What's in My Transparent Watercolor Palette, Holbein, Daniel Smith, Schmincke, Winsor & Newton.

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The big reveal of what I decided to have in my transparent watercolor palette is here! In my previous video I gave 5 handy tips on how to put together your own transparent palette ( • 5-tips on Making Your ... ) and here's how mine turned out.
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** Supplies I used **
Paints
+ Aureolin by Holbein. www.jacksonsart.com/holbein-w...
+ Permanent Yellow Light by Holbein. www.jacksonsart.com/holbein-w...
+ Permanent Yellow Orange by Holbein. www.jacksonsart.com/holbein-w...
+ Brilliant Orange by Holbein. www.jacksonsart.com/holbein-w...
+ Scarlet Lake by Holbein. www.jacksonsart.com/holbein-w...
+ Quinacridone Scarlet by Holbein. www.jacksonsart.com/holbein-w...
+ Quinacridone Rose by Daniel Smith. www.jacksonsart.com/daniel-sm...
+ Quinacridone Violet by Holbein. www.jacksonsart.com/holbein-w...
+ Carbazole Violet by Daniel Smith. www.jacksonsart.com/daniel-sm...
+ Ultramarine Violet by Schmincke. www.jacksonsart.com/schmincke...
+ Ultramarine Blue Deep by Holbein. www.jacksonsart.com/holbein-w...
+ Phthalo Blue (Red Shade) by Holbein. www.jacksonsart.com/holbein-w...
+ Phthalo Blue (Yellow Shade) by Holbein. www.jacksonsart.com/holbein-w...
+ Phthalo Turquoise by Daniel Smith. www.jacksonsart.com/daniel-sm...
+ Phthalo Green by Schmincke. www.jacksonsart.com/schmincke...
+ Permanent Green No. 1 by Holbein. www.jacksonsart.com/holbein-w...
+ Gold Green by Daniel Smith. www.jacksonsart.com/daniel-sm...
+ Quinacridone Gold by Daniel Smith. www.jacksonsart.com/daniel-sm...
+ Quinacridone Burnt Orange by Daniel Smith. www.jacksonsart.com/daniel-sm...
+ Antwerp Blue by WInsor & Newton. www.jacksonsart.com/winsor-ne...
+ JAS 28-well palette www.jacksonsart.com/jas-palet...
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[@rdfjfgjyfdhfghy67456]

I still come back to this when I need a palette renovation! Thank you for sharing all your hard work!😊

[@zanerobbins7604]

Your videos are always a joy to watch and very informative and helpful!

[@jessicasobel4287]

That color chart is insane!!

[@laurak5196]

You put together such beautiful and professional videos. What a gorgeous chart you produced with these spectacular color choices! Congratulations and I'm a new subscriber. Thank you so much for all your time and effort and all the great details you provide. They're very helpful. 💙

[@Cheripie506]

New sub! I love looking at pictures of Scotland. Scotland and Ireland are two places I've always dreamed of visiting. I really enjoyed the video.

[@MassimilianoDeliso]

This transparent colors palette is so perfect, I love all the colors! PR 170 is my red of choice that I think you should try to add. And I would definitely add Winsor & Newton neutral tint to get all the dark missing! Great video as usual!

[@heather333]

Thanks so much for this video. I've recently picked up art again, after leaving it behind after school. It's brought me so much pleasure, but I put together a random palette. Your video has helped me scale down to transparent colours which are so beautiful and have made my art easier and more vibrant. 🖒❤

[@OtoKano]

So glad this video helped, hope you have lots of fun with your lovely palette!

[@aoyamaprivacc]

Quinacridone Rose and Quinacridone Gold are superb!

[@cherylhunt6420]

Have you checked the brand Maimeri Bleu watercolors. They have some beautiful cool reds

[@zibbyzoo4379]

I love Transparent Red Deep by Schminke...not sure if it's cool enough for your purposes, but I really like it. I'm loving Holbein as well.

[@alessandrasisto8863]

Hi and thank you so much for this precious video! I recently discovered the Quin cherry red from Mijello, so juicy and cool (PR209; W573). As for a deep transparent brown I do love Dragons' blood from Maimeri Blu and similar is Madder Brown from RENESANS, although they are gives as semitransparent, I feel confident they won't turn into mud your layers .

