Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

High pigment load, easy to activate with a wet brush, react as expected with salt and disperse normally in water. For as cheap as this set was, compared to my other professional grade watercolors like Schmincke Horadam, Winsor and Newton Professional, Sennelier, Rembrandt etc, I am astoundingly impressed. I am actually sad I bought all those expensive sets! A whopping 20 of the 24 colors are single pigment colors (not mixtures, that can be prone to muddying when further mixing colors). All of which were labeled with both color names and the pigment ingredients, and they used nice quality lightfast ones. This is an ideal set for those who paint small or infrequently, as half pans are fairly small. It's a great set for professional artists also just starting out or needing a travel palette, who later plan to refill the empty pans with more economical tubes from companies such as Daniel Smith or Mission Gold. Most of these pigments can be found in all professional artist quality paint brands. There are unique colors in this set not typically found in 24 color selections, such as the granulating cobalt and cerulean blues. The worst part about the color selection is it is missing a bright primary magenta. You can still mix a great deal of colors from this set, as there are several shades of blue red and yellows, however it will be hard to get those vibrant floral pinks. However, unlike almost every other set I have, they did not include a useless white watercolor that many companies throw in because it is cheap. White watercolor is so transparent that it does not work well for mixing, if you wanted a lighter shade you add more water, if you want opaque pastel you would use white gouache instead - so I'm really glad they didn't include white. As of May 2018 this item also appears to be the same as the blue box version for 5 dollars less (about 40 dollars vs 45 called MEEDEN 24 Colors Artist Professional Watercolor) and the images both show the Paul Rubens name (based on the old artist Peter Paul Rubens, not the actor pee-wee herman).