PREVIOUS REVIEW: I love this!! Lots of beautiful, serene colors...not that bold but very nice!! My favorite colors are the guava meringue (shimmery pale pink/peach) and key lime (this gorgeous olive-like green). UPDATE: I would NOT repurchase this item! If you are a beginner, and bought this set to try out watercolors and just have fun, the quality is expected! But for professionals, this set is horrendous, especially for the price! They were beautiful when still wet, but as soon as they dried, they turned very chalky and had this weird texture! While I like the color scheme, I do not like their marketing this and the other prima sets as professional. The other cons are the the lack of light fast info, how opaque/chalky this set can be, lack of clean mixes (very muddy), etc. This set is definitely not lightfast as they faded very quickly after just a little amount of time and they are taking forever to use. I honestly never reach for them as they are not good for my confidence as an artist! Again, if I were a beginner or expert, I would NOT buy these, even on sale (and I am always up for buying stuff on sales). They are just terrible quality, and even children would be better off using something else. As an artist, I have had to use cheap supplies to get the job done, and have never minded, but this set has turned me off cheap watercolor as a whole. To be honest, this set is just NOT acceptable as the market on watercolor is growing everyday, with new, cheap sets gaining fame on Amazon and Youtube. And it is priced way too high for such a small set of watercolors with so many cons to it. Therefore, if I was on a budget and needed to get a good set of watercolor, (as a beginner) I would try Dugato watercolor (pigmented, vibrant, transparent, flow well, mix well), or Emooqi watercolor (48 set that are gorgeous, good color selection, mix okay with the primary colors, transparent, flow well) or Van gogh watercolor. If I was trying to expand my watercolor selection from beginner to mid-range/advanced, I would try the white nights (pretty affordable for the price, wide pans that have a lot of paint, good quality, transparent/semiopaque, granulates nicely) or a small set of Daniel Smith (which are amazing quality), Sennelier, or Rembrandt on sale. This review applies to ALL of the watercolor palettes marketed by Prima. for a while, they were a craze on youtube and Instagram, but it has died down a lot and after trying out these sets on my own money, I completely understand why. While the color selection and marketing is pretty, they are not good quality and for the price they are sold on, this is unacceptable for any consumer, beginner or advanced! Even if you are aiming to buy the watercolor palette, discard the paints and re-use the tins, it is NOT worth it, as the tins are a bit odd and mine have gotten damaged after a couple falls. Out of all 3 sets that I purchased (Essence, odyssey, and decadent pies), Decadent Pies is the best, though that is not saying much with the quality presented. Instead of buying a small set of watercolors that cannot be mixed into more colors or used on professional projects, I would buy another professional watercolor set instead! Especially because the price is around $30, which is absolutely ridiculous! The Emooqi set I suggested are only around 20 dollars, and so are the dugato on sale (they used to be cheaper before covid). Even the white nights are only 20 dollars more and so are the 48 paul rubens set on sale. All of these other options offer more colors, cleaner mixes (no muddiness), transparency, no weird texture, etc. Do yourself a favor, and just browse more before buying!
