The ink, when blended is a great color. However, it settles in less than 10 seconds and you’re back to furiously shaking the bottle again. It is a a brighter orange than a gold though. It works better with my glass dip pen than my fountain pens. I doubt I use this much as the payoff color is just not there which for a Diamine Ink is quite surprising.
I am not the biggest fan of gold yet I absolutely love this shimmery gold ink. It wrote smoothly in my EF and F nibs with no clogging issues. It has beautiful shading and does not feather.