Set of Aquarius Mixing watercolor paints - Roman Szmal - 14 colors

Aquarius Mixing Palette is a set of 14 watercolors, 13 of which are monopigment colors. The exception is Quinacridone Gold (PY150/PO48), which was previously produced with the PO49 pigment.

The set was created to teach painting with watercolor with particular emphasis on developing skills of mixing colors. Watercolors are placed in a metal case, which after unfolding becomes a palette for mixing colors.

Aquarius watercolor paints are the flagship product of the Roman Szmal brand. These paints are the highest quality Polish watercolors, manufactured in Kraków. Aquarius are available in full pans with dimensions of 27 x 15 x 8 mm.

Aquarius paint means 165 colors' palette. All of the colors are 100% based on natural pigments. They contains no synthetic substitute. The binder of each of the paints is gum arabic and bee honey. Thanks to the addition of honey, the paints retain moisture for a long time.

139 Aquarius colors are mono-pigment - which means they are based on only one pigment. It ensures perfect color distribution on the paper. Each of the 42 earth colors was made of pigments obtained by grinding rock, without synthetic additives like iron pigments. 8 colors are quinacridones, some of them are granulating colors. The palette also includes perfectly composed original colors of Roman Szmal: Aquarius yellow, Aquarius red, Aquarius green, Aquarius black.

All Aquarius watercolors have a very high lightfastness, i.e. the 7th or 8th degree in the Blue Wool Scale (the scale is eight-degree), which means 100-200 years color durability in museum conditions (with proper exposure to light).

Labels on watercolor pans are made of watercolor paper, hand-painted with original paint. The packaging contains information on lightfastness, granulation, transparency and the degree of pigment penetration into the paper.