Watercolor paint brands

Daniel Smith watercolor swatches, USA   ↑↑↑

Formulated to meet and exceed the highest industry standards, every batch is thoroughly analyzed for its performance qualities – lightfastness, color value, tinting strength, clarity, vibrancy, undertone, particle size, density and viscosity. Paint everything you can imagine with vibrant and consistent colors that can be easily mixed for even more variations.

Golden QOR watercolor swatches, USA   ↑↑↑

Modern Watercolors is a result of the unique formulation of QoR - accentuating the luminosity and brilliance of pigments even after they dry. QoR provides the subtlety, transparency and flow of a great watercolor, with colors that have as much vibrancy and fire as the best acrylic or oil paint. Used in combination with QoR Mediums and Grounds artists can increase gloss, improve flow or wetting, and provide different textured surfaces for greater control and creativity.

Rosa Gallery watercolor swatches, Ukraine   ↑↑↑

Rosa Gallery fine art watercolor paints are made of organic gum arabic and premium finely ground organic and inorganic pigments. Our particular feature is the development of ROSA paints in collaboration with professional artists. At early stage key features of paints such as color palette, transparency, and intensity of each color, paint consistency and easy brushing are defined. Rosa Gallery fine art watercolor paints are designed and produced in Ukraine.”

Roman Szmal Aquarius watercolor swatches, Poland   ↑↑↑

Aquarius is a range of artist quality watercolours made by Roman Szmal. 117 out of 140 colours are single pigment paints which ensures clean mixing and lets artists easily create their own colour palettes.

Shminke Horadam Aquarell watercolor swatches, Germany   ↑↑↑

Our 139 HORADAM watercolours offer an exceptionally broad colour spectrum and meet the highest quality standards of a premium watercolour. In addition to well-established traditional colours the brand also includes innovative shades using unique pigments like Perylene, Quinacridone and transparent iron oxides. Many of the 92 single-pigment colours enable particularly vibrant mixtures while the 22 granulating colours produce fascinating effects (marked with "G" on the colour chart).

Shminke Akademie Aquarell watercolor swatches, Germany   ↑↑↑

AKADEMIE Aquarell comprises 40 highly concentrated watercolours carefully selected for their didactic and colouristic value with most of them rated at 4 or 5 stars for lightfastness. The colours Cadmium Yellow Hue, Magenta and Cyan represent the primary colours and are excellent for learning colour mixing. By using high-quality artist pigments and an optimal binder combination with natural Gum Arabic you can achieve brilliant mixtures and experience effortless handling even on softer watercolour papers.

Winsor & Newton Professional watercolor swatches, UK   ↑↑↑

Enjoyed by Masters such as Turner and Sargent, these heritage watercolours remain championed by discerning artists to this day. Founded in 1932, the collection is renowned for its exceptional single-pigment colours, comprehensive spectrum and remarkably stable colours that endure over time.

Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor swatches, Japan   ↑↑↑

A wide range of vivid colors can be used without mixing colors without pigment descriptions and with dubious lightfastness

Royal Talens Rembrandt Watercolour watercolor swatches, Netherlands   ↑↑↑

Rembrandt Watercolours by Royal Talens are a professional-grade line known for their exceptional lightfastness, vibrant clarity, and smooth handling. Made with pure pigments and gum arabic, these paints offer high concentration, excellent rewetting, and consistent transparency or opacity based on pigment characteristics. Favored by experienced artists, Rembrandt colors deliver reliability and subtle nuance for both layering and expressive techniques.

Royal Talens Van Gogh Watercolour watercolor swatches, Netherlands   ↑↑↑

Van Gogh Watercolours by Royal Talens are a student-to-intermediate grade range designed for strong performance at an accessible price. These paints are vibrant, easy to rewet, and feature good to excellent lightfastness. With a focus on ease of use and versatility, Van Gogh watercolors are ideal for beginners, hobbyists, and sketchbook work, offering a satisfying introduction to quality watercolor practice.

M. Graham & Co. Artists watercolor swatches, USA   ↑↑↑

M. Graham watercolors are made with Northwest blackberry honey, recalling the practice of early artists who drew from nature for their materials as well as their subjects. This traditional base creates willing watercolors ready for your brush and yields even, fluid washes. Honey also allows for stronger, truer colors. With a complete range of pleasing pigments — from delicate tints to dark, concentrated colors — you’ll discover more color possibilities with M. Graham watercolors.

Mijello Mission Gold watercolor swatches, South Korea   ↑↑↑

Mijello Mission Gold Watercolours are a high quality range developed with professional artists, offering rich, pure colours inspired by natural tones.

Sennelier l Aquarelle watercolor swatches, France   ↑↑↑

L'Aquarelle Sennelier has been produced in the same way for more than a century using the best pigments and top quality Kordofan Gum Arabic as a bonding agent. This mix of natural ingredients produces colours which have a smooth, bright texture and offer lively, colourful shades. The Gum Arabic and honey combination offers incomparable quality of application, producing superb washes. Then, this base is mixed with pigments and carefully ground. Sennelier makes sure to wet the pigments in purified water (with no mineral salts) for 24 hours before mixing them in with the bonding agent. This improves the way in which the colours and bonding merge together, in turn bringing out the full beauty of the colours.

Holbein Artists Watercolor watercolor swatches, Japan   ↑↑↑

More finely ground than any other artist watercolor, Holbein Artist Watercolor is produced without synthetic polymers or ox-gall. This affords the user greater control in the dispersal of their pigments, enhances handling qualities and delivers color of unequalled intensity, purity and reliability for brilliant transparent washes and/or powerful, clean darks.
HWC has different color codes for 5ml and 15 ml tubes.

Maimeri Blu watercolor swatches, Italy   ↑↑↑

MaimeriBlu features an absolute purity of pigments that, together with gum arabic, compose the totality of the mixture. Imperceptible, transparent, clean. No blending powders, and no additives. Nothing harmonises or synchronises the shift between the various shades. The real value lies in the transparency of its colours and in the freshness of its washes. It is the whiteness of the paper that illuminates this type of painting. The light is behind the colour.

Kusakabe watercolor swatches, Japan   ↑↑↑

Our range of watercolors has been created to get the most out of the attraction of working with transparent watercolors, namely bright colors and a glossy transparency. The most distinctive feature of these watercolors is that they are environmentally friendly, using organic pigments with superior light resistance in place of other pigments such as cadmium and cobalt.

Shinhan PWC watercolor swatches, South Korea   ↑↑↑

In 1975, we developed and introduced watercolor paints for professional artists. Since then, we have continued to explore, research, and use innovative thinking when harmonizing new technologies with traditions. We achieve superb colors for artists by boldly applying science-based breakthroughs in securing light resistance that preserves works for many years. ShinHan Art watercolor paint brands include the very best in extra fine, professional and student grade products. Therefore, according to level of experience and expertise, you can always choose the best watercolors among our paints.

Rockwell watercolor swatches, China   ↑↑↑

SuperVision watercolor swatches, China   ↑↑↑