You are so right. I always dream of my grandkids being thrilled to inherited my art supplies, but I'm using tham! I'm also not saving them for myself for "something special"
Those older Series 7 brushes were made in England and can last a lifetime. They. Look very fuzzy when dry, but typically point up well when wet. That is a lovely set.
series 7 brushes were commissioned by Queen Victoria and named so because the only size she wanted was a number 7..Bought the same set in the 80s and 20 years ago my wife bought me the entire set of series 7 brushes 000 to 12 which I use regularly and to this Day are the best brushes I have ever come across…Can’t beat good equipment
The series 7 brush is very high quality- this set looks very valuable indeed. I hope you enjoy it and it is something you can eventually pass down to your children
I bought exactly the same box in the late 1980’s and it still serves me well. The Veridian has separated from the gum Arabic, it will be fine to use. What you’re using for water I use for mixing larger quantities of paint for washes.
Just saw this today. I have that box. I bought it new in the late 1990s from my local art store. It was around $150.00 not much more because it was when I first started painting and I wouldn’t have spent a lot more than that. I still have it. I have since bought many of this type box plus I have 5 of the Craig young very expensive handmade boxes . I’m 73 years old now and don’t know anyone to leave them to when I’m gone 😢 it’s so sad I don’t know what I’m going to do my children won’t want them.
Aaaw, how sad, that you haven't got anyone to share it with - I recently donated some of my supplies to a kindergarten, so maybe a local artist or an art school near by?
@@TheNostalgicKitchen I think my favorite workshop teacher she is so good and becoming famous and has a cheap plastic pallet also there is eBay use the money to go to Paris.
Fun to imagine the story, isn't it? Maybe a son or daughter who was an artist went off to war and didn't return? Maybe a wife who longed to paint snuck the money out of her grocery budget, but never had the courage to explain this lavish set.
Wowsers, you scored! Real cool,that's the best thing about watercolor, it could last indefinitely! also the colors are still so vibrant!! Okay bye for now!👍👍😀🎨👋
so pretty! i have old grumbacher 177 brushes & some 16ml, 7ml & 5ml tubes of grumbacher finest watercolors idk how old most of these items are but they are lovely. the 7ml & 5ml tubes have 1992 & 1994 printed on them
Sweet video and so cool that as time has passed since this videos debut you know more about this set! I hoped you might have given a gradient to your swatch, but that comes with time and experience. Most natural hair brushes will "fuzz out" when dry but will point after wetting. I do hope you will have used this set in more paintings and videos, this is the first video of yours I have seen and watched!
Great unboxing, and I was actually surprised by that one colour too! But they are beautiful, I hope you'll use them for like vintage looking stickers or something :D
Very interesting to watch! i just bought a fairly used set of Schmincke Horadam that seemed to be quite old too. So I checked the information that I could still find (like color names, any other numbers etc.) and wrote to the company's customer service. They were really helpful and together we figured out that it probably was from between 1981 and 1996. They even emailed me two of their old color charts from 1980 and 1999 with information. Maybe it could be worth to try and write directly to Winsor&Newton if you need specific information about that set?
@@GeezLouiseArtist Wow cool! During last months I started to dive a bit deeper into the different types of watercolor pigments and it's so interesting to learn about their history!
I would say this is a set from the late 70’s or 80’s going by the injection moulded plastic interior. These are still nice colours even the viridian looks pretty. I think W&N have added a much higher ratio of binder to pigment and maybe something to counteract its tendencies to get very hard and insoluble, going on how sucky, and a bit nasty it is that could be glycerine or honey. I have a Daler Rowney box way newer by about forty years that has a viridian which is far less soluble, it is paler, but that kind of blue green. I still like it for the colour but it is not what it should be brand new. As to why these were never used. Perhaps bought as a going to art college gift for someone studying fine art, but they moved on to painting in a different medium. Or how about they were a prize in an art competition, but the artist preferred drawing or oils. My guess if you quote them the box number and send them some photos of it W&N might have a record of the set and the years during which it was manufactured. I remember seeing sets like them around the time period I mention two or three companies did sets like them, they were gift sets really, I guess, so were an in counter display item rather than out where you could handle them. Way out of my price range then! Enjoy. Not so sure I like hearing about these being vintage, because what does that make me!
