The colors provided, circle the color wheel and are a great started set. I did notice that the tubes had a good amount of air in them making the size of the tube containor disproportionately larger than the volume of paint in each. It didn't bother me so much because the price of the paints were well below smaller sets and sizes available.
The paints themselve look very similar to western watercolors. You can really see a diference when you use them on your Sumi/Chinese Caligraphy/rice paper. There is suppose to be a differnt kind of pigment binder in chinese watercolors making them better suited to these types of papers. I tested the western watercolors along side the chinese watercolors and notice that the western watercolors tended to bleed and diffuse out into the papers, resulting in a blur of running colors. If I added little to no water I could avoid this but since western watercolors tend to be more expensive then chinese watercolors it seem to not be the best approach. I was able to obtain crisp lines and vibrant colors using the chinese watercolors. Althouh the available colors for the chinese watercolor are limited they appear to be a better aproach for this type of media. I will just have to work on my color mixing techniques!
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Quality control seems to be lacking on these paints. Some have a paste like American style watercolors, but some contain a bubbly, tinted liquid. It seems like the contents of the liquid tubes has separated and there doesn't seem to be enough usable color compared to other watercolors in a similar price range that I've purchased recently.
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