In praise of golden brown

[Stephen-I-am]

I got a couple of new inks in the mail today, Noodlers red fox and Noodlers golden brown, bringing my total ink count up to .... um, nevermind.

 

Anyway, what a nice color! In the same way that cayenne has that lovely red base with orange highlights where the ink thins, golden brown has a medium brown base that shades up to a honey/amber color.

 

I find it great when the shading reveals not just a lighter shade of the primary color, but actually a different color in its own right.

 

Anyone know of other inks that do this?

 

Stephen

[Goodwhiskers]

Noodler's "standard" Brown does that, too, but I wouldn't be surprised if Golden Brown did it even more vividly.

[krz]

Stephen, I didn't even know there was a Noodler's Red Fox.

I know I'm gonna have to get some of that Golden Brown too!.

[M4R1N4]

Pictures!! Pictures!!

[Stephen-I-am]

Stephen, I didn't even know there was a Noodler's Red Fox. 

I know I'm gonna have to get some of that Golden Brown too!.

Well, it's actually fox red (the new bulletproof red). One of the reasons I got it is that it leans towards magenta, so ... add a few drops to Navajo turquoise and you get -- well, we'll just have to wait and see, won't we?

 

M4R1N4, I'll see what I can do about pictures. I'll try setting the digital camera to a higher ISO to avoid the flash, and using morning sunlight.

 

Stephen

[Stephen-I-am]

Mini-review posted.

 

Stephen

[sonia_simone]

I think Golden Brown is the exact thing my white tortoise has been looking for . . .

[AndrewC]

Hey there. I'm a fan of the shading thing as well. Noodlers Kiowa Pecan, Herbin Lie de The, and PR Copperburst all do this. I find the Copperburst tends to oxydise in the pen if you don't use it up quickly and loses the variability and becomes more of a dark brown.