Wow, thank you for all the information! I am really starting to think they are 70s now! Its kinda cool if these boxes where rare then, and as you say, now a lot of brands make these boxes, but the quality is not all there still. - I never thought of the fact that it was a gift and the reciever just didn't use watercolor, haha, that would be unfortunate!
@@GeezLouiseArtist, the specific time period I remember them was around 1979-1982. I used to visit a specific art shop during that period. At the time other makes that were popular were Daler-Rowney, a new merger between companies, and Reeves, Who were also high end colourmen.If you mentioned paintbox to a non artist at the time this is what they would have assumed you would meant. Hehe! The 70’s are not THAT long ago!
@@lindyashford7744 Oh thats great information! thank you! Haha, I know what you mean, I feel like it was just the 90s / 00s but its 30 and 20 years ago!
@@Stimkiethat’s because they are now made in china. The W&N paints aren’t made in England anymore either 😢. Quality always goes down once they are turned over to China. Like the Jullian easel is no longer made is Paris they are made now in China and the quality isn’t what it used to be😢
@@GeezLouiseArtist I only had to clean the surface of the pans because they were a bit dirty and they were all fine, but the viridian green and burnt umber had a binder film on top so I had to scrape it off to use and they were fine just like your video. It was a nice find at a flea market, they were super cheap.
@@CarlosICardenas Cool! I'm glad it worked out for you, I also love to look at flea markets, I have another video of a tin I found too, it was also Winsor and Newton, maybe the same as yours! ;)
Viridian (PG 18) is not dark, phthalo green (PG 7) is, lots of brands call pf7 viridian, but its not acurated. These are struded pans, so there is no moist binder in the dryed pans, what probably happened was an accident during the storing or packaging of this particular box
Back in the 90's I played around with watercolors for a few weeks and then got distracted and packed the stuff away. I recently dug iT out and lo and behold the watercolor paint brand I bought was Liquitex. I can't find evidence they ever made watercolors. And even though I opened the tubes back then the paint didn't dry and the colors are pretty damned vibrant. Odd, not?
I just bought a set of used Windsor and Newton watercolors for $10 from Amazon. They were not used, but I don't know how old they are. I like the Pthalo Blue, but I think the Alizaron Crimson could be stronger.
Thats great, I really like the brand too, so I think you cant go wrong with them ;) - you could always replace the Alizarin with a new one if you like :)
@@GeezLouiseArtist I have a question for you. I have been trying to use watercolor paint from a tube. When I mix water with them and let them dry, I get something like oil paint. Is that right? Also, if I dont mix water with them, they are like glue. What's up with this?
@@irenemcnamara9699 Hmm, that sounds strange. How are they like oil paint? - I think you should always mix with water, otherwise they turn into a thick paint, almost like acrylic.
I bet it was purchased as a Gift for someone special and was never given to that SpecialSomeone. Like a Graduation or something important and never opened because they couldn’t take it with them. Lucky find.
Maybe if the set is old enough its like orginal ultramarin made from lapis lazuli (thats what it was made from before there was a much less pricey sintetic alternative that is used today) 🤗
Viridian is a nasty pigment to work with. It is very bad at rewetting for example. And sometimes doesn’t stay in the binder well. Viridian should be a blue green, quite dark, and with low tinting strength. Wouldn’t recommend it in a block? If anyone wants to use it get a small tube or watercolour stick if you can find one. Nice brushes, good find.
So the video is about opening and revealing the vintage contents but instead of opening it together you opened it beforehand to make sure everything was there. Defeats the intention so I'm not interested anymore.
That is totally fine, to feel that way. I only opened the outside cardboardbox beforehand. The paints (as shown in the video) are still sealed, and have never been opened. I open those on camera ;) And wouldn't it be a greater shame, to open the cardboard box only to find out it was empty? :O
Your disappointment with the viridian prompted me to look up the history of how phthalo green replaced viridian. Winsor and Newton apparently started using phthalo green before 1940, but the bright green was seen as garishly bright, so people continued to use viridian instead. When acrylic paint came around in the 1950s they realized that viridian just didn't work well in the acrylic binder and phthalo green was used as substitute. Yet this paint box from 1986 still came with viridian instead of the superior phthalo green, almost 50 years after Winsor and Newton first introduced phthalo green to their color range. Another 30 years later and most artists don't even know what genuine viridian looks like anymore, because manufacturers will slap the name "viridian" on phthalo green mixtures now. Only few artists appreciate the shitty little brother of phthalo green anymore. (I'm sorry, viridian!)
