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 30; and B) a pigment based ink jet ink set having 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 ⁢  Gloss ⁡ ( Imaged ⁢   ⁢ Areas ) I - Gloss ⁡ ( Non ⁢   ⁢ Imaged ⁢   ⁢ Areas )  ∑ 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.