Swatching Our Top 5 Brown Inks!

[@lynettedyck7327]

Sailor 273 is sure interesting - I'm glad you got to highlight it for us with the big swatches. Thanks!

[@jartecus]

273 is one of my favorite browns and favorite inks in general, so glad to see it getting more attention! 373 isn’t listed here but it’s also gorgeous .

[@putocuchinta]

Brown inks are my favorite! When sesame oil came back in stock on your site I kind of went all out and got a bunch of other brown inks 😂

[@fmbrownie2916]

Thank you for sharing. I was looking to pick up a few more brown inks.

[@belwynne1386]

You are doing a great job with these vlogs. Love your work.

[@evie2411]

Wow, for anyone with the Atlantis swatching book, that Sailor color would be great for shells!

[@robbourne1950]

Those J Herbin glass nibs are so wonderful. I can't believe Sailor studio is on the list of browns. There you go you got your sailor comment. 💜

[@wingedstarz]

Been looking for a good brown for my limited edition coffee twsbi pen!

[@pilesofthings]

I love Lie De The! It really looks like your writing with tea - I am using it in my 5 year techo this year. I also really like Penbbs # 443 (Mung bean cake), but it is one of those pink-y chromoshaders that can get tricky to pin to one colour. I would love to try sesame oil, hopefully it's still in stock when I make my yearly Yoseka order later on in the year 😅

[@Calcprof]

The is also Dominant Industry Lungo. And the famous (which you don't carry) Akkerman SBRE Brown

[@asimmons6936]

If you don’t mind the brand, noodlers gold & limonite is very similar to Herbin lie de thé. I used the two back to back and chose the noodlers but it was close. Another “relative” I thought was Taccia golden wheat. On another note, a completely different but nice brown is de atrementis mocca bronze. A bit of a clogger tho.

[@Yoseka]

Nice! Thanks for the recommendations!!

[@williamcatalano1762]

I've been eyeing Lie De The so bad the last year. Might have to snag some soon!

[@brokenmolar]

My favorite is Stone Road of Gion, it’s my go-to! I also like Winter Wood and Lungo but Stone Road takes the cake for me

[@awesomebeautiful8782]

Waterman Absolute Brown is my favorite

[@zeus52452]

Two brown inks that I particularly like are Sheaffer Latte, and Diamine Chocolate Brown. These 2 are on the darker side.

[@jessthehotmess5044]

i’m still so sad that pilot discontinued their iroshizuku tsukushi ink. it was my first ever fountain pen ink so it holds a very special place in my heart 🥲💕

[@KobeLincoln-us3uu]

Is there a video on the top 5 beginner’s fountain pen (under $100), inks, and instructions on ink changes?

[@Yoseka]

We shared our picks here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5DHaX-AhZ1rrq8

[@itsmeLori]

Love Winter Wood and that black sheen! Other good brown (ish) colors: dominant industry autumn forest (depends on the paper and angle you’re looking at it), and Diamine Winter Spice

[@honeyten1001]

It would've been great if you could've color corrected the overhead shots a little bit 😅

[@Yoseka]

Noted! Thanks for the feedback :)

[@stewartobrien7447]

No Pelikan 4001 brown? awwwww

[@Yoseka]

Oooh we just don't have that one haha sorry!

[@xTeeak]

It is always super interesting to me to see people ink swatching and categorizing inks .. to me none of those would be "brown-brown ink" .. I would put them in black, sepia, sepia-green, pink and brown-black categories myself .. the only browns I would be okay with as brown-browns (at least in the photo) are those two colour-changing Yurameku at the beginning :D .. I dont mean to challenge here - I just wanted to point out how FP ink colour is very hard to categorize :) My all time fave browns are Ferris Wheel Press - Steeped Umber and Vinta - Fortaleza or KWZ - Honey .. so I guess I am more of a warm shade and yellow/red leaning focused as far as brown inks go :D