King Gold?

[Nathaniel Harter]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone knew of a color that was like Sheaffer's Kings Gold. I was wanting to try mixing some together, I dont know what colors would make gold though.

[Princeps Anglorum]

If I am correct it is a rich coloured yellow that Sheaffer produced some years ago but no longer make. I quite liked it, esp for annotations and have a few cartridges and almost two bottles left but haven't seen any for sale in the last few years here in England. Not sure if other manufacturers produce a similar colour. Perhaps one of the ink buffs will know.

[Princeps Anglorum]

A bit more digging around and I have found out that Sheaffer discontinued King's Gold in 2002. They do a Gold in cartridge only but this is a much brighter yellow colour. I have seen a comment to the effect that Private Reserve Shoreline Gold is a similar colour to the old King's Gold but its a make of ink with which I am not that familiar as it isn't widely available here, at least not where I am.

[vossad01]

I do not know Sheaffer's Kings Gold but have done a fair amount of mixing

 

As far Hue is concerned, Gold is between Yellow and Orange. In the RYB (Red-Yellow-Blue) color model, you are certainly familiar that Orange is achieved by mixing Red and Yellow. In the CMY (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow) color model, Magenta+Yellow=Red; Red+Yellow is still Orange. In other words the relevant spectrum is:

 

Magenta .. Red .. Orange .. Gold .. Yellow

 

Mixing anything to the left of Yellow with the Yellow could potentially mixed with yellow to achieve gold. You would need far less magenta than orange to achieve Gold.

 

 

Hue does not fully describe a color but is the easiest place to start.

 

Saturation and Value also matter. Saturation can typically be reduced by diluting but is not nearly so easily raised. Value gets more tricky, you can add a black to darken the ink and you can also add the complement color; the black might make the color to dark or dusky, the complement would probably not be an exact complement so could shift the hue.

[Tweel]

I once made a mix whose color, at the time, was a dead ringer for King's Gold (although it didn't have the shading). Five years later, it's turned yellower than the King's Gold, and I think that's easily explained -- one of the ingredients was Sheaffer Skrip Blue, which fades. So, if you can find a more permanent blue that's the same tint as Skrip, you might have it. Here's the mix: 26 parts Diamine Amber : 2 parts Skrip Blue : 1 part Diamine Monaco Red.

[Cyber6]

Diamine Sunshine Yellow is quite close with no tampering...

 

 

Edited December 3, 2014 by Cyber6