Jacques Herbin Orange Soleil - Ink Sample

Orange Soleil is a fun, bright orange. It's full of sunshine and happiness. It's a great shade of ink.

Perfect Orange

I love this ink! I currently have it in a kaweco sport with a broad nib and it's juicy and has a great flow. It doesn't feather on my cheap paper and has some lovely subtle shading (I did get a tiny bit of feathering on a coated postcard, but that was to be expected - it's still legible and dried quickly enough). The overall color is bright and saturated, and easy to read, perfect for fall and Halloween. It dries very quick, which is another plus, it's just a wonderful ink overall and I've already ordered a full bottle because I think it's going to be a favorite again and again.

Orange Soleil is the new Orange Indien

I’ve used Herbin’s Orange Indien as a signature color for over 15 years; one thing I always wished I could change about it was the way it darkened with a reddish-brown tinge as the ink ran low in the pen. Orange Soleil seems to have solved that; it’s bright, clear, and appears to hold a fairly consistent shade over use (though time will tell better). Even up against a fresh pull of Orange Indien on the same page, it’s distinctly orange; like the skin of an actual orange up against the skin of a blood orange. The flow isn’t too wet (Waterman fine nib) and it dries quick enough for everyday use. I still have half a bottle of Indien but may just ditch it to switch to Soleil.