Diamine Inkvent 2024 Day 10

This is the Diamine Inkvent 2024 Day 10 door:

The door

Day 10’s in is Diamine Chilly Nights, a blue-black “Star Bright” ink, which means shimmer, a lot of shimmer. I used a Lamy AL Star fine nibbed pen to test out this ink.

Col-O-Ring swab of Diamine Chilly Nights

The base ink offers some nice shading, though you can barely see it because there’s so much silver shimmer going on. Here’s a close up of the Col-O-Ring swab:

Close up of the Col-O-Ring-Swab

It looks like there’s a hint of red sheen to this ink, which isn’t surprising as it’s a dark and pretty saturated ink, but again – the masses of silver shimmer mask all other properties of the ink. However, that’s not necessarily a bad thing: Diamine Chilly Nights definitely has a wow effect to it, and it’s a stunningly beautiful ink.

Writing sample on Rhodia pad

You can see the letters glowing with shimmer here:

Another angle of the writing sample on Rhodia paper.

Here’s a writing sample on original Tomoe River Paper. You can see a hint of shading and sheening here:

Writing sample on Tomoe River Paper

And from a different angle you can see the dazzle of the shimmer effect. Compare it to yesterday’s Diamine Wishing Tree directly above it – that one’s a Chameleon ink. You can barely see the shimmer effect on Wishing Tree and you absolutely can’t miss it on Diamine Chilly Nights.

Another angle of the Tomoe River Paper writing sample

I flipped the nib around for the fine lines on today’s bear sketch. Teaberry is an unusually shaped bear but there are quite a few Charlie Bears that come in this style. I had to shade the lamp to get a decent photo due to the glint from all the glitter.

Bear sketch on Midori Cotton MD paper

This is Teaberry the bear. If you watched the “Wicked” movie you’d understand me when I say that she would fit perfectly on Glinda’s bed.

The bear

Diamine Chilly Nights is a stunning, if impractical ink. It’s perfect for the season: a readable ink with a big wow effect, which makes it perfect for greeting cards. I don’t see myself using it regularly, but it definitely works as a “special occasion” ink.

What do you think of Teaberry, today’s bear? And would you buy a full bottle of Diamine Chilly Nights?

12 thoughts on “Diamine Inkvent 2024 Day 10”

    1. writingatlarge's avatar

      writingatlarge

      Before I open the calendar I pull out 25 fountain pens that I’m willing to use with “problem” inks (shimmer, chameleon, scent, staining, etc) and then try to match them in terms of nib size as best as I can. As most of the 25 pens that I’d be willing to use with this inks have fine or extra fine nibs, I prioritize lighter inks with shimmer or chameleon effects to wider nibs, and then work my way down. If there’s more than one pen that has the same nib, I try to colour match the body to the ink. When I do normal (i.e. not Inkvent) swatches, I pick pens that best compliment the ink in terms of nib size, and then in terms of pen body colour.

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      1. Esther Urwin's avatar

        Esther Urwin

        I had been wondering how many Safari’s you own. You seem to habe one in every colour imaginable, some really quite unused and interesting

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