In order to achieve high standards regarding lightfastness, resolubility and stability, Schmincke Horadam watercolours contains only the finest raw materials.

The paints are bound with Kordofan gum arabic from the southern Sahara. Due to the natural source of the binder, the gum arabic does tend to differ slightly year on year. Schmincke continually test the ingredient and the best of the batch is selected to ensure the highest quality is achieved. This means paint which has dried onto your palette can be easily re-wetted and painted with again. Among the range are 139 colours, with 95 single pigment hues for clean mixing.

18 x 5ml tubes in the following colours: 215 Lemon Yellow,  224 Cadmium Yellow Light,  214 Chromium Orange Hue,  349 Cadmium Red Light,  353 Permanent Carmine,  474 Manganese Violet,  494 Ultramarine Finest,  492 Prussian Blue,  479 Helio Cerulean,  519 Phthalo Green,  533 Cobalt Green Dark,  534 Permanent Green Olive,  229 Naples Yellow,  655 Yellow Ochre,  661 Burnt Sienna, 649 English Venetian Red,  663 Sepia Brown,  780 Ivory Black.