Ink Review #1239: Diamine Turquoise

Diamine Turquoise is an ink I’ve meant to review for a long time, but never got around to it so it is time! I purchased my bottle of ink from Cult Pens.

The color:

Turquoise is a bright, summery sky blue.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some pretty 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: 15 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low

Other properties: low shading, tiny sheen, and no shimmer. The sheen is only visible in very large swabs on Tomoe River paper.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering in most nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Turquoise is very similar to Diamine Havasu Turquoise and Diamine Aqua Blue. Click here to see the Diamine inks together, and click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Lamy Al-Star Pacific Blue with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, while it’s very well behaved, it is very similar to both Diamine Havasu Turquoise and Diamine Aqua Blue. If you have either of those already you probably don’t need this one too.

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.