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Good for fine detail work, such as lettering and scrolling. Colors retain their clean, crisp, brilliant characteristics. No dispersants to inhibit optimum brush handling qualities. - Holbein Artists' Watercolor - Assorted Colors, Set of 60, 5 mlHolbein Artists Watercolor, 5ML 60SET - Includes one 5 ml (0.17 oz) tube each of Aureolin, Gamboge Nova, Opera, Raw Umber, Bright Rose, Gold, Payne's Grey, Sap Green, Brilliant Orange, Greenish Yellow, Peacock Blue, Scarlet Lake, Brilliant Pink, Grey of Grey, Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Sepia, Burnt Sienna, Hooker's Green, Permanent Green #1, Shadow Green, Burnt Umber, Horizon Blue, Permanent Green #2, Shell Pink, Cadmium Red Deep, Indigo, Permanent Violet, Silver, Cadmium Red, Purple, Ivory Black, Permanent Yellow Deep, Terre Verte, Carmine, Jaune Brilliant #2, Permanent Yellow Light, Titanium White, Cerulean Blue, Leaf Green, Permanent Yellow Orange, Ultramarine Deep, Chinese White, Lemon Yellow, Phthalo Blue Yellow Shade, Verditer Blue, Blue Cobalt Blue Hue, Marine Blue, Prussian Blue, Vermilion Hue, Cobalt Green, Mineral Violet, Quinacridone Magenta, Viridian Hue, Davy's Grey, Naples Yellow, Quinacridone Scarlet, Yellow Grey, Emerald Green Nova, Olive Green, Quinacridone Violet, and Yellow Ochre.

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Customers like the color, quality and size of the paint. They mention that the colors are vibrant, extremely pigmented and hold up well to lightfast test swatches. They also appreciate the size and price of the product.

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37 customers mention33 positive4 negative

Customers like the color of the paint set. They say the colors are vibrant, and extremely pigmented. Some say the paints hold up well to lightfast test swatches, and are easy to work with. Overall, customers are happy with the quality and variety of the set.

"...PIGMENT INTENSITY: Just like QoR, the pigment intensity of Holbein is superior. These are beautiful colors...." Read more

"These are an absolute must! Great variety of colors and a little really does go a long way!..." Read more

"Great price and selection of watercolors for anyone using watercolors" Read more

"...I love these paints, the wet easily and the colors are just gorgeous." Read more

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Customers are satisfied with the quality of the paint. They mention that it is smooth and pigmented, easy to work with, and incredible. Some mention that the paint is small tubes.

"Beautifully painted" Read more

"Holbein paint is fantastic! Highly pigmented, a little goes a long way. Colors are luminously beautiful...." Read more

"...Some of the colors are different from the US version. Still beautiful paint." Read more

"I love this water color set! For the price, it's great quality...." Read more

14 customers mention11 positive3 negative

Customers like the size of the paint. They also appreciate the price per tube and color selection.

"...watercolor paint (any of which is going to be expensive,) the cost is very reasonable and has come down in this country (US) now that there are more..." Read more

"Great price and selection of watercolors for anyone using watercolors" Read more

"...I saw this very affordable set and couldn't wait to get them...." Read more

"...very easy to re-wet in the palette , for such a small tube they are a bit pricey as compared to other professional paint...." Read more

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Customers are satisfied with the smoothness of the paint. They mention that it is creamy, smooth, and vibrant. Some say that it has been milled to a fine smooth consistency.

"I’ve wanted this set of 60 forever! Love it!!! So creamy, smooth, and vibrant! So beautiful to blend! So happy I finally have it🙂...." Read more

"Great if working from the tube. Milled to a fine smooth consistency. Love the price per tube and color selection...." Read more

"Very nice quality paint. Smooth and pigmented. The tubes are 5ml, which is very small, but this paint goes a long way with very little." Read more

My New Watercolors
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My New Watercolors
(The feature "sheerness" does not really apply so I gave it the same rating as everything else)I had previously been using QoR watercolors, which like Holbein are also superior professional watercolors and slightly more expensive. However, I desired a much larger set of colors so I could mix less often and also QoR tends to spread a lot wet-in-wet. This is not a disadvantage if you understand that this is something that QoR watercolors do and want to take advantage of that, but for my purposes a less actively spreading watercolor was more desirable. I also found out that Holbein was the preferred watercolor of director Hayao Miyazaki, so that pretty much sold it for me.I judge watercolors according to the following standards:PIGMENT INTENSITY: Just like QoR, the pigment intensity of Holbein is superior. These are beautiful colors. I might give a very slight edge to QoR on this, but that is probably mostly because QoR watercolors being pure pigments have nothing in them to add opacity.TRAVEL/SPREAD ON WET PAPER: Holbein watercolors do not spread a great deal on wet paper, which for my purposes is a desirable trait. Those who love the chaotic effects of spreading and mixing colors wet-in-wet should get something like QoR instead.GRANULARITY: This like many traits totally depends on the pigments, but in general Holbein watercolors are very granulating. Before using Holbein, I had no feelings one way or the other about the desirability of granulation, but Holbein sold me on the beauty of granulating pigments.MIXING: Single-pigment paints like QoR are always going to be better for mixing, bearing in mind that some colors just won't mix into anything but brown and you probably shouldn't try. One reason why I bought the 60 color set in Holbein is because I wanted to mix less, but also I wanted to be inspired by the varieties of colors available. All that said, I have never had a problem mixing Holbein that I shouldn't have had, given the colors involved.OPACITY: This again totally depends on the color, with some colorss being just as transparent as those of QoR while others clearly have had something like titanium white added. Opacity isn't flat-out bad, gouache exists because sometimes you need opaque colors, but in general opacity should be avoided and some of Holbein's colors are more opaque and this has very occasionally been a problem.STAINING: Staining is the quality of a paint leaving visible color behind if it is laid down on paper and then immediately washed off. This again depends on the color, but in general Holbein watercolors are moderately staining.PERMANENCE/LIGHTFASTNESS: No watercolor painting should ever be exposed to direct sunlight for sustained periods of time. Every color will fade given long enough exposure to direct sunshine. Holbein watercolors permanence and lightfastness are very much in line with every other professional watercolor, with most of the colors getting the highest lightfastness ratings.Given all this, why would I choose Holbein over QoR, which is also absolutely a superior watercolor paint that I love?First is spreading: the spreading of Holbein wet-in-wet is very predictable. I happen to need that: you may not.Secondly is honestly cost: QoR can cost twice as much. For a highly rated professional quality watercolor paint (any of which is going to be expensive,) the cost is very reasonable and has come down in this country (US) now that there are more users of Holbein watercolors here.Third, I just love the colors, even the more opaque ones. I love QoR's colors too, but a 60 tube set of QoR would be in nosebleed territory and I just don't need that. I want to not have to mix as often, and the 60 tube set gives me that.Fourth, I have grown to love very granulating colors. Other paints can give you that, even some of QoR's colors are quite granulating, but Holbein pleases.So in short, while I would not recommend diving into the full 60 color set if you are a beginner (beginners also need to get experience with mixing, get a 9 color set in that case,) otherwise Holbein is a superior watercolor at a reasonable cost, or at least a more reasonable cost than QoR which again I also love.
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(The feature "sheerness" does not really apply so I gave it the same rating as everything else)

