Ten Red Inks

[visvamitra]

Ciemny Czerwony is polish ink by Konrad (KWZI).

[Barracuda]

Thanks for posting this useful info. I've been meaning to get a red and it's going to be the red dragon!

[Ink_Stained_Soul]

Another vote for Sheaffer Skrip Red Veeeery nice colour!

[Mercian]

I am now attempting to restore the photos to this comparison post.

Because trying to find 'the' red ink is about as easy as attempting to catch the Questing Beast of Arthurian legend, and anything that can assist one in the task is to be cherished.

 

All credit for the comparison, and for the pictures, is owed to visvamitra.

 

Enjoy!

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I like red inks and I use them on every day basis. I'd like to present you short comparison of ten colors.

 

Of course it would be great to compare more reds but then my samples of Oxblood and Monaco Red are empty. Next time.

 

So the inks I've compared are (in alphabetical order):

 

BRILLIANT RED - Diamine

 

 

 

 

BRILLIANT RED - Pelikan

 

 

 

BURGUNDY RED - Montblanc

 

 

 

CIEMNY CZERWONY (Dark Red) - Nicpoń*

*Nicpoń is chemistry PhD Student that's active on Polish fountain pen network. He's created limited line of nice, saturated inks in many colors.

 

 

 

GARNET RED - Graf von Faber-Castell

 

 

 

MATADOR - Diamine

 

 

 

MORINDA - Rohrer & Klingner

 

 

 

RED - Hero

 

 

 

RED DRAGON - Diamine

 

 

 

RUBY - Diamine

 

 

There was an accident. I was ready to make "splash painting" with Ruby. The sample was standing near the sink, I don't know why, but I've abruptly turned and my hand pushed the sample. The rest of the ink flow down the sink to some foreign lands. Ruby is a great color, so it's a pity I couldn't compare it this way.

 

 

SWABS ON SCAN (Canon MP 250)

 

 

 

SWABS ON PHOTO

 

 

 

FEW DROPS OF INK ON KITCHEN TOWEL

 

 

 

TEXT WRITTEN WITH PILOT 78G, B NIB in Oxford notebook

 

 

 

TEXT WRITTEN WITH PILOT 78G, B NIB in notebook

 

 

 

TEXT WRITTEN WITH PILOT 78G (B NIB) IN CALENDAR

 

 

 

TEXT WRITTEN ON CHEAP PAPER (inks are listed as above)

 

 

 

 

TEXT WRITTEN ON CHEAP COPY PAPER PRINTED WITH DOTS

 

 

https://imageshack.com/a/img834/7564/p4hw.jpg ← this image not accessible on 2024-11-06

 

 

 

SUMMARY

 

RED DRAGON stomps. It's amazing deep color. I love it.
Second and third place are taken by CIEMNY CZERWONY and MORINDA / MATADOR ex-aequo.
There are also colors I dislike, namely: Pelikan's BRILLIANT RED (it sucks: I can't find anything interesting about this ink), GARNET RED (moderate flow, dull), BURGUNDY RED (dull, not interesting).

 

What's your opinion? You can choose few inks from the poll.

 

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I hope that this restoration is useful

 

Slàinte,
M.

[inkstainedruth]

Thank you for restoring the images.

Since this thread had originally started, I had gotten a bottle of Diamine Matador, but it then lost out to Diamine Classic Red as my favorite red ink (Classic Red is a little closer to the middle of the spectrum for me as being RED).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth