Color as pictured. Nice ink

Gorgeous color -- between the color of a peach and blood!
Looks fantastic in a clear piston pen, and writes as well as any in the very high quality Pilot Iroshizuku lineup!

I purchased a bottle of this, since I saw that Noodler's Habanero was out. What a mistake. Not only did the color look nothing like other reviews when freshly filled, but after a couple days in my pen it turned dark. It now writes with a dark gray tinge, and looks horrible. I can only assume this is oxidation occurring. I'm very disappointed in Pilot even having something like this on the market.

My fianc� bought this ink for my birthday and I have gone through a lot of it. It's such a bright orange and is so well behaved! Absolutely love this!! Pilot inks are becoming my favorite.

Been looking for a good red ink for editing paper, works very well and is not so bright that I cannot see what I wrote.

I love the color as well as the brand! I bought; before this one Ina-ho which I adore!

I love this ink. The color works perfectly for its intended purpose... That is to emphasize an important idea or fact during my note/research writing. I use it in a Pilot Kakuno medium nib pen. The color comes out as a darker orange with no red or pink hints. I'm using this on Rhodia 80 gsm white paper.

Always love Pilot inks!!

This ink is a joy to write with! And shades very well given it is a dark orange-ish (like a mandrine orange). This ink is WET though, use only on Rhodia and those alike.

This ink flows well through my pens. I've yet to have any problems with it. Goes down great on almost any paper and the color is vibrant!

This has quickly become one of my favorite inks to use at the office. It's brightly pigmented, and when first applied shows an almost gold sheen (though once dry, this sheen disappears), which is quite lovely and a bit mesmerizing to write with. That being said, the swatch shown on Goulet is far too light and pink than the actual ink. If you're looking for a coral ink, this is not the ink. Fuyu-Gaki is bright, right between orange and red. It's lovely and dries quickly, I've been using it at work as a correction ink. This shade will be my go-to for a long time coming.

This seems like a nice enough ink, but from reviews and descriptions I expected something redder. This is a straight up spectrum orange. It reads well on the page and if orange is what you after, this might be perfect. In my Pilot Cosmopolitan fine point, it is smooth and dries fast. I have been using Murasaki-shikibu, the purple, for several months and I like it. I am disappointed in this color, but it is otherwise a good ink.

Unlike many who will write a review for this product, I did not purchase this ink from Goulet; in fact, I didn't purchase it at all! A friend of mine, also into fountain pens gave me this bottle (I guess that showed how much he enjoyed it...) and I decided to ink up a couple of pens with it. It definitely worked best with a stub nib (I used a Jinhao 750 with a Goulet 1.1 stub nib). It is not as garishly in-your-face orange as other orange inks but it definitely makes itself known. This is a darker orange that is not as red as the Goulet swatch makes it seem. If you use off-white or ivory paper, you will see the true color of this ink. This is definitely not my favorite ink but not the worst either. Pilot Iroshizuku inks are synonymous with expert quality and are perhaps some of the best fountain pen inks on the market. This particular color though is definitely unique and not everyone's taste. I HIGHLY recommend if you are considering this ink to first buy a sample because otherwise, you too might end up giving it away like a Christmas fruitcake in a tin. I won't say it is all bad; it has its place. Perfect for Autumn time and Halloween, write invitations and correspondences with Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-gaki and I am sure people will notice. Because of the challenges with the color, I give this 4 out of 5 stars. Who knows, maybe this is for you?!?

I like this ink. It is a little less opaque than I wanted but it's still nice. I think it is best suited for times when you're using a broader nib such as BB or 1.1 or larger. With the finer nibs there's less ink showing and harder to see. I would recommend this if you're seeking something not quite red and less opaque. One final word---I am new to the fountain pen, and it's possible the PAPER I'm using is a factor as well.