I had previously been using QoR watercolors, which like Holbein are also superior professional watercolors and slightly more expensive. However, I desired a much larger set of colors so I could mix less often and also QoR tends to spread a lot wet-in-wet. This is not a disadvantage if you understand that this is something that QoR watercolors do and want to take advantage of that, but for my purposes a less actively spreading watercolor was more desirable. I also found out that Holbein was the preferred watercolor of director Hayao Miyazaki, so that pretty much sold it for me.

I judge watercolors according to the following standards:

PIGMENT INTENSITY: Just like QoR, the pigment intensity of Holbein is superior. These are beautiful colors. I might give a very slight edge to QoR on this, but that is probably mostly because QoR watercolors being pure pigments have nothing in them to add opacity.

TRAVEL/SPREAD ON WET PAPER: Holbein watercolors do not spread a great deal on wet paper, which for my purposes is a desirable trait. Those who love the chaotic effects of spreading and mixing colors wet-in-wet should get something like QoR instead.

GRANULARITY: This like many traits totally depends on the pigments, but in general Holbein watercolors are very granulating. Before using Holbein, I had no feelings one way or the other about the desirability of granulation, but Holbein sold me on the beauty of granulating pigments.

MIXING: Single-pigment paints like QoR are always going to be better for mixing, bearing in mind that some colors just won't mix into anything but brown and you probably shouldn't try. One reason why I bought the 60 color set in Holbein is because I wanted to mix less, but also I wanted to be inspired by the varieties of colors available. All that said, I have never had a problem mixing Holbein that I shouldn't have had, given the colors involved.

OPACITY: This again totally depends on the color, with some colorss being just as transparent as those of QoR while others clearly have had something like titanium white added. Opacity isn't flat-out bad, gouache exists because sometimes you need opaque colors, but in general opacity should be avoided and some of Holbein's colors are more opaque and this has very occasionally been a problem.

STAINING: Staining is the quality of a paint leaving visible color behind if it is laid down on paper and then immediately washed off. This again depends on the color, but in general Holbein watercolors are moderately staining.

PERMANENCE/LIGHTFASTNESS: No watercolor painting should ever be exposed to direct sunlight for sustained periods of time. Every color will fade given long enough exposure to direct sunshine. Holbein watercolors permanence and lightfastness are very much in line with every other professional watercolor, with most of the colors getting the highest lightfastness ratings.

Given all this, why would I choose Holbein over QoR, which is also absolutely a superior watercolor paint that I love?

First is spreading: the spreading of Holbein wet-in-wet is very predictable. I happen to need that: you may not.

Secondly is honestly cost: QoR can cost twice as much. For a highly rated professional quality watercolor paint (any of which is going to be expensive,) the cost is very reasonable and has come down in this country (US) now that there are more users of Holbein watercolors here.

Third, I just love the colors, even the more opaque ones. I love QoR's colors too, but a 60 tube set of QoR would be in nosebleed territory and I just don't need that. I want to not have to mix as often, and the 60 tube set gives me that.

Fourth, I have grown to love very granulating colors. Other paints can give you that, even some of QoR's colors are quite granulating, but Holbein pleases.

So in short, while I would not recommend diving into the full 60 color set if you are a beginner (beginners also need to get experience with mixing, get a 9 color set in that case,) otherwise Holbein is a superior watercolor at a reasonable cost, or at least a more reasonable cost than QoR which again I also love.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2023
These are an absolute must! Great variety of colors and a little really does go a long way!
My only complaint is that the yellows contained in this set are all made up of two or more pigments and while I didn't notice any bad effects from mixing them to make greens and oranges, I did go ahead and special order a single pigment yellow.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Holbein is quality
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My favorite color pencils are made by Holbein so when I decided to return to watercolor after a 30 year hiatus I figured Holbein would be a good choice. I was not disappointed. The variety of colors, their purity, and the value of this set was just the ticket for me. After so long I wasn’t looking to make a huge investment in “high end” paint. I’m really enjoying getting reacquainted with the medium without worrying that I’m wasting my money on all the practice pieces needed to regain any skill.
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