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Favorite Legible Colours From Diamine

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Diamine makes a huge range of colours, bright and dark, vivid and subtle. Some look great for a few words, but are hard on the eyes when used for page after page of dense writing.

 

So what are your favorite colours for good legibility?

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lapis Museum Piece

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Blues: Blue Velvet, Regency Blue, Majestic Blue (although mine smears)

Blue-blacks: 1864 Blue Black, Blue Black (re-formulated 22 June 1912), Eclipse

Reds: Poppy, Wild Strawberry

Greens: Kelly Green

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Oxford Blue and Midnight Blue.

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My Mosaic Black Centennial MK2 lost it (used to have silver color decal).

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Dark Forest

Blue Black

Burgundy Royale

Chocolate Brown

Earl Grey

 

Very legible full size A4 regardless of the nib size, if the paper is good (rhodia type smooth).

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Another vote for Dark Forest. :thumbup:

 

Loved Macassar, too, but only need one dark brown and Yama-guri won out.

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Salamander.

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"Meddler's 'Salamander' - almost as good as the real thing!"

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Salamander, Eclipse, Graphite, Blue Velvet, Oxford Blue, and if you don't mind the colour shift from the sheen, Skull & Roses, Purple Rain

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Sapphire Blue and Red Dragon together make a very classic blue and red combination which I find very easy to read using the blue for the main text and red for titles, underlining, margin notes, etc.

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Red: Oxblood

Blue: Blue Velvet, Blue-Black

Green: Sherwood Green

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Sherwood green, sargasso sea, oxblood, amazing amethyst.. They have lots of legible colors 👍😊

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As The Good Captain has already nominated Salamander, Id like to nominate what has perhaps become my favourite blue, Misty Blue. 🥰

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Blue Black

Sherwood Green

Steel Blue

Classic Red

Merlot

Saddle Brown

Ancient Copper

 

Saddle Brown is the lightest of these, but still legible.

Brad

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Huge fan of twilight!

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I also like Presidential Blue and Kensington Blue. Macassar. Cult Pens/Diamine Deep Dark range.

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"Meddler's 'Salamander' - almost as good as the real thing!"

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Thanks for all the comments and ideas everybody. There was a remarkable amount of consensus, considering there are well over a hundred colours to choose from. I've ordered a few of the most popular, including Oxford Blue, Oxblood, Sherwood, and Salamander (when I used to keep salamanders they were deep black with vivid yellow spots, and I'm expecting no less from this ink :-). I'm looking forward to trying them out!

 

4 votes:
Blue Black
Sherwood Green
3 votes:
Blue Velvet
Midnight Blue
Oxford Blue
Salamander
2 votes:
Dark Forest
Eclipse
Macassar
Majestic Blue
Oxblood
Regency Blue
Sapphire Blue
Sargasso Sea Blue
1 vote:
1864 Blue Black
Amazing Amethyst
Ancient Copper
Bilberry
Burgundy Royale
Chocolate Brown
Classic Red
Denim
Earl Grey
Graphite
Imperial Purple
Kelly Green
Kensington Blue
Merlot
Misty Blue
Onyx
Poppy
Presidential Blue
Purple Rain
Red Dragon
Saddle Brown
Skull & Roses
Steel Blue
Twilight
Wild Strawberry
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