Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrün - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample
Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrün - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample
Details
Hue: Sold as “old golden green” and usually described as olive with gold and brown tones. On my swatches the written line is brighter and more yellow-green than that suggests, nearer lime than olive in lighter strokes. It deepens to olive where the ink pools, and to a very dark, almost black green at the edges of heavy pools. I don’t see obvious gold or brown in my swatches.
Shading: Strong. It moves from light yellow-green to deep olive within a single stroke, and it’s the ink’s best-known trait. Broader nibs show it best.
Sheen: None seen on my swatches.
Shimmer: None.
Flow: Medium
The interesting bit: Alt-Goldgrün means “old golden green,” and the label gives the name in German, English, French and Italian. Rohrer & Klingner started out as a Leipzig lithography ink maker in 1892 and still makes ink to traditional recipes. This has long been one of their most popular colours. When one US retailer was deciding whether to stock the range, customers told them to work out their order and then double the Alt-Goldgrün.
This is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.
Photos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.
I’m a collector and I’m always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.
Postage
Royal Mail or Evri, your choice at checkout, from £1.90. Free over £20. Dispatched within 2 working days. UK only for now.
Returns
Change your mind within 14 days and I'll refund you, including standard outbound postage. Return postage is yours unless something's wrong. Opened vials can only be refunded in part. Full details in my refund policy.
What you're getting
A 4ml vial, hand-decanted by me from my own bottle. Swatch photos are mine, on Tomoe River paper. Colours vary with paper, nib and screen, so treat them as a good guide rather than an exact match.