Ink Review #1247: Monteverde Mandarin Orange

Monteverde Mandarin Orange is from Monteverde’s Core collection. I purchased my bottle of ink from Pen Chalet (aff. link).

The color:

Mandarin Orange is a dark red orange.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks darker and almost grey where the ink has pooled.

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 just a few dots of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Mandarin Orange is a little bit lighter than Monteverde Motivation, but a bit darker than Papier Plume House of the Rising Sun. Click here to see the Monteverde inks together, and click here to see the orange inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Kaweco Sport Coral with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, it’s much darker than I expected, and has a lot less shading than I was hoping for. It’s well behaved, but not one of my favorite oranges.

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