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INK : DIAMINE GREY PAPER : RHODIA #16 A5 white lined PEN : Onoto Magna 261 Medium nib tweaked for wet flow by John Sorowka (Oxonian). Scanner : IT8-calibrated Epson V600 flatbed Colour Space : Adobe RGB Matte : 50% grey and 100% white Post-process : Unsharp Mask Colour Balance : Neutral http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/fountainpennetwork/ReviewGrey.jpg WATER RESISTANCE : One thing I wish to point out immediately is that I changed my mind about the water-resistance of this ink between the quick test I did when writing this page and the proper drip and soak test I did afterwards. I found that once dry, Diamine Grey is almost fully water-resistant. Almost none of the colour lifts and what is left behind is very clearly legible. DRYING TIME : Fairly long, particularly since I use a nib and feed adjusted for very wet flow. On copy paper the dry time was between 20s and 30s. BLEED THROUGH : I saw a little bleed-through on Pukka 80gsm copy paper but it was well-behaved on Rhodia as expected. Here is a close-up of the swab. http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/fountainpennetwork/ReviewGreySwab.jpg The character of this ink will change on coloured paper. I tried it on Ivory paper and it allows the paper colour through nicely. And a close-up of the shading. http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/fountainpennetwork/ReviewGreyShade.jpg Shading was only slight. As this is a low-saturation ink so I would not expect to see heavy shading with it. Water tests were interesting... http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/fountainpennetwork/ReviewGreyWater.jpg The ink was robustly water-resistant and clung to the paper strongly.