J. Herbin Fountain Pen Ink - 30 ml Bottle - Terre de Feu (Tierra del Fuego Red)

A very nice clay red color. This can be pinkish in a dry writing pen or very red and clay-like in a wetter pen. Not as brown as I thought it might be, but still nice. This ink is smooth and flows nicely though, as I said, depending on the pen it can seem thin and lacking in saturation of color.

Without a doubt the best black fountain pen ink in the world. A very deep black, with great flow, good lubrication, limited feathering and bleed-through on most papers, nice dry-time and very safe in all pens. I just wish that Jet Pens would stock the cheaper 100ml plastic bottles!

A great brown color. As with the previous reviewer, I feel that it matches the swab on the site perfectly. This is a great alternative to a harsh black when journaling. It looks especially good on off-white paper.

Not "pensive violet purple": "Pensee" (noun, feminine) is the French name for the flower called "pansy" in English. There's a drawing of one on the label, and the petals are indeed very similar in hue to that of this ink.

This is not a colour I have much call for, but it is indeed a lovely, clean violet- a grown-up version of the ink ( AKA Waterman's Violet) that French primary school kids would use in their exercise and composition books.

Herbin inks are among the best in the world, and have been made to a very high standard indeed for centuries longer than most ink manufacturers have been in business. This superb, pure hue is no exeption. If you are a fan of violet and have not tried this one yet, I urge you to buy a bottle. More likely than not, it will not be your last.

Writes smoothly and nice brown. Might differ from screen to screen, but the color chart was pretty accurate for me.