Diamine Monaco Red

[visvamitra]

Manufacturers since 1864, Diamine Inks relocated to this purpose built 'state of the art' factory in Liverpool in 1925, where they successfully carried on using the traditional methods and formulas for ink production. Over the years the company has changed hands and are now located close to the world famous Aintree Race Course

http://www.diamineinks.co.uk/images/DimaineFactory.gif

Monaco Red is interesting earthy red ink. After reading some other reviews one could expect more vibrant red but in my experience this ink is a little subdued. I like it. It has a lot of shading and allow you to get result with more or less depth depending on the pen and nib you use.

Software ID

Color range

Tomoe River - Caran d'Ache Leman, medium nib

Leuchtturm 1917 - Kaweco AL Sport, broad nib

 

[mmg122]

Now that is a really nice red! Thanks for the review, Vis. I can see a bottle coming my way in the not too distant future.

 

Mary

[Tweel]

Thanks for the review -- it's one of my favorite inks, and I haven't seen it mentioned much lately.

[inkstainedruth]

Not a red for me (I prefer Diamine Classic Red). But thanks for the review.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Newjelan]

Great review of the only red ink I like (except for Rouge Hematite).

[lgsoltek]

My first Diamine.

[Bhavna]

One of my most favorite of Diamine's reds after Wild Strawberry. Great review Vis, thank you.

[KKay]

I tried this ink today. I do like the color very much. My sample was very close to the results you had on here. I did get a lot of shading out of this ink. I may prefer Red Dragon, but I haven't made up my mind about that yet.

[ManofKent]

A little light for me - I like really dark reds, but a nice colour all the same. Thank you for a great review.

[ethernautrix]

My first Diamine.

 

 

Mine, too, and I loved this color a lot back then--several years ago.

 

These days, my favorite red (because I'm trying to have one favorite of most colors--yes, that's silly) is KWZ Flame Red.

[KKay]

Flame Red is nice for sure. I tried that one recently too.