Diamine China Blue

[DanielCoffey]

INK : DIAMINE CHINA BLUE

 

PAPER : RHODIA #16 A5 white lined

 

PEN : Onoto Magna 261 Medium nib tweaked for wet flow by John Sorowka (Oxonian).

 

Scanner : IT8-calibrated Epson V600 flatbed

Colour Space : Adobe RGB

Matte : 50% grey and 100% white

Post-process : Unsharp Mask

 

http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/fountainpennetwork/ReviewChinaBlue.jpg

 

 

Here is a close-up of the swab...

 

http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/fountainpennetwork/ReviewChinaBlueSwab.jpg

 

 

 

And a close-up of the shading!

 

http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/fountainpennetwork/ReviewChinaBlueShade.jpg

 

 

The colour change over 24 hours…

 

http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/fountainpennetwork/ReviewChinaBlueFade.jpg

[vistafan]

Another great review! I really like this colour and the colour change is interesting. Thank you!

[spiv]

You are right, this doesn't lighten quite as much as the Akkerman Residentie Blauw, but it's really close.

Mind you, you seem to be getting better shading (a bit)with the Diamine. It's quite nice on the eyes.

[DanielCoffey]

My pen is very wet - I tend to write at about the 2-swab level with pools in 3-swab and only the odd fast line in 1-swab.

 

EDIT : I had John Sorowka (Oxonian) set up my pen to "wet, for Diamine" and he did a lovely job!

Edited September 27, 2011 by DanielCoffey

[lovemy51]

this one i like. the first time i got it i was expecting the pastel blue color to come out right away and was very disappointed when i saw the mid blue... for a few hours. i was quite surprised to see the change in color later on -not sure if 24 hrs, but definitely overnight! i like the end results!!

 

thx for the review!

[Iranna]

I love this ink too but haven't used it in a while. Thanks for reminding me!

[saketb]

Nice review and great ink with a very good amount of shading.

[DanielCoffey]

saketb - in a drier pen you will get less shading remember but if you too have a pen set up for wet flow then yes, you'll get this result.

[dannyboy]

Thanks for your very interesting and succinct review. Here's another Diamine ink I must add to my list.