Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor Paint Tube - 21ml (0.71oz) Purple Lake - Professional Artist Grade Watercolors for Painting, Sketching & Mixed Media Art

Cadmiums by definition are not sheer or translucent. They mix very well, the hues are excellent and they are versatile. Cadmium-free watercolor by WN is available. The hues are red, orange, and yellow. Matisse, Van Gogh, Monet, and others had cadmium on their palettes.Took off a star because I believe my tube was used. It was crushed at the bottom as if someone squeezed a little dollop out. I had other paint delivered today that was just fine.Otherwise the paint is lovely, I highly recommend Cotman if you want to try Winsor and Newton watercolor but don’t want to pay for their pro colors yet.Easy to useRecommendPerfect shade! Thanks!!Watercolor. Rich vibrant pigmentNice large size paint. Best color and reusable after adding water.Great productI had been using an elderly large tube of Cotman Chinese White for a long time but needed more. ( It is not a colour I use often but occasionally like to try and emulate the Victorians who used body colour to great effect.) I wouldn't have thought that you could make a hash of making a white but this tube has proved me wrong.it has an odd stiff texture, when mixed with other pigments makes them dry very dull and sets like a rock on the palette, refusing to rewet. Very different to the Cotman paint I had been using. ( I know this is student grade but had always found their opaque pigments economical and satisfactory.)I was mystified until I found the only difference between the old and new tubes was that the new tube had"Made in China" in miniscule print on it- the old one said "Made in the UK". I don't mind much where my paint is made. I have lots of lovely paints from many different countries but do object when a hitherto reliable brand begins outsourcing then selling inferior products in the same livery as what was once a good quality product. This definitely does not live up to the claims of quality made in the description.lf you need Chinese White watercolour paint buy another brand, not this one.This is a good watercolour tube based paint - the black is deep enough and it provides all you might expect from the product. Price wise there are possibly cheaper out there but it performs well and whilst tubes always present the problem that you might not be able to get 100% of product out before you need to discard the tube, the black is a colour that can be used sparingly so it will provide a good coverage/many paintings/projects before you run outSomethings not quite right with This, I mean it was really cheap so not sure what I expected, maybe it’s out of date? I’ve got lots of these that all react with water the same way and this doesn’t.. it’s a lot thicker than normal and doesn’t spread how I would expect. The sender also didn’t pay the correct postage so I had to foot the bill, only a couple quid by still! and after messages from myself and amazon have not replied. Wouldn’t buy from these guys again and will be visiting my art shop to buy this directly as the product doesn’t seem the usual quality.Arrived late squashed repackaged - REFUND NEEDED without me wasting time & resources returning it - you should be able to see from the tracking records that this happenedThis product was made in China, does not state that on the description. Although W&N have a manufacturing company in China, this is very disappointing for a western buyer as they have a different formula (less pigment etc). This would explain why so many people reviewing the product have mentioned that it reacts differently than their original paints.Please be aware of this when purchasing.