I own more than a dozen of the over-priced Iroshizuku inks (I say this with some embarrassment). One of the last ones I purchased was this one (fuyu-gaki). I stayed away from this because I thought the color was too bright and circus-like and the less bright yu-yake ink has been one of my favorite inks for several years. I purchased it. I love the color (which can substitute for orange or red in drawings). Color is a big thing for me as I use most of my inks including most Iroshizukus for sketching. And I use a variety of calligraphy and broader tipped Japanese pens for this as well as the smallest sizes of Japanese nibs for writing on expensive paper, file cards, and the back of envelopes and office paper. It is frequently commented that Iroshizuku inks are too expensive. I own a lot of other brands of ink purchased from Goulet Pen and other vendors. The brand that consistently works the best in all kinds of fountain pens on all kinds of paper is Iroshizuku. The inks flow exceptionally well and appropriately for different pens, they are lubricated in that they glide across the paper likes sharp skates on new ice, clean easily, and make every pen I put them in feel new and better whether sketching or handwriting. If you consider the number of 25% used bottles of other, lower-priced, popular brands I have sitting around, it would have been a lot cheaper and cost effective to just buy all these inks from the beginning.While Iroshizuku inks are designed so that their properties are very consistent from one color to another, two stand out for their excellence in helping a pen write its best, fuyu-gaki and yama-guri (brown). I like the colors greatly but there is much more to it than this. This is also the single ink I own that I can put into a pen and see what the very best performance of that pen can be with an optimal ink.And yes, the famous pretty bottles are beautiful but are very poor for filling pens and keeping ink off your hands. I wish I could get empty Sailor bottles to dump this ink into. But that is a pretty small negativeFuyu-gaki is the best performing Iroshizuku ink I own and the best performing ink I own. And, Iroshizuku inks are the most effective-inks I own for both handwriting and sketching if you care what the resulting letter or notes or sketches look like.

Typically, I think ink swabs are a hit or miss thing, but this one was spot on for me. I also thoroughly think the english version of the name (Winter Persimmon) is spot on, because when I think persimmon as a color, this is pretty much what I think of. The color is a subtle hue of orange leaning on the red side. Or if you would prefer, a soft hue of red with orange undertones, although I definitely think it's the former over the latter. It looks clean on the paper and doesn't over power or hurt your eyes like some red inks do. It's soft, subtle, and determined to do its job well. It has some soft shading and doesn't bleed through a typical 90g Clairfontaine so buy it. Use it. Love it. I do.

This color, to my eyes, just comes out simply orange versus some reviews that it has a pinky or redish tone to it. It does well on very cheap staples paper, but I am also using a fine nib (Pilot Metropolitan). I was expecting a bit more of a reddish tone, possibly a pink too. If I were someone who loved orange then I would probably enjoy this ink color.

This was my first Pilot Iroshizuku ink and I am very pleased. The flow is good, the color is very vibrant, and it cleans up easily.

This was for a gift, so I can't speak to the ink itself, but the packaging was beautiful. It's clear that presentation is important to the folks at Goulet Pens. Thank you!

I added this to my color wardrobe for something to add a little splash here and there.

Lovely Persimmon colour - not a red as the swab shows, I think. Maybe not an everyday ink me though.

I got a sample as a gift, and liked it so much I bought a bottle. As it is an orange-red, it's a standout among other colors, and well named - it does look like a Japanese persimmon. I had a tree in my backyard here in the sunny south and often got small fruits. Just the same color.... Like all Iroshizuku inks a pleasure to write with and no bad habits. I use it for underlining, an emphasis word, and for checking off my to-do lists.

I picked this ink based upon the color shown in the swab, which, on my computer monitor, looks like a dark red with a hint of orange. On my notebook's page it looks like an mid-range orange with a hint of yellow. If this continues (I've had other variances), ink selection based upon these swabs is going to be a ****-shoot. I even down-loaded that software recommended by the Goulets--Calibrize. So I've done the best I can do to get my monitor to jive with the images on this site. I give it 4 stars because I like the ink. Not 5 though because it isn't the ink I thought I was buying.

Used on white Rhodia paper with a fine pilot capless FP nib. Looks like a bright orange with maybe some hints of red. It dries in about 10 seconds, good flow, no ink problems with that ink-paper-pen combo. It only a matter of liking the color, as bright orange isn't for everyone, or every use.

Like this color, a pretty dark orange color. Like it best with a thicker nib. Wasn't as interesting with a fine nib.

This is the first high-end ink I have ever used and I must say I love this ink! It is very well behaved on most papers - not so much on my son's graph pad from school. but what is. On Clairefontaine or Rhodia etc it is flawless and just a joy to write on. As for the colour, I personally love this colour - I would characterize it as a warm, slightly orange red. I realize that colour is highly subjective, so if you want a deep, blood red, or a rich, burgundy red, look elsewhere. But, if you want a warm, Roma tomato red then this might fit the bill.

The Pilot folks have named this ink accurately--it really does have the color of a persimmon. It is more orange than red. It is a beautiful color, but if you want more red than orange, consider Diamine Wild Strawberry.

Well OK I was remiss. The color of the ink on paper from a fine-ish nib is not like the swabs. However, after watching some ink review videos in which the ink in question was written in a fine nib and then in a medium nib, I was reminded of this ink and my previous review.So I took this 'Winter Persimmon' ink out of the pen I used first (a Noodler's flex) and put it into my soft-medium nibbed Namiki Falcon. Lo and behold! A very different ink in coloration. And much closer to the swab color on-line. If I wasn't eating crow I'd be even happier knowing that I CAN trust on-line swabs.