I bought this 6tube mixing set of Winsor & Newton Designer Gouache a few months ago because I was curious about the brand and I wanted to review the smaller mixing sets offered by various companies to see what's the most useful set. You can find this set on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3xxlLRp and Blick: http://shrsl.com/4hlzv *blick has open stock tubes as well and often the prices on sets are the same or cheaper than Amazon.

The colors in the set are Zinc White, Ivory Black, Primary Red, Primary Blue, Primary Yellow and Permanent green middle. the tubes are 14ml and a simple mixing brochure with info on the colors in the range is included.

Pros:
Price
Colors mix well
Pigment and lightfastness info is provided
Easy to work with
Rewets fine so the dry paint on your palette can be reused

Cons:
The colors are fairly transparent for a gouache
The red is not lightfast
There was some binder separation on a few of the colors
In my opinion, the green is a waste in this set, and a brown would have been much more useful.

Bottom line:
I think these paints are nice and wellpriced. The opacity was good enough that I did not struggle to layer colors or paint on toned paper. I enjoyed the color selection (except the green) and liked the zinc white for mixing. I think this would be a good mixing set but the lack of a brown might be unnecessarily frustrating for a beginner.

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