Ink Review #115: Diamine Sepia

I love brown inks in the fall. Diamine Sepia has been on my list of inks to try for a while now. I purchased my bottle of ink from Cult Pens.

The color:

Sepia is a yellow-brown with shading and a little bit of sheen.

There is some nice shading on the ink drops, but there is a little bit of dark brown sheen as well.

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Low-medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: Medium shading, low sheen

On Moleskine paper, which is not fountain pen friendly, there was a bleeding in all nib sizes, and a little bit of feathering. This is not an ink I would use on cheap paper.

Ink swabs for comparison, left to right (top to bottom for RSS): Diamine Raw Sienna, Diamine Sepia, and Diamine Golden Brown. Click here to see the Diamine inks together. Sepia is a lot more yellow than any of the other browns.

Robert Oster Marrone Mustard, Diamine Warm Brown, and Robert Oster Caffe Crema. Click here to see the brown inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a broad Pilot Vanishing Point on Tomoe River paper. The flow was nice, no issues there.

Overall, Sepia is well behaved and has some nice shading and a bit of sheen. The dry time is a little it long at 40 seconds. I like browns, but this one is just a bit too yellow for me. 

Disclaimer: I purchased this ink myself, and all photos and opinions are my own. There are no affiliate links on this page.