Ink Review: Diamine Deep Magenta

[Chrissy]

I have decided to review some of my inks. These aren't necessarily in any particular order.

This one is Diamine Deep Magenta. I would call this a bright Fuschia pink ink. My idea of deep magenta would be a darker shade than this. It looks much better in writing than in the cotton bud swabs I took.

I've always quite liked J Herbin Rose Cyclamen, and this is a similar colour. If the swabs are anything to go by Rose Cyclamen may be slightly more saturated. I remember De Atramentis Dianthus being very similar to this because I once had a sample, but sadly I don't have any left.

As usual for a Diamine ink, it's a well behaved, reasonably saturated ink. It doesn't show much shading. I found it flowed smoothly across the page, and had no problems with lubrication in the Waterman Phileas and Lamy Nexx M pens I used. Sorry, but for some reason they were both stub nibs. I made the mistake of filling 2 pens with similar nibs.

This ink exhibits slight showthrough but no bleedthrough on my Conqueror paper. My guess is that this would showthrough much more on cheaper paper.

• The water test on the review form shows this isn't a waterproof ink, but it seems quite resistant.
• Bearing in mind the paper I use is quite absorbent, and the nib used was a stub, this ink took 16-18 secs to dry. That's a long time on this paper.
• It flows through the pen well and lubricates the nib well. I saw no skips or hard starts while I did swabs and comparisons with other inks.
• It is currently available in 80ml glass bottles, 30ml plastic refill bottles or cartridges.
• Diamine sell it directly to end-users on their web-site.
• It's a reasonable price

 

[Frank C]

Thanks for posting the review. It is a pretty ink, but not one that I would use.

[eelldan]

Great review! This is not a ink for me but I think my wife would love it! Going to need to pick up a sample

[Tessy Moon]

Thank you for the review! I like the sample of ink I have and may purchase a bottle at some point. I just have a lot of purple-pink-magenta inks already, I don't really need this one at this time. It is nice though.

 

If I remember correctly, Dianthus is more purple.