In order to achieve the highest standard regarding lightfastness, resolubility and stability, Schmincke use the best raw materials available. There is no compromise in quality - the highest standards of artists' pigments allow the highest level of lightfastness.

Schmincke's watercolour binding medium is Kordofan Gum Arabic from the Sahara region. Due to it differing from year to year it is tested and the best of the batch is selected to use with their pigments.

They use an optimal amount of oxgall to avoid undesired coloured formations and undissolved pigment, allowing the perfect flow of colour.

Contents Include:

24 x Schmincke Horadam Watercolour Half Pans

1 x 661 Burnt Sienna

1 x 215 Lemon Yellow

1 x 352 Magenta

1 x 224 Cadmium Yellow Light

1 x 474 Manganese Violet

1 x 481 Cerulean Blue Tone

1 x 524 May Green

1 x 229 Naples Yellow 213 Chrome Yellow Deep (No Lead)

1 x 353 Permanent Carmine

1 x 533 Cobalt Green Dark

1 x 534 Permanent Green Olive

1 x 519 Phthalo Green

1 x 649 English Venetian Red

1 x 492 Prussian Blue

1 x 475 Helio Turquoise

1 x 663 Sepia Brown

1 x 485 Indigo

1 x 494 Ultramarine Finest

1 x 780 Ivory Black

1 x 655 Yellow Ochre

1 x 214 Chromium Orange Hue (Chrome Orange)

1 x 349 Cadmium Red Light

1 x 366 Perylene Maroon (Deep Red)