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Schmincke new colors

I think all watercolor artists on YouTube already tested the 35 new, 2017 Schmincke colors, but I was not able to get the dot card in Japan. The Schmincke company was good enough to send me the card straight from the Schmincke-country. So I was finally able to see and play with the new colors.

I like most of the new colors, especially the quinacridone additions! (Magenta and purple are great!) I also like the granulating colors (there are 10 of them!) for example Mahogany brown and Potters Pink.

The only color that Iโ€™m not happy about is the new Transparent Green Gold (537). I compared it with the old Green Yellow (536) that I still have in my palette and itโ€™s less intensive. I use this color for bright, saturated highlights so itโ€™s a little bit of a letdown.

I bought two colors for my main Schmincke platte: Quinacridone Gold hue and Perylene Green - I will have to wait for them up to 4 weeks though ><

Schmincke new colors

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Thanks for the link Mateusz. I'd be indeed very interested to read or hear/view a more detailed comparison of the japanese nihonga watercolors with the occidental ones.

It's not the same set but maybe it will tell you a little about the qualities of the paints. (they work a little bit different than regular watercolors.)

I used the Kuretake watercolors 12 colors palette in this video: <a href="https://youtu.be/2aa-Loz1nYQ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/2aa-Loz1nYQ</a>

Did you had the opportunity to test the Kuretake Watercolors which come in small rectangular porcelain containers ? If yes, what do you think of them ?


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