An ink jet ink set and recording element combination including A) a porous ink jet recording element having a 60° specular gloss of at least about 5; and B) a pigment based inkjet ink set including at least two inks; wherein the RGD value is less than 40% when 60° is used as the specular angle and the RGD value is calculated according to Equation (A): RGD ⁢   ⁢ % = ∑ I = 1 N ⁢ &LeftBracketingBar; Gloss ⁢   ⁢ ( Imaged ⁢   ⁢ Areas ) I - Gloss ⁢   ⁢ ( Non ⁢   ⁢ Imaged ⁢   ⁢ Areas ) &RightBracketingBar; ∑ I = 1 N ⁢ Gloss ⁢   ⁢ ( Imaged ⁢   ⁢ Areas ) I Equation ⁢   ⁢ (A) Where I is a variable which identifies a certain color patch used in the evaluation, N is the total number of color patches used in the evaluation.