Diamine Indigo

[punch]

Below is a review of Diamine Indigo ink. I purchased this ink, as well as the Diamine Blue Black and Diamine Prussian Blue, as a possible replacement for my Lamy / Montblanc Blue Black. To my eye, all three inks provide an improvement over the rather dull Lamy / Montblanc ink. However, I ended up using the Diamine Blue Black as my "go to" ink. The Prussian Blue ended up being more of a grey with Medium or larger nibs (works fine with Fine), and the Indigo does not do well on slick paper like Diamine. I use it as a "signature" ink on the copier paper that I use at work, and it works quite well in that capacity. I also find that it works well on more porous papers like Rossi and Fabriano. I have included examples of all three inks with this review.

 

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg124/ksdowdy/scan0010.jpg

 

The inks appear color correct on my monitor, but the Rossi paper is more yellow / tan in real life than the scan shows. This ink does not bleed through any of the papers that I use regularly, including the most recent Moleskine papers.

[azeitona]

Thank you for your great review.

I was planning to buy Diamine Indigo myself, but now I'm not so sure. The Blue-Back seems much more the colour I want, Indigo appears too light.

Maybe I'll try them both, now that there are smaller bottles .

 

JO

[alexanderino]

I try hard to not roll my eyes at some of their naming choices ... and fail miserably.

[jbn10161]

Very informative review. Thanks.

[georges zaslavsky]

very interesting color, thanks for the review.

[Gran]

Thank you very much for your review and comparisons. I have a sample of Prussian blue which shows much more than how it looks in this review.

 

Has anyone else found the Indigo to have the same qualities that Punch noted?

 

Thanks.

[DanF]

Gran---I have some Indigo and also a few carts of Prussian. My impression is that they are both pretty gray and light valued, with Indigo being a little darker, and a little bluer. The pics from the original poster are pretty close, maybe a little less blue. I don't have any trouble with Clairefontaine paper, so I can't agree on that score. It does dry lighter than it goes on. I didn't notice it being particularly dry. It's a good winter color if you live in an area such as I, where the great yellow orb in the sky disappears from November till June.

 

Dan

[Gran]

Dan, thanks very much for your post. I keep wondering about the Indigo. May have to get a sample.

 

Am sending you cheery thoughts in that cold clime.

[tim atherton]

In use, I find the ink is actually very close to the colour of actual raw indigo/indigo dye (as opposed to spectrum indigo or the pigment colour) - so it seems suitably named

 

 

I try hard to not roll my eyes at some of their naming choices ... and fail miserably.

[DeScribe]

In use, I find the ink is actually very close to the colour of actual raw indigo/indigo dye (as opposed to spectrum indigo or the pigment colour) - so it seems suitably named

 

Tim. Can you please PM me backchannel urgently? Thanks.

[Ed Ronax]

Thanks for sharing.