Ink Review #138: Diamine Lilac Night

Diamine Lilac Night is part of the 2017 installment of the 150th Anniversary collection. I purchased my sample from Vanness Pens. 

The color...

Lilac Night is a dark purple with shading. It doesn't quite look like lilac to me, but it is a nice purple.

There is just a little bit of sheen that shows through in large swabs.

Let's look at how it behaves on fountain pen friendly paper first (Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm).

Dry time: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Medium-this really surprised me. Some of the blue ink washes away, but the purple stays pretty well.

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: Medium shading, tiny bit of sheen

On non-fountain pen friendly paper (Moleskine), there is a bit of feathering and bleeding. I wouldn't recommend this ink for cheap paper.

Ink swabs for comparison, left to right (top to bottom for RSS): Diamine Eclipse, Diamine Lilac Night, and Sailor Jentle Shigure. To see the Diamine ink swabs together, click here.

Organics Studio Potassium Lavender, Nemosine Alpha Centauri, and Waterman Tender Purple. Click here to see the purple inks together.

Longer writing:

I started out with a Pilot 912 FA and then switched to a broad Vanishing Point. I used Tomoe River paper, and didn't really have any issues. 

Overall, it's well behaved and a nice color. I like that it has some shading and a tiny bit of sheen. 

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