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De Atramentis Artist Orange This is similar to the Document line but has less of its properties. inks and can be mixed and matched with either Artist or Document lines. It's an anemic orange or a punchy yellow depending how you see it. It’s wet, lubrication slightly below average and is not suitable for cheap thin papers, nor letter writing, unless you’re passive aggressive. 😛 It did weirdly stain a few spots on my already badly stained Kakuno, had flow issues with it and the Kanwrite ( I had to prime to feed) but with the Lamy Safari it worked fine. It’s almost impossible to scan. Photo shows best the colour of the ink. It’s best on Midori cream paper where the shading is most prominent. Surprisingly with B/ 1.1. nibs it becomes paler. I believe this is best used for art work and Wabbits 🐰🥕 You can use it both as yellow or orange in washes or mix it with Artist/ Document Red to give it a bit of oomph. It's slightly cheaper than Document inks (the bottles are 50 ml as opposed to the 45 ml of the documents). Let’s start with the chroma: Writing Samples: Photo: Note the difference in colour. Comparison: Note how the scanner has deformed almost all oranges. Water test: For animal lovers, no felines were hurt during this test and finally an art work, entitled September 19, 1914 It's based on the Reims Cathedral Smiling Angel statue, which was decapitated during the early days of World War I by a flaming beam. Reims cathedral is significant in French history as its were the French Kings were crowned. The statue was restored and is still smiling Inks used, De Atramentis Artist Orange, Platinum Carbon Black, J Herbin Bleu des profondeurs · Pens used: Pilot Kakuno Ef, Lamy (EF/F/M/B, BB), Kanwrite with Ahab flex. · What I liked: On Midori (Ef-M nibs), using for washes. It can pass both for yellow and orange. · What I did not like: Writing with it. I could barely read myself. · What some might not like: It’s a pigment ink, it’s pale. · Shading: Surprisingly yes. · Ghosting: Yes, on cheap paper. · Bleed through: Yes, on cheap paper. · Flow Rate: Wet · Lubrication: Slightly belove average. · Nib Dry-out: Did not notice. · Start-up: It didn’t like Kakuno or Kanwrite. · Saturation: Pastel · Shading Potential: Surprisingly quite good. · Sheen: No. · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Did not notice. · Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice. · Staining (pen): Yes a few spots on the Kakuno. · Clogging: Did not notice. · Cleaning: The more it stays in your pain the more difficult it’ll be. · Water resistance: Excellent · Availability: 50 ml bottles. Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier

Like it’s document sibling, Artist red reminds me of watermelon juice or coral red to quote @lapis I honestly cannot see much of variation between the two. If you need a document red ink go for the sibling, if not Artist is fine. The bottles are different, Artist is 50 ml. Let's start with the chroma: Writing samples: I used the same poem by Mark Nepo, which you find here. If you use a wet flex pen on this paper, you'll have a bit of ghosting and bleed through. Photo (Tomoe River Paper) Comparison with De Atramentis Document red Comparison: Watertest And finally some art work: Prince of Cards... Pentel brush pen - De Atramentis Artist Red.. Happy birthday Pentel brush pen. J Herbin Bouton d'or and De Atramentis Artist Red · Pens used: Pilot Kakuna Ef/Stub, Kaweco (EF/Reverse BB/M/B/BB), Kanwrite Ultraflex, · What I liked: Teaching me to write with a feather hand, very easy to clean. Worked well with the pilot stub... · What I did not like: Not much lubricated, palish red, good for art work · What some might not like: Dryish, the colour. · Shading: None. · Ghosting: Faint on copy paper. If you're heavy handed. · Bleed through: None · Flow Rate: Wet. · Lubrication: It won’t make your scratchy nib glide. · Nib Dry-out: No. · Start-up: No. · Saturation: No. · Shading Potential: Dismal · Sheen: None · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: None. · Nib Creep / “Crud”: A bit · Staining (pen): No. · Clogging: No. · Cleaning: Easy. Like most pigment inks the more it stays in the pne the more you need to soak. But I didn’t need to use pen flush. · Water resistance: Excellent. · Availability: 50 ml bottles. Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier

As I had samples of both Document and Artist Turquoise I decided to review them simultaneously. I cannot recommend this ink for everyday writing, with this ink I gave up after testing with the M nib. It can be crowned as the king and queen of ghosting and bleeding through every single paper I used. The only paper, that it was almost ok, was surprisingly Mnemosyne. There was ghosting, and some bleed through if I dared to doodle in the corner of page. But I only used a broad nib so I don't know how it would have behaved with the other nibs. I was really disappointed and was wondering maybe because it’s an “Artist” ink, it should be used for art and specific papers. That inspired me to do an experiment. As all Document and Artist series can be mixed I decided to mix this one with Artist Sepia, which is extremely dry and awful ink. The result was magical. I managed to create a shade of green which was pleasant to write with, the ink behaved decently, the colour was pleasing and I was sad when the pen ran dry. Moral of the story: These inks are best for people who love ink mixing, are adventurous or are artists. Chroma quite similar to Document Turquoise: Writing samples: Midori (quote is by Gabor Maté, from his excellent book, (The Myth of Normal) Note how the Lamy EF is thicker than the F. Back. Tomoe River 68gr Quote is by Aeschylus I've rarely if ever seen anything like this on Tome River 68gr paper: Quotes is by Nikos Kazantzakis, Report to Greco Water test: Ink is waterproof under running water. Left side was held under running water. Comparaison: I got inspired by Nick Stewart's work, by brushing water on CANSON watercolour paper: Nothing special but fun to do: As I said, I mixed a few drop of Artist Sepia with this one, this is the result: Here a couple of scans and photos: Midori scan: TR 68gr Photo: (TR 68gr, left - Midori, right) · Pens used: Pilot Kakuno (Ef) Lamy Safari (Ef/F/M) · What I liked: Ability to mix with other Document/ Artist inks. · What I did not like: Too many to name. · Shading: None · Ghosting: On every single paper. . · Bleed through: Same as above. · Flow Rate: Waterfall · Lubrication: Excellent · Nib Dry-out: None. · Start-up: None. · Saturation: Who cares? · Shading Potential: You must be kidding me! · Sheen: None. · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: It feathers on cheap paper. · Nib Creep / “Crud”: A bit. · Staining (pen): I don’t know. I won’t be using it for long, thankfully. · Clogging: No · Cleaning: It’s a pigment ink. It was relatively easy to clean. But I had it for less than a week in my pens. · Water resistance: Excellent · Availability: 50 ml bottle. Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier