Ink Review #2574: De Atramentis Pearlescent Red

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De Atramentis Pearlescent Red is from De Atramentis’s shimmer collection called the Pearlescents. The name of this one is confusing because usually the De Atramentis Pearlescent inks are named after their base color and then their shimmer color, Velvet Black Copper for example. The base color of Pearlescent Red is grey with red shimmer, so this ink should have been named Grey Red instead of Pearlescent Red. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Pearlescent Red is a neutral grey with red shimmer.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper you can see lots of shimmer-a ridiculous amount really.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: medium shading, no sheen, and red shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Pearlescent Red is the same base color as De Atramentis Pearlescent Green. Click here to see the grey inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Kaweco Al-sport Red with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a dry flow.

Overall, I did not enjoy this ink. Like the other Pearlescent inks I’ve tried this ink had a lot of hard starts and clogging. The shimmer does not stay put-it flakes off and gets on anything around it. It simply has too much shimmer.

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