5 Best Diamine Inks

[evyxmsj]

I wonder what the tally would be!?

[A Smug Dill]

I wonder what the tally would be!?

You're surely as capable as anyone else to tally up the number of separate mentions for the different Diamine inks so far, and if you were truly keen to know the results -- to date, or in a month's time, or when the thread has finally become inactive for three months, whichever is the time-frame you have in mind -- then no doubt you could perform the task, instead of waiting idly to be advised as an "information consumer". Don't you think it would be more constructive for you to just go ahead and do it, and then choose to share the results if you feel that's the kind of interesting information that other hobbyists and not just you would like to know too?

 

The O.P. has not signed in to the forum since April 2016, so the responsibility to summarise the information he solicited cannot possibly fall upon him now.

[TSherbs]

You're surely as capable as anyone else to tally up the number of separate mentions for the different Diamine inks so far, and if you were truly keen to know the results -- to date, or in a month's time, or when the thread has finally become inactive for three months, whichever is the time-frame you have in mind -- then no doubt you could perform the task, instead of waiting idly to be advised as an "information consumer". Don't you think it would be more constructive for you to just go ahead and do it, and then choose to share the results if you feel that's the kind of interesting information that other hobbyists and not just you would like to know too?

 

The O.P. has not signed in to the forum since April 2016, so the responsibility to summarise the information he solicited cannot possibly fall upon him now.

Dill, to state "I wonder" is not to make a request of anyone.

 

For the record, I wonder too. But my curiosity is mild, and likely fleeting.

Edited August 20, 2020 by TSherbs

[A Smug Dill]

Dill, to state "I wonder" is not to make a request of anyone.

Indeed, and I didn't reject his/her request that was not made, but merely made a constructive suggestion of how the express curiosity can be satisfied, as well as acknowledged (or conjectured) his/her ability to do the work that would be required of someone for the results to become known.

 

I cannot see any way in which the tally can be arrived at with nobody expending any effort, so I think there is value is calling attention to the task, so that individuals can consciously, almost explicitly, decide for themselves whether they're really keen enough to make the effort or just let that glimmer of idle curiosity pass. For my part, I was more curious to know whether the O.P. of this thread was still active, so I went and looked the information up myself, then shared my discovery in case others may think perhaps the O.P. owed it to contributors of suggestions to do the tallying and report back to the readership.

[TSherbs]

Indeed, and I didn't reject his/her request that was not made, but merely made a constructive suggestion of how the express curiosity can be satisfied, as well as acknowledged (or conjectured) his/her ability to do the work that would be required of someone for the results to become known.

 

I cannot see any way in which the tally can be arrived at with nobody expending any effort, so I think there is value is calling attention to the task, so that individuals can consciously, almost explicitly, decide for themselves whether they're really keen enough to make the effort or just let that glimmer of idle curiosity pass. For my part, I was more curious to know whether the O.P. of this thread was still active, so I went and looked the information up myself, then shared my discovery in case others may think perhaps the O.P. owed it to contributors of suggestions to do the tallying and report back to the readership.

Chill, Dill. You gave a lecture on the obvious (we know how to review and tally), and no one was expecting the original poster to do anything. You barked here where no bark was warranted.

[A Smug Dill]

You barked here where no bark was warranted.

I expressly called out the task to be performed when it was implied there is work to be done. The only question was who ought to be doing the work. Do you have a problem with my asserting it isn't the absent O.P., implying that it's nobody else's (including @evyxmsj's) responsibility either, and suggesting that @evyxmsj do so because he/she was the party to express curiosity and apparently think the tally is information that is of interest to the readership?

[TSherbs]

I expressly called out the task to be performed when it was implied there is work to be done. The only question was who ought to be doing the work. Do you have a problem with my asserting it isn't the absent O.P., implying that it's nobody else's (including @evyxmsj's) responsibility either, and suggesting that @evyxmsj do so because he/she was the party to express curiosity and apparently think the tally is information that is of interest to the readership?

 

I don't need to repeat myself. Moving on...

[Chouffleur]

 

I don't need to repeat myself. Moving on...

 

Hank Snow?

[GreenMountain]

The list is much longer because Diamine has too many winners. But here's a list where I just stopped at 5*. These are among my can't do withouts (but again, there are way more on my list)

 

1. 150th Silver Fox (come on people, must I count the ways)

2. Emerald Green (pale to super saturated, easy easy easy to clean, super shading to low shading, nice on any paper color, no sheen no matter it doesn't need it)

3. Midnight Hour (very underrated new blue black on par with the Kobe inks we all rave about, but with a more traditional coppery red sheen)

4. Jalur Gemilang (wild wild wild, the companion purple is also a winner, but save that for another list)

5. Majestic Blue (classic, any of their blues will work through, there are like 30 shades)

6. And the list goes on and on and on....

 

 

 

 

 

*5.1. Music set Wagner (Yes, you're missing out on this murky ink. Up there with Sailor 970, Kobe 22, Iroshizuku Ina-ho, R&K Alt-Goldgrun, Diamine Safari, but rarely mentioned. Put it in a pen and see what happens.)

