Sailor Red Brown Vs. Diamine & Montblanc Inks

[SamCapote]

It has been said in several threads that the closest color to the now discontinued Sailor Red Brown ink is Diamine's Burn Sienna. Thought I would do a few comparisons to have on file here. Paper is Staples Eco tablet. Pen is Brause double reservoir Ornamental 0.5mm Dip Pen nib (Thumbnail)

 

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/pike444/Inks/Sailor/Sailor-RBs.jpg

[reprieve]

Thanks for doing this! Red-brown was one of my favorite inks; I've been trying to find a suitable replacement since it was discontinued.

 

Diamine Dark Brown looks closer than Burnt Sienna in my opinion, though neither of them are close enough for me. I recently bought a couple of bottles of Sailor Kobe Arima Amber because it is the best alternative to Red-brown that I've come across--I can't distinguish much difference in side-by-side comparisons. Of course, Arima Amber isn't exactly a widely-available ink...

[SamCapote]

I just added the Kobe and rescanned, and replaced original version, so refresh your browser to see it.

[reprieve]

Sam, you are awesome!

 

Arima Amber looks closer to Burnt Sienna in your scan than I thought. To me, Arima Amber is almost indistinguishable from Sailor Red-brown (Red-brown is just a little darker and a little more red, but they are very close). I tried samples of Diamine Burnt Sienna and Dark Brown last year when trying to find a replacement to Red-brown. I ended up ordering a bottle of Dark Brown just because I liked it so much better--even though it's not close enough to be a replacement. I remember thinking Burnt Sienna was too brown, but I will definitely revisit that option.

[saintsimon]

Could J. Herbin's Terre de Feu fit into that range, too?

[ToasterPastry]

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn130/ToasterPastryphoto/Brown_inks.jpg

 

Now, too, I am awesome!

[reprieve]

Now, too, I am awesome!

 

[SamCapote]

Could J. Herbin's Terre de Feu fit into that range, too?

 

Added. May need to refresh browser.

 

 

Now, too, I am awesome!

 

LOL! No, you WOULD have been awesome if you had added the Terre de Feu!

 

Just kidding of course.....you are a veritable Captain Awsome !!!

[jandrese]

Thanks for the comparison. Thankfully I bought a few bottles of Red-Brown before it disappeared. Diamine Monaco Red is a reasonable substitute, if only because it is such a nice color. Incidentally, Monaco Red looks a little darker in person, at least on this Clariefontaine paper. I have many more reds but I don't think any others come this close. Interestingly, I bought Rustic Brown as a possible Red-Brown replacement. Goes to show you can't always tell based on a swab.

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5418872075_2f77cc6001_b.jpg

 

Yes, I misspelled 'twilight'