Ink Swatch - Diamine - Wild Strawberry

Diamine Wild Strawberry is a very brilliant red with green sheen and a little shading.

Scans

Though the large swatch areas can get a little darker, the writing is uniformly colored and bright on all three paper types. The shading shows up on Iroful but not the other papers.

Swatch Card Scans. Click to enlarge.

Photos

The shiny green sheen is very prominent across all three papers.

Swatch Card Photos. Click to enlarge.

The sheen doesn’t show much in the writing, but it is there.

Microscope

The green sheen is visible at the edges of lines, especially on Iroful and MD.

Ink under Magnification. Click to enlarge.

Chromatography

Chromatography strip scan

It starts magenta, fades in and out, then has a very dark band of red and a thin band of yellow at the end.

Chromatography strip photo under UV light

There is a significant yellow glow from the center, then purple and red glows beyond that, followed by a blue halo past the leading edge. Sadly it didn’t result in any noticeable fluorescence in the swatches.

Verdict

This is my favorite red! It makes a very good “correction” color as it’s bright and true red, it doesn’t lean pink. The color of the ink and the sheen complement each other very well, like its namesake. It’s very reliable, I always keep it in my Decimo and have refilled in many, many times.