Kuretake GANSAI TAMBI 36 colors set, Watercolor Paint Set, Professional-quality for artists and crafters, AP-Certified, water colors for adult, Made in Japan

I love these water colors. I gave them four stars due to the fact that there are no true darks except black. Would have liked a dark green an blue. These paints can be used transparently or opaque.

Love these colors and how they look when I use them. Also the little tiles are all removable which I like. Ive moved a lot and always end up losing my watercolors - Ive repurchased this 2 times!

So Im giving it a five star even though Im going to day some negative things. First the positives- the paints are amazing and a great deal. The pans are huge and the colors are strongly pigmented. I wish I would have bought this sooner. Things I dont like 1. The paint for whatever reason takes a little longer than average to soak into paper 2. Its a box of watercolor pans. If anyone can think of a good way to travel with it come tell me 3. Theres only 1 brown and no gray. I paint a lot of forests and usually have to pull colors from another palette

Very creamy paints. Especially some of the reds and yellows. They are very hyper pigmented and opaque (which I love). The bluish gold and gold paints need to soak a little bit longer than the others for the paint to be activated. All-in-all, a spectacular find!

This watercolor are not professional ones. Haven’t try the color fasten on them. They are more opaque than what I like. But they are excellent for some work there transparent is not necessarily.

The watercolor worked amazing and greatly, even tho Im new to watercolor, I can tell this really well., Like how fast the colors activated an how pigmented it is. Totally satisfied, love it as well.

Love the colors! Full of pigment!

These are excellent watercolors for this price or any price. They are creamy and highly pigmented and look simply amazing. I purchased these because I could not justify spending so much money on watercolors, and I have no regrets. These are comparable to the professional grade watercolors we purchased at our local art store. The color selection in this palette is very nice - there are some colors here that compare very nicely to the Jane Davenport Schmincke palette, in my opinion. These appear to be full pans of color, but they are not in a palette per se. They come in a nice box with labelled cardstock dividers between the rows. These labels have a number and Japanese character to identify the colors. The pans themselves are NOT secured in the box so you can lift them out. If the box is turned upside down, these pans will fall out. I recommend securing them to the box with tape or glue or transferring these to a metal palette and adding magnetic strips. Each pan is labelled on the bottom so, if they do fall out, you will still be able to keep track of your colors. I use these with a water pen and I have been very pleased with the concentration of color I can get with a small amount of water. I definitely recommend these!

Absolutely love using the Kuretake watercolors. Deep vibrant colors, mixes nicely and goes down smoothly on paper.

I love the pigments! I have had so much fun painting with these! I’ve had them for several months. They were a gift from my kids for Mother’s Day. They know how much I love to paint. I have been painting consistently since then and my pans are still full.