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El Dorado

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KWZ El Dorado is a vibrant golden yellow-orange ink that shifts from bright yellow to deeper reddish tones depending on flow and paper, known for its alluring mythical city-inspired color and reliable performance. It offers wet flow, clean strokes without feathering on good paper, subtle shading, and traces of yellow sheen in pooling areas. Ideal for writers seeking a warm, legible gold hue with good lubrication for comfortable daily use.

Properties
Color Family
Orange
Dry Time
30-60 seconds
Water Resistance
None
Shading
Low
Sheening
Low - yellow sheen
Flow
Wet

Best Uses

Everyday writingJournalingArt

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Reviews & Resources

KWZ Ink - El Dorado - Inky Inspirations Fountain Pen and Ink Reviews

KWZ El Dorado is a vibrant orange-yellow ink that darkens to a deep golden yellow, with clean strokes, no feathering or bleed, and a slight vanilla smell. It performs reliably as a writing ink, shifting between golden yellow and reddish orange depending on nib and paper.

Ink Review #273: KWZ El Dorado

KWZ El Dorado is an unusual color between brown, orange, and yellow, suitable for fall, with low water resistance, medium show-through, no feathering, and a 30-second dry time on fountain pen papers. It shows low shading, no sheen, and behaves well on copy paper.

Ink Review #417: KWZ Standard El Dorado - Fountain Pen Pharmacist

KWZ Standard El Dorado is an amber-gold ink with high shading, no sheen, slightly wet and smooth flow, long dry time over 60 seconds, and low water resistance. It is more saturated than Diamine Honey and lighter than Tono & Lims Mango Mojito.

Ink Snippet: KWZ El Dorado – Page 2 - Fountain Pen Follies

KWZ El Dorado is a darker, subtle golden ink with good lubrication, wet flow, minimal feathering on quality paper, and low water resistance, revealing a slight pink dye component via chromatography. It shades smoothly and appears golden among other KWZ browns and yellow-oranges.

Kwz Ink El Dorado - Ink Reviews - The Fountain Pen Network

KWZ El Dorado is a yellow-orange ink that appears more yellow with a greenish tint when wet and dries to orange, as discussed in forum reviews with user-submitted writing samples and photos.

Ink details on this page were generated with the assistance of AI and may not be fully accurate.