The Most Appealing Shades of Brown Color Ink

[Incubo]

This collection has been made in an intensive attempt to find the most ideal and complete shades of brown color fountain pen inks over the internet and as long as writing with a medium size fountain pen is what I'm concerned of, the "infinity symbol" on a regular paper is the thing I've considered saving these samples.
I've also benchmarked the index card samples for those which were not available in infinity sample. All the top-rated fountain pen inks – even those which are not mentioned here probably for the lack of a quality brown ink – have been taken into account.

 

~ Here's the list ~

Akkerman Hals Oud Bruin

 

Akkerman SBRE Brown

 

Chesterfield Antique Copper

 

Colorverse #25 String

 

Colorverse Coffee Break

 

Daytone Havana Brown

 

De Atramentis American Whisky Brown Gold

 

De Atramentis Havanna

 

De Atramentis Scottish Whiskey

 

Diamine Ancient Copper

 

Diamine Chocolate Brown

 

Diamine Desert Burst

 

Diamine Golden Brown, Carter's Harvest Brown, Diamine Raw Sienna

 

Diamine Ochre

 

Diamine Terracotta

 

Diamine Tobacco Sunburst

 

Faber Castell Hazelnut Brown

 

J. Herbin Café Des Iles

 

J. Herbin Caroube De Chypre

 

J. Herbin Lie de The

 

J. Herbin Terre d'Ombre

 

KWZ Honey

 

KWZ Iron-gall Aztec Gold

 

KWZ Iron-gall Mandarin (Corrected Version)

 

KWZ Old Gold

 

L'Artisan Pastellier Callifolio Cannelle

 

Leonardo Sepia Classico

 

Monteverde Copper Noir

 

Monteverde Joy Sepia

 

Monteverde Scotch Brown

 

Noodler's Golden Brown

 

Noodler's Kiowa Pecan

 

OMAS Sepia

 

Private Reserve Chocolate

 

Private Reserve Copper Burst

 

Private Reserve Sepia

 

Robert Oster African Gold

 

Robert Oster Antelope Canyon

 

Robert Oster Caffe Crema

 

Robert Oster Gold Antique

 

Robert Oster Toffee

 

Sailor Kobe #22 Shinkaichi Gold

 

Sailor Storia Lion Light Brown

 

Scribo Classico Seppia

 

Standardgraph Maisgelb by @lgsoltek

 

Taccia Tsuchi Golden Wheat

 

Vinta Heritage Brown

 

Vinta La Paz

 

Diplomat Caramel

 

Krishna Bronze Leaf, Krishna Yellow Valley

 

L'Artisan Pastellier Callifolio Anahuac

 

L'Artisan Pastellier Callifolio Itzamna

 

L'Artisan Pastellier Encre Classique Ocre Jaune
 

Maruzen Athena Kinkan

 

PenBBS #135 Beijing

 

PenBBS #269 45th POTUS
 

PenBBS #504 Vernal Equinox

 

Platinum Mix-Free Earth Brown

 

Taccia Ukiyo-e Hokusai Benitsuchi

 

Tono & Lims Kela Nuts

 

Vinta Terracotta

 

Vinta Ochre
 

Note: the absorption of the ink to the paper could vary. Before purchasing any of the inks above be aware some of them are dry while the others are wet. Plus, based on the fountain pen model and paper you use, the colors could look different. Make sure to use fountain pen inks only, otherwise your fountain pen will clog. Stay away from drawing, calligraphy, lawyer, and India inks. They are not designed for the fountain pens. Platinum and Sailor have some pigmented-based inks; avoid them.
Take all these into account.

 

Edited May 23, 2021 by Incubo

[amberleadavis]

@Incubo

 

Welcome aboard! This thread is a wonderful contribution!  Please be sure to cite which FPNer created the original content. Also, please add the photos to the brown thread (see the signature line below).  One thing to consider - instead of one post, put one or two pictures per post - this helps speed up the system. Also, if you type the name of the ink in that post, it will show up in the searches.  Again, thank you!

[Incubo]

  On 5/22/2021 at 8:50 PM, amberleadavis said:

@Incubo

 

Welcome aboard! This thread is a wonderful contribution!  Please be sure to cite which FPNer created the original content. Also, please add the photos to the brown thread (see the signature line below).  One thing to consider - instead of one post, put one or two pictures per post - this helps speed up the system. Also, if you type the name of the ink in that post, it will show up in the searches.  Again, thank you!

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Greetings, and thanks for your caring.
Actually it took almost one week to complete the selection and picking the boldest ones; Therefore I've forgotten most of the sources, but I'll cite as much as I can recall.
The hilarious part was when I've tried to purchase one. There was not a single of these inks available in Iran thanks to US's sanctions.

Edited May 23, 2021 by Incubo

[Aelfattrum]

Herbin's Cacao du Brésil is (in a wet enough nib) a lovely cool brown (with violet/grey

components): 

 

 

And de Atramentis Document Brown (

) is another attractive brown. Maybe also Krishna Inks Dark Chocolate.

 

Frustrating about not being able to get any of the inks though.

 

Maybe as a possibility for working around this - making a walnut-based ink? (As far as I know, Iran grows lots of walnuts.)

 

I've made some walnut ink (the easy way, but using walnut ink crystals), and just for use in dip pens, but there is some earlier FPN discussion about making fountain pen-safe walnut ink:

 

 

[Incubo]

  On 5/26/2021 at 11:11 PM, Aelfattrum said:

Herbin's Cacao du Brésil is (in a wet enough nib) a lovely cool brown (with violet/grey

components): 

 

 

And de Atramentis Document Brown (

) is another attractive brown. Maybe also Krishna Inks Dark Chocolate.

 

Frustrating about not being able to get any of the inks though.

 

Maybe as a possibility for working around this - making a walnut-based ink? (As far as I know, Iran grows lots of walnuts.)

 

I've made some walnut ink (the easy way, but using walnut ink crystals), and just for use in dip pens, but there is some earlier FPN discussion about making fountain pen-safe walnut ink:

 

 

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You can be sure those I've mentioned above stand head and shoulders above any others.
Plus, for making a hand-made fountain pen ink, I'm not gonna take the risk.