Purple Inks Comparison #4

[@kevinu.k.7042]

I do like writing with Violets and Purples. It's Murusaki Shikibu Iroshizuku today. I like the shading in the Gummiberry. Thanks for this review. 👍

[@PenultimateDave]

Something about purples I keep coming back to, so inviting!

[@dashsunil]

Nice close up shots, Dave. I loved the KWZ berry. I need that now. 💜🤩

[@Alliejay-C]

That tyrian purple looks really appealing to me. I actually put it on a wish list just the other day!

[@PenultimateDave]

Uh-oh, putting it on your wishlist is a slippery slope!

[@edreilly6674]

I find the darker purples don't look very purple when I write with them. I might give the KWZ ink shot precisely because it is a bit lighter. Thanks for another good ink video!

[@WaskiSquirrel]

The Blueberry Muffin and the Tyrian Purple were my favorite kinds of purple. Maybe not pure purples, but very attractive. Luckily for me I'm not buying inks right now.

[@PenultimateDave]

Ah but that's what we all say about not buying inks ;-)

[@bellak1261]

Gummiberry😍

[@paulherman5822]

I've given a pen to several friends recently, and try to get an ink for them that they'd like. I'd gotten a pen for one friend, and had gotten Imperial Purple for them, based on their past preferred colour. Then they said that they would like blue, now. So I was stuck with the purple until this week, when I gave a Parker 45 to another friend. I asked what colour they'd prefer, and they said purple. So the Imperial Purple has a good home. 😁 I currently have more ink than I know what to do with, so I'm glad I found it a home. I thought they'd like it, and your video reinforced this. Thanks! I understand the sheen thing. I'd gotten an ink that has a reputation for sheen that I have yet to see the sheen. And I've gotten sheen from an ink that doesn't have a reputation for sheen. Regularly. From a new bottle, even.

[@PenultimateDave]

It's always great to be able to share the ink around, I have way too much ink myself, so finding innovotive ways of using it or sharing it is always a good move.

[@Stormandfire]

Thank you so much for doing a side by side of Diamine's Imperial and Majestic Purple. I do have to say that since I have Monteverde's Purple Reign I'm unlikely to get either any time soon, but it's still welcome. Still very much eyeing Tyrian Purple though, because as much as I like true purples, winey purples look nicer on the page.

[@ianyorke2617]

I prefer the Diamine Majestic Purple to the Imperial Purple and is dark enough to cover most use cases.

[@PenultimateDave]

It's strange that everyone I've talked to always goes for Imperial Purple over Majestic Purple, and for me it's the opposite. I wonder what the sales look like in terms of volume between the two inks. I much prefer the darker Majestic Purple over Imperial Purple.

[@MujahidJazz]

It would be great if one of these days you would do a Van Dieman's Harvest Series- Eggplant ink review. And maybe the Monteverde Jungle Collection Chameleon ink too. Robert Oster Dark Chocolate perhaps

[@PenultimateDave]

I do have some Van Diemen's ink samples, I'll have to see if I have that colour.

[@hekatsees9449]

I have always wanted to see Diamine’s “Imperial Purple” compared to Diamine’s “Majestic Purple”. Thank-you oh psychic one… Lol… I like the look of the “Imperial Purple” swatch, but I like the “Majestic Purple” writing sample more… It does appear darker. Maybe the sheen lightens the “Imperial Purple” writing sample a bit… Diamine’s “Tyrian Purple” surprised me as it looks muted IRL… I didn’t like it as much as I expected to…

[@PenultimateDave]

Strangely I hadn't seen a direct comparison of the two side by side, so thought it just had to be done between Diamine Imperial Purple and Diamine Majestic Purple. I too think the Majestic Purple writing sample is more darker. It's why when I was on the look out early on for Purple inks and looked at both ink swatches and writing samples I chose Diamine Majestic Purple over Imperial Purple for a number of years, because the writing sample is what I would see when I write with the ink.

[@warrenwilson7633]

Great video, as always. Method is awesome. I have Waterman Tender Purple and get awesome sheen on swatch and writing sample on TR 52 gsm. 👍

[@PenultimateDave]

Thank you Warren! TR 52gsm really is the best!

[@catchacoolbreeze]

Great vid Dave! I really like the color of imperial purple but my nibs always feel more scratchy on paper with it.

[@PenultimateDave]

I think the Imperial Purple does feel more dry compared to Majestic Purple. Have you tried it in a broader nib perhaps? Or you could always add a toothpick dot of washing up / dish soap liquid into the converter. No more, but that will help lubricate a dry ink. Just put a drop of dish soap onto a surface or saucer or something, dap the tip of the toothpick into it to get a small amount on the tip, then apply that into the converter. You can also do it with an ink syringe blunt needle.

[@animula6908]

Lovely