Diamine Green Black

[DanielCoffey]

INK : DIAMINE GREEN BLACK

 

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

 

http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/fountainpennetwork/ReviewGreenBlack.jpg

 

 

Here is a close-up of the swab...

 

http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/fountainpennetwork/ReviewGreenBlackSwab.jpg

 

 

And a close-up of the shading!

 

http://www.dcoffey.co.uk/images/fountainpennetwork/ReviewGreenBlackShade.jpg

[FLJeepGuy]

This is by far my current favorite green ink. I love Diamine inks as nearly every one I've used has been well behaved with excellent flow and easy maintenance/cleanup. I first saw the green/black at the Atlanta pen show this year and it's been my go-to green ever since.

[DanielCoffey]

I think TheGoodCaptain will agree with you too - he started looking for a good mid green with high contrast and settled on this one. Same tone as the more restful umber but easier to read in a full page.

[The Good Captain]

I think TheGoodCaptain will agree with you too - he started looking for a good mid green with high contrast and settled on this one. Same tone as the more restful umber but easier to read in a full page.

You are absolutely spot-on, as usual! I'd like to add that since my comment on G-B I've also started using the Evergreen in one of my pens which looks just a touch more business-like. So apart from Meddler's 'Broccoli' (due out and time now, under glass) those are my complete choice of 'greens'.

Contrast is important to me and Green-Black has it while still retaining its 'green' appearance.

 

 

[rjbull]

I'm writing with it in a Paperchase 'Noto' journal, which is lightly-rebranded CIAK. The paper has a faint yellowish tinge, what they would probably call cream or ivory. The combination looks rather classy. Flow is good in my Lamy Nexx 1.1i, much better than the Diamine Twilight that I used immediately before with the same pen/paper combination.

[razr]

Looks like a lighter MBRG.

[lovemy51]

thx for the review, DC! this is in my arsenal, but i prefer the PR Ebony Green much more.

 

it's interesting you notice a resemblance between this and the tone of Umber... i'll have to check. :hmm1:

 

ciao,

[DanielCoffey]

Looks like a lighter MBRG.

 

MBRG has a different tone to it as you can see if you check the comparison reviews and discussion of Diamine Racing Green.