Burnt Sienna
This brown has red clay tones to give it a very warm look.
A lighter tone brown, and one that is almost in what some would call as pastel tone.
When writing with a broad nib there are very distinct tones and shades to the line. For my preference, inks that have such distinctive shading tend to more for my personal notes rather than business writing.
The colour example on the Diamine web site if fairly representative of the colour I experienced.
Chocolate Brown
Here is a colour that I have taken an immediate liking to. Chocolate Brown is a deep rich brown. Solid in tone and character. It is a ink that looks good in both personal and business writing.
Dark Brown
I must admit, after using the Saddle Brown and Golden Brown, I was expecting a different colour when I started to use Dark Brown. There is a chestnut like tone to this ink, and there was variation in tone and shades when writing with a broad nib.
The colour is fine, it was not what I was expecting.
Golden Brown
Here is a strong, solid brown ink that I have found to be suitable for both business and personal writing.
There are good undertones to the ink, and they come out when writing with a broad or stub pen.
The colour swatch from the Diamine web site, it is a good representation of the colour of the ink.
Raw Sienna
Raw Sienna is an easy on the eye brown with a very flat tone.
When writing with a broad nib, there were good undertones that came out giving shadding to the strokes.
I have used this colour for both for business and personal notes. When looking back at documents written with this colour look good, although it is a very pale tone. Another one of the colours that are kind of in the pastel grouping.
Diamine webite colour swatch is a good representation of the colour of the ink.
Rustic Brown
This is a great colour. Almost an brown red.
I have received good compliments from people when they see this ink used. A fresh colout.
Solid, bold and dark. A great combination of ink characteristics for business or personal writing.
The colour swatch on the Damine website is a good representation of the ink.
Saddle Brown
This is a solid dark brown with no yellow or gold undertones.
It is very similar to Golden Brown or Chocolate Brown (released in 2009). It has looked great in both business and personal writing. Good drying time and flow.
The colour swatch on the Damine website is a good represntation of the colour.
Sepia
This was a colour I was looking forward to having. But in using the colour, it is a bit pale in tone for my preference.
It did look good on cards. That being said, there is great shading with this ink so when write a few lines of text on a card, there is a great look to the writing.
It is a good performing ink, consistent with flow and drying times of the other Diamine colours.