Komorebi Metallic Watercolor Paint Set – Set of 6 Shimmery Colors – Portable and Lightweight – For Artists, Students, Kids & Hobbyists - Metallic Watercolor Paints

I already owned the Kuretake "Starry Colors" set when I ordered this one...and honestly only ordered this Komorebi set because I caught it on sale and because it has a broader range of colors than the name brand set I already own and love. I didn't have very high expectations from what I judged to be perhaps a generic knock-off product. Actually, these paints are very very similar to the name brand product. They are full pans!! Pans are removable from the cardboard packaging if you want to put them into your own palette box. The paints themselves perform almost identically to the Kuretake paints. There is one gold in the Kuretake that is just hands down the best, most vivid and beautiful metallic watercolor gold out of the 2 dozen or so competitors I have personally tried, and it might be worth it to buy that set just for that particular paint; however, that set only contains 5 shades of gold and one white. If you are ok with just gold and white, the Kuretake paints are slightly better quality, but the differences are almost negligible. The Komorebi paints, which I am reviewing do contain a good gold, and have a much better range of metallic colors (not limited to just gold). So bottom line, if you want a superb set with several various metallic colors, then definitely buy this set. You won't be disappointed. These are much better than any store brand or any other generic watercolor paint I have tried. The paints lay down smooth, not clumpy nor chalky. They're exactly as they should be, and really amazing quality and amount of paint for this price!! These are actually better quality than some name brand metallics that cost more, but difficult to really compare sets with dozens of colors to this one that only has 6. This is a very budget friendly set, especially considering that they are full pan sized paints. They're very versatile in how you can use them: watercolor painting--obviously--but also can use them to apply truly brilliant effects in coloring book images that you can't get with metallic pencils. These can also be splattered onto mixed media, home made cards, or scrapbook layouts etc to give a unique, abstract shimmering accent.

So, even though shimmering shades aren't "true/traditional" watercolors, I can't help but love them. They can often be seriously opaque, which is one way they differ from standard colors, but when used to accent your painting, they can bring so much light and vibrancy to a composition. These particular paints are really lovely. They aren't glittery, they just have a fine mica sheen to them. For the most part, they also have a nice translucency (as long as you use a light hand) which is great. One thing I really love about them though is the size of the pans. I usually avoid pre-made pans in favor of making my own palette because I hate loading brushes in the tiny real estate of the half pan sizes you usually find. These are full pans, and for example, they are roomy enough to load a 1 inch flat brush if you were so inclined. The shades are all very pretty. I think the red is my favorite. The darker shades are a bit more opaque. I did sort of feel like there was something missing in the color range, but I can't really put my finger on what should have been excluded/included. Maybe the red and pink or the blue and purple are too similar? At any rate, it's not a big deal at all. I will try and find an example where I used them or else I can do some swatches, but even a photo fails to capture the shimmery fun! I definitely want to explore one of the bigger watercolor paint collections from MozArt.

I’m a beginner painter, but appreciate the amazing quality of the paints. They are wonderfully pigmented and do not dry chalky. They’re vibrant and fun to learn with.

The paints are vibrant and beautiful just not happy with how I received my tin all beat up.

This is a fantastic set of paints for the money. Here are my personal highlights: • They reconstitute (to a nice buttery consistency) quite well if you prefer to apply the “pure paint” to the paper or if you want to mix a larger amount of your own creation of a color and want it to stay concentrated. • They are indeed highly pigmented and do not have the curse of the “cheap paint filler haze” as you paint with them. • They interact well with salt, of course for best results, you sparingly apply the salt to the freshest water + paint areas as you go and then stop touching and/or moving that area. • They interact and mix well with other watercolors, specifically in my case, I generally use fine art, higher quality, genuine pigment, tube paints. These MozArt paints have mixed, influenced, and interacted well with all the other paints I use and have done well on and adhered to all of the many many varied media surface types I work on. • I was very surprised and delighted with the brightness and the transparency of the neon colors in particular! I would very very much love to buy them in tube form, were they available, because I can envision lots of applications I would have for them. • The metallic colors are excellent as well. They work great as a finishing shimmer on top if the painting or mixed right in with the rest of your color of choice. When whetted appropriately, they are opaque and make for a snazzy signature on the front of your painting! Bottom line: Yes, these paints are worth your time, money, and effort. When used on and with a medium or nicer quality paper, you will not be disappointed in their pigmentation, consistency, intensity, mixing possibilities, and overall level of snazziness.

Wow! these were professional quality, not just kid watercolors. Really enhance a fall scene I am painting. Great price!!!!

I like Mozart watercolors and have bought there other paint sets the colors are vibrant, blend well. I never thought I would like metallic and neon as much as I do these. Iv used metallic before but these are exceptional and the neon remind me of the old posters. Im glad I bought this paint set its one of my favorites now

These paints are top quality and make watercolor painting so enjoyable. The basic color selection is very nice and the addition of neon and metallic colors add wonderful finishing touches to any project.