The 3rd picture was the one advertised as purple.

Burgundyesque inks are some of my favorite, along with Teal, of course. Here’s what I got in my collection right now:

Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-Budo—an elegant magenta forward purplish wine grape color that really pops on the page and has a subtle (and somewhat elusive) golden sheen.

Sailor Manyo Akeb—a similar color profile to Yama-Budo, except more eggplanty and with gorgeous shading and a very strong green-gold sheen.

Vintage Makopa “Malayan Apple”—you can’t tell from the swatch but this is a very magenta forward ink when it goes down, but then dries and reveals this vivid green sheen, reminiscent of Malayan Apples as they turn color. I actually included a few pictures of the way it dries and reveals it’s vivid green sheen.

Rohrer & Klingner Solferino—this is a stunning, vibrant ink. Pictures don’t do this ink justice. The magenta/fuschia color POPS on the page. Like Akebi, it leans more “purple” and has some shading and a lovely green gold sheen.

Taccia Ebi Purple Red—This is a really nice burgundyish color that flows well in all of my pens and reminds me of a more well-behaved “Black Swan in Australian Roses”. I used to have this in my Pilot Elite 95s champagne/burgundy and it was lovely.

Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses—The wine color of this ink is gorgeous. So pretty. And it has beautiful shading. My one complaint is that it takes forever to dry. But a beautiful color.

Sailor Manyo Kuzu—a straight up great burgundy ink. It is very wet and flows nicely, but seems to dry very quickly. I also had this in my Pilot Elite, as well as in some of my Franklin-Christophs. It also has a lovely green sheen, like a lot of Sailor Manyo inks.

Diamine Writer’s Blood—ah, the infamous Writer’s Blood. I have a love hate relationship with this ink, as it’s one of least well-behaved inks I’ve used, and it’s alarmingly wet, and can be a GUSHER in most of my pens (it’s a firehose in a Lamy 2k Medium, just saying). However, I have managed to tame it with some Extra Fine nibs, and a Franklin-Christoph Medium SIG. when it’s tame, it’s a fantastic ink. Strong burgundy color with a lovely sheen.

Sailor Shikiori Okuyama—This is a lovely burgundy that leans more reddish brown with the classic Sailor green-gold sheen. It’s a bit on the drier side, but it worked beautifully in my Pilot Elite 95s Fine nib, and stayed in that pen the longest.

Diamine Oxblood—This is more of a Reddish Brown, but it feels like a burgundy to me. A great ink, works in all of my pens, and shows strongly on the page. Don’t use it nearly as much as I used to, but every now and then I’ll ink it up and be reminded of how cool it is.

Robert Oster Claret—Lovely ink, more muted than I’m accustomed, which is why I don’t use it often, But it’s a solid ink and flows really well.

Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Bordeaux—I love this ink. This was a surprise to me. I got it on a whim, as I was expanding my R&K ink collection (see my other posts), and thought it would be nice to use. This ink works beautifully in my vintage flex pens. So nice! It keeps up with huge flexes, doesn’t its lose it’s tension (very much like a calligraphy ink). Great color with some beautiful shading.

Papier Plume Burgundy—Lovely color, but it’s very muted and light, almost like a pastel. I actually find it better to use it with a calligraphy nib, rather than a fountain pen.