Description
Schmincke Akademie watercolors offer excellent quality at a lower price than the premium Schmincke Horadam line. This special box (produced only for the last few months of 2024) includes nine classic Akademie colors in a metal travel tin. Inside, there's plenty of enameled mixing space, and outside, there's a finger loop for holding your palette while painting in plein air.
The colors in this set are bright, easily reactivated with water, and capable of very saturated or very pale tones, depending on the dilution. As you would expect from Schmincke, the Akademie watercolor medium is very well-behaved and easy to use. The colors are strongly pigmented and readily mixable. Toxic and expensive pigments have been omitted, but Schmincke's manufacturing quality has not been compromised.
The colors included are 224 Cadmium Yellow Hue, 332 Cadmium Red Hue, 336 Magenta, 443 Ultramarine Blue, 448 Cyan, 551 Brilliant Green, 660 Yellow Ochre, 664 Burnt Umber, and 770 Payne's Grey.
Made in Germany.