A Little Orange Ink For The Season

[Margana]

Nothing says autumn to me more than the color orange. So in celebration of the change in seasons, I made up this swatch, inked several pens, and wrote a post for my blog. These inks are good but something is missing in the bright, in-your-face range. Any recommendations?

 

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Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-gaki

Pilot Iroshizuku Yu-yake

J. Herbin Orange Indien

Noodler's Apache Sunset

Noodler's Cayenne

Private Reserve Orange Crush

Edited October 29, 2009 by macthemaths

[lira]

For me, Caran d'Ache Saffron is an eye-popping orange, a very nice and well-behaved ink. Another alternative could be Noodlers Operation Overlord Orange...

[mrloco]

Noodler's Summer Tanager

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[FrankB]

How about J. Herbin Ambre de Birmanie? It has a nice, warm saffron tone.

[lizncats]

Private Reserve Tangerine Dream

[TMac]

Diamine Orange or Diamine Pumpkin are great Fall oranges. Watch out for the crust buildup from the Pumpkin - all but one pen have had problems.

[BobR]

I'll second the Diamine Orange. Just inked up an Esterbrook J yesterday with a broad 2968 nib and it looks almost neon! Perhaps a drop of black or brown ink would make it appear more seasonal. I've had only small amounts of build up, good performance over all. Diamine Vermillion is also fairly bright but not quite orange. Wish I could use these colors more often.

[lapis]

+1 for CdA's Saffron

[Lloyd]

I've had only small amounts of build up, ...

What do you mean by this?

[reprieve]

I've had only small amounts of build up, ...

What do you mean by this?

 

I believe it was a reference to the crystallization or "build up" that many have reported about Diamine Pumpkin. See Biffybean's review for a photograph of this effect.

[reprieve]

For a bright in-your-face orange, what about Noodler's Dragon's Napalm? That one is pretty electric!

[Ada]

I'll third the recommendation for Diamine Orange. You may not want to use it in a Kultur (it forms an easily removed crust on the nib of mine). However, in Phileases (and most likely any other pen with a cap that doesn't leak air like a sieve) it is a perfectly behaved, bright and cheerful ink.

[JakobS]

Diamine Orange for me as well, really intense orange, smooth flowing, well behaved, and stands off the page quite well!

Edited October 10, 2009 by JakobS

[pyrguy]

I just loaded up a converter with Diamine Blaze Orange. I haven't tried the regular but this does not form a crust on either pen I've used it in.

[southpaw]

I'll add my votes for CdA Saffron and Diamine Orange for vivid, in-your-face, true oranges.

Both perform well, though the Diamine might do a bit of harmless crystallization.

[bluenotegrl]

I just got a snail written in PR Orange Crush. I had forgotten how much I like the color.

[dizzypen]

PR Orange Crush for me.

[PauloC]

Caran d'Ache saffron. Very expensive but just perfect.

[kushbaby]

The new Montblanc Mahatma Gandhi (saffron) ink is a very nice bright orange - similar to Blaze Orange. Very well behaved with great flow. I just posted a review over here, but the scan looks redder than the ink looks to the eye. Hoping someone else can upload a better scan/pic...

[Margana]

Cd'A Saffron and Diamine Orange are leading so far...