Yes to Midnight Hour. Really nice, somewhat wet.

 

Would anyone who has both Midnight and Midnight Hour do a comparison?

 

Or, if you have Midnight and not Midnight Hour, PM me and I'll trade!

[brokenclay]

I was curious:

 

1 1864 blue black

1 acqua

1 amaranth

1 arabian nights

1 aurora borealis

1 blaze orange

1 blood orange

1 blue black

1 blue pearl

1 coral

1 crimson

1 deep dark orange

1 earl grey

1 emerald green

1 evergreen

1 exlipse

1 florida

1 golden sands

1 gray

1 green black

1 hope pin

1 imperial blue

1 indigo

1 kensington blue

1 lilac night

1 marigold

1 meadow green

1 meadow misty blue

1 mediterranean

1 merlot

1 midnight blue

1 night sky

1 ochre

1 orange

1 philip

1 presidential blue

1 safari

1 sapphire blue

1 schubert

1 scribble purple

1 sepia

1 sunset

1 tchakovsky

1 teal

1 tudor blue

1 vermillion

1 violet

1 wagner

1 yellow

2 acqua blue

2 aster

2 blue lightning

2 carnation

2 cornflower

2 grape

2 havasu turquoise

2 jalur gemilang

2 kelly green

2 marine

2 matador

2 mediterranean blue

2 midnight hour

2 misty blue

2 monaco red

2 pumpkin

2 ruby

2 saddle brown

2 turquoise

2 twilight

2 ultra green

2 wild strawberry

3 amazing amethyst

3 chocolate

3 classic red

3 eclipse

3 emerald

3 graphite

3 havasu

3 majestic purple

3 oxford blue

3 prussian blue

3 regency blue

3 registrar's blue-black

3 royal blue

3 soft mint

3 steel blue

3 umber

4 chocolate brown

4 damson

4 silver fox

4 syrah

4 terracotta

4 tyrian purple

5 bilberry

5 midnight

5 salamander

5 sherwood green

6 blue velvet

6 denim

6 eau de nil

6 macassar

6 red dragon

7 grey

7 sargasso sea

8 autumn oak

8 imperial purple

8 oxblood

11 asa blue

12 majestic blue

13 ancient copper

(I didn't correct any spellings, so "grey" and "gray" appear as different entries, as do "chocolate" and "chocolate brown", u.a.)

[evyxmsj]

My hat off to you brokenclay. Looks a bit like a Pareto distribution, which I suppose is expected!

[cougarking]

Ho Ho Ho( yes it is a colour)

Pumpkin

Teal

Imperial Purple

Yellow

[N1003U]

Ancient Copper

Oxblood

Imperial Purple

Presidential Blue

Freiburger Bächle Blau (a bespoke turquoise offered here by one of my local B&M shops)

[inkstainedruth]

Ho Ho Ho( yes it is a colour)

 

Is that one of the Advent Calendar ones?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[brokenclay]

Freiburger Bächle Blau (a bespoke turquoise offered here by one of my local B&M shops)

 

For your Freiburger Bächleboot?

[cougarking]

Is that one of the Advent Calendar ones?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

 

[N1003U]

 

For your Freiburger Bächleboot?

 

Never. That stuff is definitely not water resistant.

[chromantic]

Considering they make like a gazillion colors, even allowing a generous 5 picks makes for difficult choices. Newer colors (to me) means a new list:

> Macassar

> 1864 Blue-black

> Dark Forest

> Yellow

[MuddyWaters]

I wonder if a lot of posters here are placing diamine inks in their top 5 based on how unique those inks are or how well they serve a particular need in the context of what other companies offer. For example, I see a lot of people ranking oxblood, autumn oak, ancient copper, and so on. Indeed, diamine is excellent at making interesting inks in the shades of orange, red and brown.

 

But if you had only diamine inks to choose from, would those be in your top 5?

[NumberSix]

But if you had only diamine inks to choose from, would those be in your top 5?

 

It occurs to me that I rarely see anyone talk about Diamine blacks. Do they just make garbage black inks? I have not tried one, partly because it never comes up in lists of recommended black inks.

 

Whereas their other colors come up all the time in posts like this one or noob threads on reddit, etc.