Viridian's low tinting strength doesn't hold up well against other synthetic colours for mixing, but still useful in a pallet with other low tint colours.
Yeah yeah...Gummi arabicum is really nasty, ugly, sticky and ughhhh. Get over yourself, Gummi arabicum is neither toxic nor nasty. Some watercolors include honey, Like sennelier but Winsor & Newton doesn't. Thats why they feel really dry. It's sticky and the colors will rewet just fine again and again. From how you touched the colors, how the swatches look like i guess you're a beginner.
I was a beginner in watercolor (and am still learning), and when encountering something sticky I don't know what is, the instinct reaction for me at least, is disgust, because I didn't expect watercolor pans to be that sticky. I did survive though, lol ;)
The set you have is a pure pigment set The brushes are top quality. It would be considered a professional set and was an expensive purchase. It’s a half pan set
UPDATE FROM WINSOR & NEWTON!!
So this video has generated an INSANE amount of interest and I am so grateful for that!!
@@DeshArt I hope not! :O lol
I suspected it wouldn't be as old as the 1970s; the branding on the outer box reminds me of Trivial Pursuit, first released 1981.
Maybe something happened to the person and they couldn't paint anymore. Maybe some kind of unfortunate accident.....just a thought.
@@cindyhorton6980 I really don't hope so, but yeah, it might be 😢😢
This is a life lesson for those supplies that are too precious to use....use them, or your heirs will sell them to You Tubers....
Haha yes, we are coming for it! lol :P
Hahaha exactly! Enjoy it now!
You are so right. I always dream of my grandkids being thrilled to inherited my art supplies, but I'm using tham! I'm also not saving them for myself for "something special"
Those older Series 7 brushes were made in England and can last a lifetime. They. Look very fuzzy when dry, but typically point up well when wet. That is a lovely set.
Thank you, thats good to know!
Series 7 Kolinsky is the most expensive brush I think because they are hand made natural brushes.
This is very expensive and beautiful gift.
Enjoy 🥳
Uuuh, thats interesting! Better take good care of them then! :D
series 7 brushes were commissioned by Queen Victoria and named so because the only size she wanted was a number 7..Bought the same set in the 80s and 20 years ago my wife bought me the entire set of series 7 brushes 000 to 12 which I use regularly and to this Day are the best brushes I have ever come across…Can’t beat good equipment
Wow, what an amazing story!
The series 7 brush is very high quality- this set looks very valuable indeed. I hope you enjoy it and it is something you can eventually pass down to your children
I will def keep and use it! If my children wants to paint (which I hope lol) then for sure they could have this set! ;)
Wow! Thank you so much for all the love, comments and views over the last couple of weeks!
Very cool 😎. I so would enjoy using this set. Good for you have fun.
Just saw this today! I'd love to find art supplies on fb
It can happen! I have found some since, but its not often, lol :D
What a gorgeous wooden box and beautiful colours!
It really is, yes!
I bought exactly the same box in the late 1980’s and it still serves me well. The Veridian has separated from the gum Arabic, it will be fine to use. What you’re using for water I use for mixing larger quantities of paint for washes.
Thats really cool, Im glad it still works for you! :)
Just saw this today. I have that box. I bought it new in the late 1990s from my local art store. It was around $150.00 not much more because it was when I first started painting and I wouldn’t have spent a lot more than that. I still have it. I have since bought many of this type box plus I have 5 of the Craig young very expensive handmade boxes . I’m 73 years old now and don’t know anyone to leave them to when I’m gone 😢 it’s so sad I don’t know what I’m going to do my children won’t want them.
Maybe you can leave them to someone on CZcams who loves to paint? Maybe the girl in the video?
Aaaw, how sad, that you haven't got anyone to share it with - I recently donated some of my supplies to a kindergarten, so maybe a local artist or an art school near by?
@@TheNostalgicKitchen I think my favorite workshop teacher she is so good and becoming famous and has a cheap plastic pallet also there is eBay use the money to go to Paris.
Beautiful set. Enjoy!😊
Thanks!
That looks insanely pigmented. Must be a blast to use
They really are so bright and lovely!
