Ink Review #1172: Diamine Passion Red

Let’s take a look at Diamine Passion Red today. I purchased my bottle of ink from Cult Pens!

The color:

Passion Red is a bright unsaturated red.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has just a bit of shading.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry time: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering in most nib sizes and a few dots of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Passion Red is a little less orange than Vermillion, but a bit lighter than Maroon. Click here to see the Diamine inks together, and click here to see the red inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Kaweco Sport Orange with a double broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, it’s well behaved but it’s not the color me.

Disclaimer: I purchased this ink myself, and all photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored in any way.