Diamine Inkvent 2023: Day 16 — Merry & Bright
Day 16!
Welcome to day sixteen! Today’s ink is my personal favorite in the set so far: Merry & Bright.
The color/properties:
Merry & Bright is a shimmering ink. Diamine doesn’t explicitly state the color of the shimmer anywhere on the bottle, but to my eyes, the particulates look silver. In lower lighting, they could appear golden, as well. The base color is an especially vibrant and festive green that shades with a crisp cut between lightly varying tones.
*Please note that the scan is the accurate representation of this color.
How did it perform?
Merry & Bright was great. It had an adequately wet flow that provided a comfortable writing experience through all the nibs. I didn’t run into any clogs or hard starts during my tests and the shimmer distribution was consistent across all of the test nibs. There wasn’t any feathering or bleeding on either of the test pages. Merry & Bright also cleaned out easily. The color and particulates were cleaned out with a basic soak and flush and there were no signs of the dreaded haze that I’ve seen with a few of the previous Inkvent shimmers.
Ink splat
Ink droplets
My personal thoughts…
Merry & Bright is right. I’m so happy with this ink! It’s so bright, so vibrant, so festive. It’s exactly what I was hoping for, and thus far, it’s the biggest stand-out for me in this year’s calendar. I love it, and I don’t see my little sample bottle lasting till the end of the season before it’s all gone and I need to buy another.
Written in a Leuchtturm1917 notebook
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Tools and materials used in the writing samples:
A TWSBI Diamond 580 AL with 3 nib units including a Fine, Medium, and Broad. All nibs are tuned to perform at the same wetness.
A Rhodia No16 A5 DotPad
A Leuchtturm1917 A5 Notebook
Scan of the writing sample