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Question: What colors can you mix to obtain a golden color!?
Is that even possible!?
are there any specific colors to mix to obtain a gold like color!?
I have alot of ink bottles with alot of colors!.!.!.red,blue,green,yellow,purple!.!.!.
Can I mix some to obtain a gold-like ink!?
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You will never be able to obtain a real metallic shine by mixing inks!. It is the glistening surface that gives gold that sheen!.

But, as far as the color, "gold" is, essentially, a warm yellow!. You can get it by adding very tiny tints of red, or red/orange to a pure yellow!. This will tend to darken the yellow (which can be a good thing)!.

The rest of the "gold" effect would have to be done by adding streaks of highlights and reflected shadows to the object you want to make look like gold!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If you mean sparkly gold, no!. Because that has to have shiny particles in it!. You can buy that!.
if you want a gold color like yellow ocher, one way is to make a shade of yellow!. Use yellow with a tiny drop of red and black or brown!. Or add white watercolor to yellow, and then a drop of red and black or brown!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Metallic paints and inks have metal suspended in them!. There's no way tp convincingly simulate that, I don't think!.

Yellow with a touch of red might get the right hue, but without the sparkle!.Www@QuestionHome@Com