A water based inkjet ink set comprising at least one cyan, at least one magenta, at least one yellow, at least one black, and at least one colorless protective ink, wherein: (a) the cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks each comprise a pigment colorant; (b) the cyan, magenta, yellow, black, and colorless protective inks each comprise a polymeric binder additive; and (i) the dynamic surface tension at 10 milliseconds surface age for all inks of the ink set is greater than or equal to 35 mN/m, (ii) the static surface tensions of the yellow ink and of the colorless protective ink are at least 2.0 mN/m lower than the static surface tensions of the cyan, magenta and black inks of the ink set, and (iii) the static surface tension of the colorless protective ink is at least 1.0 mN/m lower than the static surface tension of the yellow ink.