Wow, that's certainly mostly orange-brown... Very interesting. I've had my eye on that ink to possibly match with my Rose Gold Lamy LX pen, but I thought the ink would be more pink in normal writing. Thanks for reporting your finding.

 

I was considering getting that pen, and I was considering whether Diamine Carnation would be good in it.

[Qoan]

More pink than orange, unless reformulated.

 

It might have been reformulated, I bought my bottle about at least two years ago from a small shop, so it could have been even older, and it is definitely pinkish.

[senzen]

@ yeepers

Yours looks way better! To each his own.

Edited November 12, 2017 by pseudo88