Ink Review: Diamine Carnival 150Th Anniversary Ink

February 27, 2015

I'm currently reviewing some of my favourite Diamine inks. This one is the red ink from the latest Diamine 150th Anniversary collection: Carnival.

Bearing in mind the paper I use is very smooth, this ink dries reasonably quickly.
It flows quite wet and lubricates the nib very well. No start-up problems noticed. No skipping noticed.
It didn't dry out when I left the cap off the pen while I did the swabs and the comparison inks.
It is currently available in wedge shaped 40ml glass bottles that don't have ink wells.
Water test on the review form shows this isn't a waterproof ink. It washes off skin very easily.
It's reasonably similar to Diamine Matador.
Diamine sell it directly to end-users on their web-site.

March 2, 2015

I wonder if something is wrong with the scan or my monitor.. the ink looks brown to me. It's supposed to be red - I have Matador that you used for comparison, and it is much redder in person...

March 2, 2015

My scan shows it as red on my monitor, and it's red on the scan.

Below is a monitor adjustment that may assist.

Kindly adjust the brightness & contrast of your monitor to accurately depict this Gray Scale.
As the patches are neutral gray, the colour on your monitor should also be neutral.

Figure 1.
Grey Scale.
http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/InkyThoughts2010/FPN049.jpg

April 23, 2017

Chrissy, I pulled out my sample and the ink had dried dark brown but when I look at it, the ink is red. I'm enjoying this ink. Did you ever compare yours to Red Dragon? Thank you for the review!

May 8, 2017

Chrissy, I pulled out my sample and the ink had dried dark brown but when I look at it, the ink is red. I'm enjoying this ink. Did you ever compare yours to Red Dragon? Thank you for the review!

You're welcome. I will find my review forms and check out both points. I think Red Dragon is darker than Carnival though.