Ink Review: Diamine 150Th Anniversary Terracotta

[Chrissy]

I have decided to review some of my favourite inks. My samples are obtained from Diamine inks.

 

This one is from the latest Diamine 150th Anniversary inks Terracotta. It's a typical terracotta shade. Inks that are in this colour range seem to be less lubricated than some other ink colours, but it's still a nice flowing ink, and I like the colour. It reminds me of Diamine Ancient Copper but they aren't quite the same. Ancient Copper is more red and is slightly more saturated than Terracotta.

• Water test on the review form shows this isn't a waterproof ink.
• Bearing in mind the paper I use is very smooth, and the nib was a medium, this ink took 15-16 secs to dry
• It flows reasonably wet, and lubricates the nib OK I have used inks that have had better lubrication than this one.
• It is currently available in 40ml cake slice shaped glass bottles.
• Diamine sell it directly to end-users on their web-site.

[Frank C]

I recently purchased a Graf von Faber Castell intuition pen whose color is "terra cotta". While the pen color has more orange than this, the name certainly fits.

[amberleadavis]

Chrissy, thanks for the review. I thought the ink would be oranger.

[Chrissy]

It is less orange than Collodi and has a hint of red in it but not as much as Strauss

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks for the review. This is an interesting looking color.

I just got a sample of this, but hadn't tried it yet. It's a little bit of a different color choice for me (I tend to lean towards blues, blue-blacks, pinks, purples, and greys), but I decided to try and push the envelope a bit.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[musicman123]

Thanks for the review. This isn't really my color.

[Chrissy]

Thanks for the review. This is an interesting looking color.

I just got a sample of this, but hadn't tried it yet. It's a little bit of a different color choice for me (I tend to lean towards blues, blue-blacks, pinks, purples, and greys), but I decided to try and push the envelope a bit.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I hope you enjoy using it. I've pushed the envelope quite a bit with my samples that I'm reviewing

[alarickc]

Thank you for the review. I admit it saddens me to see that this doesn't look like a satisfactory replacement for MB Leonardo Red Chalk. Ah well, there's always the next chalky red-brown.

[Chrissy]

Thank you for the review. I admit it saddens me to see that this doesn't look like a satisfactory replacement for MB Leonardo Red Chalk. Ah well, there's always the next chalky red-brown.

Did you look at Diamine Strauss from the Music Set?