Ink Review #2836: De Atramentis Gold Yellow

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Today’s ink is De Atramentis Gold Yellow from the Standard collection, aka De Atramentis Zodiac Leo and Osmanthus. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers, my sample came from Vanness Pens.

The color:

Gold Yellow is a bright medium yellow.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink is darker where it pooled, but not much shading.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm, as well as on cheap copy paper.

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: no shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had feathering in all nib sizes and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

There are lots of other inks that are of a similar color. Click here to see the yellow inks together.

Longer Writing:

I cannot find the writing sample for this ink. I have looked and looked, and I’m out of ink so I can’t re-do it. Sorry!

Overall, I found this ink to be too pale in writing to be easily read. I’m not a fan.

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