I have used Chefmaster Red metalic and gold metalic. I shake it hard until all is well mixed. I only need to open my arographer a Little more or it will be blocked. In my particular experience this gold metalic looks like yellow in light colors and gold in dark colors. I use Duff gold and Pearl aerographer paint for hand paint because I find it to thick for the aerographer. My red Saint Valentin cookie was Red metalic airbrushed. The metalic color shined more when I covered it with corn syrup and I only used a few glitters dusted for more shine. I'm using Duff aerographer.