SHINHANWatercolor Palette 42 Colors

I'm so pleased with this palette for the price! There's a lot of attention to detail in the palette design.- First of all, this palette is huge. The paint wells are huge (fits more than a half pan of paint), the mixing wells are gloriously spacious.- The quality of the plastic is quite sturdy and matte. I almost thought it was an enameled metal palette when I opened it.- Paint wells are slanted so you can easily pick up paint with the side of your brush, instead of being forced to dig into the well with the tip of your brush (which wears out brushes quickly).- Paint wells have a lip at the end to scrape off paint when squeezing in tube paint- There's some sort of textured patch in the center of each paint well. I'm not entirely sure what it's for, but I think it's to give your paint something to grip to so it's less likely to fall out when dried. I use really gooey paints (Da Vinci, M. Graham) so this isn't an issue for me.- I personally like that there are no divided wells in the mixing area (makes it much easier to clean).

I needed a closing palette with a lot of wells. This one fits the bill. The wells have ridge for easy wiping off of the excess paint. It's a bit difficult to open because it has a latch that interlocks so the two parts have to be pulled horizontally to open the lid vertically (hard to explain). The plastic is of course the beading type as most are, but I'm sure some roughing up would remedy this. Right now it's not bothering me. It's a bit large for travel. If you looking for a lot of storage for many colors this one is great. From the uploaded photos you can see the ridges at edge of the wells, how the paint beads, and the interlocking latch. You can also see that the wells are deep enough to use adhesive labels to name the colors.

I am new to watercolors and branching out to tubes of paint so I can learn to mix my own colors . This pallet is great size to put a Shinhan 30 set I purchased in . Plus add several other colors with single pigments to learn with too . There is so much mixing room , slanted big deep wells to fill , so I can experiment a lot . Without feeling I am wasting expensive tubes .

I like this palette because it has 42 wells for paint, which is enough for a large variety of mixing colors, or all the color tubes in a large watercolor box. It also has a relatively generous mixing surface, It shuts pretty tight, so nothing leaks through. The palette is somehow fragile, but still sturdy enough for the studio. It is a not very sofisticate plastic palette though. For me, it entirely serves the purpose. The delivery was fast, so all in all a good buy.

Purchased this palette to contain my shin Han watercolor that are in tubes. Works great no problems. It will stain if you use colors that stain, but some Softsoap or Magic Eraser really helps to lighten the stain. The palette is large when open.Not exactly travel size and it is not leak proof. Overall, I like this palette, just wish the size was a bit smaller and easier to manage.