RembrandtWatercolor Paint Metal Tin Deluxe Set, 48 Pans + 1 Brush, General Color Selection

These paints are clear, delicate, and glaze beautifully. They are not super vibrant, especially when compared to Michael Harding or M. Graham, But that is sometimes an advantage with certain types of art like botanicals. I find that the set has all the paints that I like, including a an PY150, PG17, and PB35. I it also includes a couple of pigments that I don't often see in sets, like PU110 and PR264, and that is very appreciated. The only paint that is missing is a cobalt teal, but the turquoise blue is quite nice. I have included a picture of my swatches.Many reviews online complain about the viridian, PG18. It is true that it is very delicate and low tinting, but that is true of just about every one that I have tried except for M. Graham's. However, reviews are correct about one thing: the yellow earths are extremely weak. Not delicate, just WEAK which is a shame in such a lovely (and expensive!) set. The yellow ocher is lovely, but I wish the transparent oxide yellow was better.Aside from that, I absolutely love these. They will never be my go-to for punchy vibrancy, but the variety and the traditional spirit of these paints are going to make them a staple for florals and still lifes.

I've struggled for a while to find a brand of pan watercolors that suits me, but I think I'm really going to love this set. I have only swatched them so far, but I find that the color lifts easily from the pans, and they are vivid and bright - no muddied mixes or dull tones in this box. There was no brush included, but I didn't buy the set for the free brush. Spendy paints? Yes, they are. Could you be disappointed if you buy them? It's possible, but consider that these replace a Sennelier set of 24 that I really tried to love but failed. Lovely paints in their own right, they just aren't for me. If you're not willing to leave it to chance, buy a couple of individual pans of Rembrandt WC paint and test them first before you buy this set of 48. I took a gamble on a gut feeling and just bought them, but I also have an extensive set of Rembrandt pastels that gave me added confidence in the quality of materials I was ordering. If you're just getting started in art or in watercolors, this set might not be what you want to start with. I've never met an art teacher that would advise a student to start with this set. I never regret buying quality materials that I can appreciate and use, but I hate it when I don't like them - then I've wasted my money and my time - and maybe it would be helpful to also add that I have a $10 set that I LOVE but wish I had some assurance of its lightfastness and archival quality, along with an array of mediocre and lackluster sets that all swatch out identically, so there must be a company that mass produces them for resellers to market under their own labels. Avoid those if you can. This set of Rembrandt watercolors is hard to beat, and I know this because I've tried. I also love Winsor & Newton's Professional line of watercolor pans, for what it's worth, but they only offer an extensive palette of colors in their more economic Cotman line, and limit the Pro pans to a set of 24, which I'll admit is all the colors I'd ever need in most cases. I find that Cotman is excellent for field sketching and quite affordable as such, but lacks the brilliance of the Professional series. This Rembrandt set will probably never leave my studio, partly because it's larger size makes it impractical for my sketch kit, also because if I have a set lost or stolen, I'll more gladly sacrifice a cheaper one. I hope this has been helpful! Have fun painting!

Highly pigmented and pretty standard metal case. I swatched a lot of different pan paints recently from different manufacturers and saved the Rembrandt for last.These colors are in a class all their own.All you need is a nice sable brush and water and the color practically leaps from the pan to the brush. I didn't have to prewet the pans and didn't have to scrub them to activate the paint. I had no idea pan paint could be so alive. Once I touched the paper the color reached out and spread almost instantly with heavy intensity. I swatched 3 yellows and by the time I finished rinsing the brush I had to change the water. It turned the fresh rinse water I had into a glass of concentrated orange juice. I'm going to buy another set. Even at $160 it's well worth the money. The set includes genuine cadmiums, cad lemon, cad yellow light, cad yellow deep, cad orange, cad red light and cad red deep, viridian, cobalt blue, chromium oxide green and other colors, not hues, that you don't see with the less expensive palettes. There's phthalo blue in red shade and green shade as well as ultramarine deep and French ultramarine. Amazing color and performance.

Translucent and vibrant. Easy to rewet and an abundance of color choices. Love them!! My case was scratched even though it came in a sealed package, and they weren't cheap so that stinks, but it's OK I guess. I love the colors.

My husband bought me this set as a gift. It is a very nice set of water color pans. I did need to buy magnetic tape to keep the pans from sliding around. Not sure if I need this many colors as I find you will still mix colors and I keep using the same five or six colors. Keep the wrappers and cut them smaller so you can make a swatch.

These paints are so beautiful. You won't be disappointed. They are well worth the investment. The only thing I think they could do better is with the pans they don't stay in as well as they should for such an expensive set.