Is Adonal meant to be dark in colour so soon?

[thegman]

Hello,
I know it's normal for Rodinal and Adonal to go dark in colour, but that new in the bottle it starts off a 'straw' colour, well my new bottle came looking pretty dark, I've not had the chance to try it yet, but does this look OK for a new bottle?

I'd say in real life it's a little darker than the picture makes it appear.

Cheers

Garry

 

[Photo_Smith]

It is quite normal, in fact it will go black very soon makes no difference to activity of Adonal/Rodinal

The stuff on the left still works

 

[thegman]

Great, thanks a lot.

 

[Fotohuis]

When it is fresh it is Yellow/Orange and Rodinal/Adonal/R09 o.s. goes via Brown to almost Black. Because the stuff is factory filled under Nitrogen it takes over half a year when it starts. However for shipments oversea I think a few months are already gone before it is in the shop. But there is no difference in activity.
Pretty old that A&O Rodinal brand made from 2006-2008.