Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor, 5ml (0.17-oz) Tube, Opera Rose

Cadmium Free Yellow: Purr-fectly Safe and Brilliantly Bright! I have cats and one of them loves to dip her paws into my dirty paint water jar… so I try to avoid anything toxic (especially cadmium) whenever possible. I’m glad Windsor and Newton has a line of alternative cadmium free hues. Cadmium free yellow was exactly what I needed for a tutorial I was following. The color looks essentially identical to its cadmium counterpart and still offers great results. In short, it’s a safer choice that doesn’t compromise on quality. My artwork (and my curious cat) both thank me! Edit: Reviews for additional colors Quinacridone Magenta: Perfect Magenta for a Clean, Vibrant CMYK Watercolor Palette I wanted to create a limited CMYK-style watercolor palette for travel, and after some research, I decided on Quinacridone Magenta as my “M.” I already owned a version from another reputable brand that used PR202, but I found it a bit too dull and dark for my taste. After comparing options, I chose Winsor & Newton’s Quinacridone Magenta, which uses PR122—and I couldn’t be happier with the result. The color is bright, transparent, and mixes beautifully with my lemon yellow and Phthalo Blue (green shade), producing clean, vibrant secondary colors without any muddiness. This pigment has become a staple in my portable palette and has truly elevated my color mixing experience. Highly recommend it to anyone building a compact, high-quality travel set! Yellow Ochre: A Must-Have Color for Any Watercolor Beginner I’m currently learning watercolors, and the tutorial book I’ve been using calls for Yellow Ochre in nearly every project. After working with it, I completely understand why. This warm, earthy yellow is incredibly versatile. I’ve used it in landscapes, food illustrations, animal studies, and more and it pairs beautifully with burnt umber. I’m continually discovering new ways Yellow Ochre enhances a painting. Its semi-opaque, granulating quality adds great texture and depth, and since it’s made from a single pigment (PY43), it behaves predictably and mixes cleanly. With excellent lightfastness on top of all that, it’s become an essential part of my palette— and it’s staying there for good!

Excellent professional paint. It might seem expensive for such a small tube but it lasts forever. It is vibrant and gives professional results.

This is a great bright pink that flows well. I unfortunately bought it from amazonwarehouse and the descriptor of 'mint' was very inaccurate. It came obviously wrinkled as if squeeze and with a dried ring of paint that had leaked out. It exploded out when I opened it to check it so i got a mess. This is one of several recent orders, most new but one other from the warehouse, that have been shipped to me damaged or used when specified new or mint. The shipping containers for all did not show damage so it appears they were just sent like that. I would recommend this paint color for something you want to make 'pop' as it is a very rich paint. I would advise being careful you you are buying from so you actually get a full tube.

Good quality paint. Color was as expected

If you have never had the chance to use/get a look at this color. Please do. It's such a beautiful shade of blue, reminds me of summer time and water. Grabbed this big tube on a sale! Let me tell you a little does go a very long way. I tend to use these paints fresh out of the tube but they do keep nicely in self made pallets. When dried it only takes a few dabs of a wet brush or spray of water and the paint is back to vibrant life. Magic! Ahhhh I seriously love this color. In my experience the pigment is very vibrant, bold, smooth, and can help achieve different values in your color theory. I'd highly recommend the Opera Rose from this brand as well. Seriously you can't go wrong with this and that one paired. The tubes themselves are always filled to the brim so you are getting your value for your money thankfully, expcally in this economy lately. The seal tends to be on tight when they ship them so you don't have to worry about loose paint. Explodes paint however... That's a different story. Luckly there was no paint harmed on the way to my house. :) They did great with packaging and shipping. I'm also happy to say that they still perform as they always had. Buttery smooth and won't get in the way of your experience in expressing your art. No muddy pigment, clumps, binder separating, or anything along those lines. If you're into watercolors that stuff makes a difference as you learn and play with brands and time progresses. I've not found any issues with this brands professional sets of watercolors like this one. In my personal experience these are worth the extra saving up to get over the Cotmen set. The beginner watercolor set from W&N wasn't the most fun experience. It left me feeling frustrated and bad at art with the quality of the beginner set and the pigment wasn't bright enough for me. That's the best advice to give other than buying Big tubes on sale is the best value for your money guys, grab em you won't regret it. 10/10

I always use Winsor & Newton water color paint! I have for 50 years! I ordered the permanent mauve 0.47 oz tube through Amazon. It came promptly and I am using it today! Perhaps when shipping water color paint that is almost $20.00 a tube it should be placed in more protective packaging than a bag! My tube came very dented so when you open the tube a lot of paint comes oozing out of the tube. Please ship the tubes in small boxes to protect them!

Love this hue!

What can I say about Opera Rose? Lovely color. Winsor & Newton doesn't disappoint with their quality. Highly recommend.

Wonderful water-colour paint. One word of caution if you haven't used Artists Colours. you will find the colour much more intense than with budget paint. This means your paintings will have more zing. And also you'll probably find you don't use so much paint, which will offset the extra you have to pay for Artist's colours.

très belle couleur et haute luminosité.

peinture de très bonne qualité. Elle se mélange bien avec celles de ma palette.

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