Watercolor Paint Set of 40

I already owned the Kuretake "Starry Colors" set when I ordered this one...and honestly only ordered this Komorebi set because I caught it on sale and because it has a broader range of colors than the name brand set I already own and love. I didn't have very high expectations from what I judged to be perhaps a generic knock-off product.Actually, these paints are very very similar to the name brand product. They are full pans!! Pans are removable from the cardboard packaging if you want to put them into your own palette box. The paints themselves perform almost identically to the Kuretake paints. There is one gold in the Kuretake that is just hands down the best, most vivid and beautiful metallic watercolor gold out of the 2 dozen or so competitors I have personally tried, and it might be worth it to buy that set just for that particular paint; however, that set only contains 5 shades of gold and one white. If you are ok with just gold and white, the Kuretake paints are slightly better quality, but the differences are almost negligible. The Komorebi paints, which I am reviewing do contain a good gold, and have a much better range of metallic colors (not limited to just gold). So bottom line, if you want a superb set with several various metallic colors, then definitely buy this set. You won't be disappointed. These are much better than any store brand or any other generic watercolor paint I have tried. The paints lay down smooth, not clumpy nor chalky. They're exactly as they should be, and really amazing quality and amount of paint for this price!! These are actually better quality than some name brand metallics that cost more, but difficult to really compare sets with dozens of colors to this one that only has 6.This is a very budget friendly set, especially considering that they are full pan sized paints. They're very versatile in how you can use them: watercolor painting--obviously--but also can use them to apply truly brilliant effects in coloring book images that you can't get with metallic pencils. These can also be splattered onto mixed media, home made cards, or scrapbook layouts etc to give a unique, abstract shimmering accent.

5 stars for the paint.4 for the brushes and palette.2 for the paper if you use it wet on wet, 3.5 if wet on dry.The paints are beautiful and richly pigmented and a joy to use.Nice kit, but the paper is marginal at best, and very frustrating to use if you paint wet on wet, as it severely buckles when it's wet. If you wet both sides, it's a little less, however be prepared to be frustrated if you paint wet on wet. I suspect it is a cheap cellulose paper. The brushes are fairly good and the pellet is nice as well.

Love this paint! So pigmented. A little goes a long way!

The first thing I should mention is how the watercolor melted and ran off onto other wells, contaminating other colors. I was able to scrape off the dried watercolor on the packaging, but the on the colors, I don't know how to resolve the issue without sacrificing a large amount of the contaminated watercolor.Regarding the watercolors itself, they were vibrant and saturated. No complaints.

These are the whole beginner shebang!! I waited for awhile on these, getting better WC's for better results.... but these are the perfect creaminess, sheerness and brightness for playing with watercolor flow!! I thought they were more like novelty, but no, these are essential! Start here for your "cheap paints" and have a ton of fun, no matter what level you're at!! They really pop on Baohong's cold press paper and glaze well in general on a variety of papers I tried them on. They have granulation and texture... I'm so delighted!! I love the full size pans for my dagger brushes too. I wish there were emoji's in the reviews to capture my enthusiasm!! *The neon green was the only non-creamy/hard to pick up paint. But I already have the Paul Rubens neon, so I'm good on that. Also, I pulled the hinges out a bit, so I could disconnect the two and put top lid underneath the bottom, to conserve space. It works like I want it too!! (Will add photos someday when have a better phone!) These are my happy paints!! :-)

Couldn't ask for a better watercolor set! The variety of colors are perfect for any project but the are vibrant and highly pigmented!

This is a fantastic set of paints for the money. Here are my personal highlights:• They reconstitute (to a nice buttery consistency) quite well if you prefer to apply the “pure paint” to the paper or if you want to mix a larger amount of your own creation of a color and want it to stay concentrated.• They are indeed highly pigmented and do not have the curse of the “cheap paint filler haze” as you paint with them.• They interact well with salt, of course for best results, you sparingly apply the salt to the freshest water + paint areas as you go and then stop touching and/or moving that area.• They interact and mix well with other watercolors, specifically in my case, I generally use fine art, higher quality, genuine pigment, tube paints. These MozArt paints have mixed, influenced, and interacted well with all the other paints I use and have done well on and adhered to all of the many many varied media surface types I work on.• I was very surprised and delighted with the brightness and the transparency of the neon colors in particular! I would very very much love to buy them in tube form, were they available, because I can envision lots of applications I would have for them.• The metallic colors are excellent as well. They work great as a finishing shimmer on top if the painting or mixed right in with the rest of your color of choice. When whetted appropriately, they are opaque and make for a snazzy signature on the front of your painting!Bottom line:Yes, these paints are worth your time, money, and effort. When used on and with a medium or nicer quality paper, you will not be disappointed in their pigmentation, consistency, intensity, mixing possibilities, and overall level of snazziness.