Diamine Dark Green

[p-zero]

My Bottle of Diamine dark green arrived yesterday. I am a little disappointed. While it is a beautiful color, it is a dead ringer for PR Blue Suede & I really didn't need 2 different inks that are the same color. I only used it with a dip pen. I don't know if there will be a color change if I load it into a pen, or not. Did anyone else find that these 2 inks appear to be identical?

[Iranna]

This is an old thread, but the only one listed in the review index for this ink. I just got a bottle of it and I must say I'm disappointed. It seems the colour varies a lot from bottle to bottle, or then Diamine changed the formula. My Dark Green looks almost exactly like Waterman Green, only a little more saturated. I didn't need two bottles of the same colour... sigh. I should stop buying ink that I haven't seen for real!

 

Edit: To me the scan on the first page looks almost identical to the Diamine Teal review here.

Edited May 5, 2010 by Iranna

[Rhapsody]

I also find that it looks a bit too teal-ish in the picture above.

 

I own one bottle and I really like the colour. The Dark Green reminds me of Diamine's Steel Blue but with less blue and more green tones.

[eric47]

This is an old thread, but the only one listed in the review index for this ink. I just got a bottle of it and I must say I'm disappointed. It seems the colour varies a lot from bottle to bottle, or then Diamine changed the formula. My Dark Green looks almost exactly like Waterman Green, only a little more saturated.

 

I bought a bottle some months ago, and was disappointed too because it looks nothing like the scans in this review. It reminds me a lot of Visconti green. Both are what I would describe as turquoise green, with Visconti and Diamine favoring one or the other tones. That is, one is more greenish, while the other more turquoisish -- I can't remember which goes with which.

 

For dark(er) greens, I moved on to Herbin Vert Empire and Stipula Moss Green.

[DanielB]

Thanks for the pics.

To me it looks just like Parker Quink Blue-Black ... once dried.

[Bo Bo Olson]

I think either my monitor is way off or I'm the only colorblind female.

This looks very blue to me, slate blue with maybe a hint of azure. not green..( I do love the color though !). The green smiley shows up a bright green though.. I'm confused !

 

 

Our monitors drink at the same bar....I thought it an interesting blue.