Fun to imagine the story, isn't it? Maybe a son or daughter who was an artist went off to war and didn't return? Maybe a wife who longed to paint snuck the money out of her grocery budget, but never had the courage to explain this lavish set.
It really is fun to imagine all the stories that could be!
ooo i honestly thought it was that old but it's only from the 1980's, SIGHS ~ not as dramatic as we thought eh 🥺
@@TheWipal Yeah, I know, but still nearly 50 years old though! :)
@@GeezLouiseArtist As someone born in 1986 I feel attacked. Nearly 50 years old? What the heck?
@@Aniracia Yes time flies lol! :P
Wowsers, you scored! Real cool,that's the best thing about watercolor, it could last indefinitely! also the colors are still so vibrant!! Okay bye for now!👍👍😀🎨👋
Thank you for the kind comment! And that is exactly why I love watercolor, it is eternal :P
You are a very lucky girl to find this. Those brushes worth 150 bucks least. And the paints are a couple more.
Wow, thats insane! Iøm really happy with my find as well :D
Wow it's so amazing.
Thank you :)
so pretty! i have old grumbacher 177 brushes & some 16ml, 7ml & 5ml tubes of grumbacher finest watercolors
idk how old most of these items are but they are lovely. the 7ml & 5ml tubes have 1992 & 1994 printed on them
Thats what I love about most art supplies, they still work even though it is old!
I want to have something like this, seems a complete package!!
It truly is! I feel so lucky to have found it! :D
Sweet video and so cool that as time has passed since this videos debut you know more about this set! I hoped you might have given a gradient to your swatch, but that comes with time and experience. Most natural hair brushes will "fuzz out" when dry but will point after wetting. I do hope you will have used this set in more paintings and videos, this is the first video of yours I have seen and watched!
Aw, thank you so much for the kind comment! I might have to revisit the set and make a video, where I use them :D
It's called gum Arabic and sometimes it separates I believe you can restore it. 🙂
Great unboxing, and I was actually surprised by that one colour too! But they are beautiful, I hope you'll use them for like vintage looking stickers or something :D
Oh, that is a great idea! I would love to make that! :D
I think the binder separated out of the one half pan, the sticky one. Interesting that there is still pigment in the pan though.
@@ad6449 Yes, I thought that too!
Very interesting to watch! i just bought a fairly used set of Schmincke Horadam that seemed to be quite old too. So I checked the information that I could still find (like color names, any other numbers etc.) and wrote to the company's customer service. They were really helpful and together we figured out that it probably was from between 1981 and 1996. They even emailed me two of their old color charts from 1980 and 1999 with information. Maybe it could be worth to try and write directly to Winsor&Newton if you need specific information about that set?
I actually did too, and they told me its a mahogany box from 19876! :D - So cool you found a vintage set as well!
@@GeezLouiseArtist Wow cool! During last months I started to dive a bit deeper into the different types of watercolor pigments and it's so interesting to learn about their history!
u would kill to get my hands on something like that!!
the stickiness is just gum arabic it's fine
Loved watching this I too am curious about age and why it was never used guess we will have to use our imagination as to why
Yes, it is a true mystery! I bought it from a girl who inherited it, so she might not know!
Probably a back-up set that they forgot of.
Migth be actually, but a pretty fancy backup set though!
series 7 is expensive
Uuuh, great to know!
Wow I like this set. It comes with a ceramic palette! 💜 I bet this is hella expensive!
Haha that was my thought too when I saw the pallette! xD
@@GeezLouiseArtist I'm looking forward to your artworks using this set!
@@herartsph Thanks! Feel free to sub, so you don't miss out then ;) :D
@@GeezLouiseArtistno it wasn’t I bought mine new in the 90s and it was between $125.00 and $150.00
@@carollutton3340 That's actually not bad for a wooden box set!
I would say this is a set from the late 70’s or 80’s going by the injection moulded plastic interior. These are still nice colours even the viridian looks pretty. I think W&N have added a much higher ratio of binder to pigment and maybe something to counteract its tendencies to get very hard and insoluble, going on how sucky, and a bit nasty it is that could be glycerine or honey. I have a Daler Rowney box way newer by about forty years that has a viridian which is far less soluble, it is paler, but that kind of blue green. I still like it for the colour but it is not what it should be brand new. As to why these were never used. Perhaps bought as a going to art college gift for someone studying fine art, but they moved on to painting in a different medium. Or how about they were a prize in an art competition, but the artist preferred drawing or oils. My guess if you quote them the box number and send them some photos of it W&N might have a record of the set and the years during which it was manufactured. I remember seeing sets like them around the time period I mention two or three companies did sets like them, they were gift sets really, I guess, so were an in counter display item rather than out where you could handle them. Way out of my price range then! Enjoy. Not so sure I like hearing about these being vintage, because what does that make me!
