Today I’m carrying on Ana’s theme of wine, roses and chocolate for February with a yummy brown ink. This is still part of my quest to find some Pantone color of the year appropriate inks. Spoiler alert: this isn’t that brown, but it is lovely just the same!
Octopus Write & Draw Ink Brown Penguin (40mL for $19) is a lovely shading brown ink. The lighter parts of the ink remind me of milk chocolate, and the darker parts look more fudgey brown. Are you hungry for chocolate yet?
While I’m not super familiar with this ink brand, it is German made and performs well. My writing samples were dry fairly quickly, aside from those big ink splotches I love to make. The ink is easy legible in a variety of nib sizes.
In terms of comparisons, Diamine Gingerbread is yellower, and Robert Oster Toffee is redder. Brown Penguin is probably closest to Iroshizuku Tsukuski. Diamine Espresso is still quite a bit blacker than Brown Penguin.
Are there brown penguins? There are!
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- Paper: Crossfield Journal ($24.00) and Maruman Mnemosyne N182A Inspiration Notebook A5 ($10.50)
- Pen: Delike Glass Signature Pen ($37.80)
- Swatches: Col-o-Dex Rotary Cards ($15), Col-o-Ring Ink Testing Book ($10) and Wearingeul Ink Color Chart Cards ($8)
- Ink:Octopus Write & Draw Ink Brown Penguin (40mL for $19)
