Diamine Orange

August 16, 2012

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After having found a great red ink with Diamine Dragon Red, I wanted to find a bright orange ink. I looked many ink swabs, and the orange I liked the best was Diamine Orange, so I ordered a bottle.

And I must say I chose well, as I love this ink! A very saturated, bright orange, neither yellowish nor reddish. I feared it could be a bit fade, pale, difficult to read, but it isn't at all, it's a bright color that grabs your attention, and a nice alternative to reds or greens as complementary color for writing.

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According to color theory, Diamine Orange is the almost perfect complementary color for Noodler’s Liberty’s Elysium (LE) blue ink. I like using LE blue for daily writing, so it suits me well to use Diamine Orange near it, for titles, marking, highlighting and contrasting.

The ink is not waterproof, as expected, but it resist way better than I would have thought. The bottom right corner had been submerged in water for one minute, and you can still (almost) read the text.

As usual, I've also posted the review on my fountain pen blog.

August 16, 2012

Thank you for reviewing this gorgeous colour! I have been using it for a few months, and it is not tiring, nor does it disappoint in jumping off the page! I currently have it in a very fine-nibbed Hero 832 pen, but am planning to put it in a Jinhao x450 to see how it behaves! The compliment with Blue and Red Dragon is really lovely.

Edited August 16, 2012 by Bhavna

August 16, 2012

Great review and excellent suggestion concerning a complementary colour. I've been using Orange in a Targa (fine nib) as my highlighter ink (proofreading, grading etc.) as well as for headings and page numbers. It's a gloriously bright, eye-catching colour. My only problem is the residue that builds up around the nib. Innocent it may be, pretty it isn't.