Wow, thank you for all the information! I am really starting to think they are 70s now! Its kinda cool if these boxes where rare then, and as you say, now a lot of brands make these boxes, but the quality is not all there still. - I never thought of the fact that it was a gift and the reciever just didn't use watercolor, haha, that would be unfortunate!
@@GeezLouiseArtist, the specific time period I remember them was around 1979-1982. I used to visit a specific art shop during that period. At the time other makes that were popular were Daler-Rowney, a new merger between companies, and Reeves, Who were also high end colourmen.If you mentioned paintbox to a non artist at the time this is what they would have assumed you would meant. Hehe! The 70’s are not THAT long ago!
@@lindyashford7744 Oh thats great information! thank you! Haha, I know what you mean, I feel like it was just the 90s / 00s but its 30 and 20 years ago!
@M SI think you are right. I am from Denmark and I know that the phone number on the sticker did not exist before the early 90's, (90-91, maybe 89)
@@vibeke2519 So much great information, thank you!
Series 7???? Those are handmade, established for the Crown!!
Wow that sounds crazy! I need to take care of that brush then! :O
I heard that the series 7 used to be good but now, their reviews aren't that great
@@Stimkiethat’s because they are now made in china. The W&N paints aren’t made in England anymore either 😢. Quality always goes down once they are turned over to China. Like the Jullian easel is no longer made is Paris they are made now in China and the quality isn’t what it used to be😢
I believe this was a gift for someone and was never given to that person nyo!
Yes, that could be!
i have the 12 set but in a watercolor tin palette I think its from the 70s
Oh, cool! Are they still good?
@@GeezLouiseArtist I only had to clean the surface of the pans because they were a bit dirty and they were all fine, but the viridian green and burnt umber had a binder film on top so I had to scrape it off to use and they were fine just like your video. It was a nice find at a flea market, they were super cheap.
@@CarlosICardenas Cool! I'm glad it worked out for you, I also love to look at flea markets, I have another video of a tin I found too, it was also Winsor and Newton, maybe the same as yours! ;)
Viridian (PG 18) is not dark, phthalo green (PG 7) is, lots of brands call pf7 viridian, but its not acurated. These are struded pans, so there is no moist binder in the dryed pans, what probably happened was an accident during the storing or packaging of this particular box
Oh wow, thanks for the insides!
Back in the 90's I played around with watercolors for a few weeks and then got distracted and packed the stuff away. I recently dug iT out and lo and behold the watercolor paint brand I bought was Liquitex. I can't find evidence they ever made watercolors. And even though I opened the tubes back then the paint didn't dry and the colors are pretty damned vibrant. Odd, not?
Wow thats amazing that they didn't dry out!
I just bought a set of used Windsor and Newton watercolors for $10 from Amazon. They were not used, but I don't know how old they are. I like the Pthalo Blue, but I think the Alizaron Crimson could be stronger.
Thats great, I really like the brand too, so I think you cant go wrong with them ;) - you could always replace the Alizarin with a new one if you like :)
@@GeezLouiseArtist Thank you for replying! I always get a little thrill, when one of you busy professional CZcams take the time to reply.
@@GeezLouiseArtist I have a question for you. I have been trying to use watercolor paint from a tube. When I mix water with them and let them dry, I get something like oil paint. Is that right? Also, if I dont mix water with them, they are like glue. What's up with this?
@@irenemcnamara9699 Aaah you are so sweet! I am not that big yet though ^_^
@@irenemcnamara9699 Hmm, that sounds strange. How are they like oil paint? - I think you should always mix with water, otherwise they turn into a thick paint, almost like acrylic.
Looks like 70s to mid 80s going by the sticker
Yeah, might be!
Some of us would not call that really “vintage “ :)
@@jenniefrench1338 If it was a bottle of wine you would
@@jenniefrench1338 I know what you mean! I have a hard time coping with the fact that the 90's when I was born is 30 years back, lol! ^_^
How old do you estimate these paints to be?
1987
They actually wrote me from the company, they dated it to 1986! :D
Contact Winsor and Newton themselves sure they will be able to tell you
I could do that actually, great idea!
Water color often uses honey as a binder!
For some reason on ebay Windsor and newton paints are always on sale under used art supplies there's hundreds so it makes you wonder why
Yearh, that is kinda peculiar!
Maybe because they are no longer made in England and everyone have switched to Daniel Smith😮
I bet it was purchased as a Gift for someone special and was never given to that SpecialSomeone. Like a Graduation or something important and never opened because they couldn’t take it with them. Lucky find.
Jeah, might be - that's a valid assumption, although a bit sad!
What the heck, why is Ultramarine series 3?
I didn't even notice that!
Maybe if the set is old enough its like orginal ultramarin made from lapis lazuli (thats what it was made from before there was a much less pricey sintetic alternative that is used today) 🤗
Wouldn’t it b easier to take some pictures and email W&N with your questions? Surely they can answer it
They actually did and I fixed their answer as a comment :D
I think it was a very thoughtful gift but the recipient might have been too busy (family life) to use it.
Perhaps yeah!
Viridian is a nasty pigment to work with. It is very bad at rewetting for example. And sometimes doesn’t stay in the binder well. Viridian should be a blue green, quite dark, and with low tinting strength. Wouldn’t recommend it in a block? If anyone wants to use it get a small tube or watercolour stick if you can find one.
Nice brushes, good find.
Wow I didnt know all of that, thanks for sharing 😄 that explains why it was so sticky😆
I love the color viridian. Therefore the watercolor choice for that is one that stays moist...m.graham.
@@marjoriejohnson6535 I wish that brand was available in Europe, Ive seen a lot of people get it!
@@GeezLouiseArtist jacksons art in london..also on line has m.graham..its pricy but start with viridian ...the rest can wait...happy painting.
@@marjoriejohnson6535 Its on my wishlist def! ;)
I wonder if those have dangerous ingredients since they are so old
No idea, lol :P
Was that whiteout she used to stick the wrappers on the paper?
No, its a tape-roll :D
So the video is about opening and revealing the vintage contents but instead of opening it together you opened it beforehand to make sure everything was there. Defeats the intention so I'm not interested anymore.
That is totally fine, to feel that way. I only opened the outside cardboardbox beforehand. The paints (as shown in the video) are still sealed, and have never been opened. I open those on camera ;)
And wouldn't it be a greater shame, to open the cardboard box only to find out it was empty? :O
Your disappointment with the viridian prompted me to look up the history of how phthalo green replaced viridian.
Winsor and Newton apparently started using phthalo green before 1940, but the bright green was seen as garishly bright, so people continued to use viridian instead.
When acrylic paint came around in the 1950s they realized that viridian just didn't work well in the acrylic binder and phthalo green was used as substitute.
Yet this paint box from 1986 still came with viridian instead of the superior phthalo green, almost 50 years after Winsor and Newton first introduced phthalo green to their color range.
Another 30 years later and most artists don't even know what genuine viridian looks like anymore, because manufacturers will slap the name "viridian" on phthalo green mixtures now. Only few artists appreciate the shitty little brother of phthalo green anymore. (I'm sorry, viridian!)
Wow thats really cool, I didn't know that its maybe a color in disguise lol! :P
Viridian's low tinting strength doesn't hold up well against other synthetic colours for mixing, but still useful in a pallet with other low tint colours.
@@margaretf667 That's why I called it "phthalo greens shitty little brother"
Yeah yeah...Gummi arabicum is really nasty, ugly, sticky and ughhhh. Get over yourself, Gummi arabicum is neither toxic nor nasty. Some watercolors include honey, Like sennelier but Winsor & Newton doesn't. Thats why they feel really dry. It's sticky and the colors will rewet just fine again and again. From how you touched the colors, how the swatches look like i guess you're a beginner.
I was a beginner in watercolor (and am still learning), and when encountering something sticky I don't know what is, the instinct reaction for me at least, is disgust, because I didn't expect watercolor pans to be that sticky.
I did survive though, lol ;)
The set you have is a pure pigment set The brushes are top quality. It would be considered a professional set and was an expensive purchase. It’s a half pan set
Thank you for the information :)