[@Watching_Koi]

If you want a color to mix darks with, I recommend permanent brown (PBr25) by Daniel Smith. It's a transparent and non granulating deep red brown that makes great darks with a deep blue like phthalo blue red shade. It's also available as Imidazoline Brown from Holbien and Red Brown from Mission Gold.

[@OtoKano]

Woooo thank you for this tip, and for telling me which colour is equivalent in Holbein. I just got the Imidazoline Brown from Holbein, so I am definitely going to have a play mixing colours with it. Thank you so much.

[@ColleenM61]

I have been using Daniel Smith Pyrrol Crimson PR264, it's very lightfast and I'm really loving it so far, only just got it a couple of days ago but so far it seems to be mixing well with others, I haven't done any swatched or charts with it yet though. And you are so right, the quest for the ultimate transparent palette is a life time quest, lol,

[@OtoKano]

ohhhhhhh now there's a nice color I haven't tried yet. Thank you for the tip, I am going to investigate into this color :D

[@LeySketch]

That is a behemoth of a colour chart but it turned out beautifully! I also rely largely on transparent paints, so there are definitely a few I haven't tried here. I hope you find a good cool red! The cool red I have in my palette is Crimson Lake by Holbein and it is beautiful but not a single-pigment paint.

[@OtoKano]

I just watched your swatching video as I don't have Crimson Lake (like I have almost all the Holbeins and for some reason Crimson Lake had escaped me so far). It's soooo transparent! Love it. Thank you for bringing my attention to this colour, will definitely try it asap.

[@LeySketch]

It is a really gorgeous paint! As I mentioned over on my video, it's a mix of PR177, PR122 & PV19 so if you love Quin Rose you'll probably find Crimson Lake to be its slightly redder cousin. Holbein makes such beautiful super-transparent colours.

[@refahr9408]

Thank you for sharing this fabulous list.Which is your best suggestion for landscape ?

[@EveBolt]

Anthraquinoid Red (D.S, PR177) is a nice transparent, cool red. It's a bit muted, but still intense. Naphthol red (PR170) is also very pretty, but it seems to fluctuate in terms of transparency. Your chart is impressive!! Gah! I cut-off mine in half-charts so it takes less time... Huhuhu. I love your transparent palette, it's really bright and inspiring!

[@OtoKano]

Wooooo I will have to check both of the reds out, thank you! I personally love pyrrol red by holbein, but it's not very transparent :( Thinking of making an opaque palette next. Have you got any palette plans? So glad you like the palette, I love love bright colours. Also love the fact I can make any muted colours from the brights :D I have to say though, I was impressed with the D.S. colours. They all mixed with other colours beautifully. However, something about them makes me feel they mixed a little too beautifully if that makes sense? Like where it should've made mud, it made pretty colours and that's useful, but I also want the option to make mud if I want to...

[@alejandromorales9516]

I have PR177 in QoR. It's their Alizarin Crimson hue. I love it. It's got this really beautiful powdery texture. As for a transparent brown. QoR has a transparent Van Dyke Brown I am dying to try. Daniel Smith also has a Permanent Brown that is a transparent red brown with no granulation. You can also use a browner PR101. I love Daniel Smiths' Brown Iron Oxide. It granulates like crazy and it skews a little red.

[@tsunderechild2777]

I really love anthraquinoid red because it makes really nice blacks, plums and muted greens with phthallo green blue shade.

[@SuperPonygal]

D.S. Anthraquinoid Red (PR177) is my all time favorite deep cool red. It is so transparent and it mixes beautifully with just about anything.

[@debbrantstevens8826]

Permanent Rose by Winsor and Newton is a transparent cooler red.

[@Angie-pl3uw]

Go, Indigo, go!!!

[@AlphaGeekgirl]

That's a lot of Holbein colors! I've actually steered clear of Holbein because I always assumed they were like other Japanese watercolours, in that they were more opaque than western watercolours. I might have to try them out now :)

[@OtoKano]

Yeah Holbein can be a misunderstood brand. They do have a lot of single pigment colours, and their transparency (for the transparent colours) are just as good as any top brands. There are just more colours that are especially made to be opaque also. A wee spoiler, there may be some holbeins in my next give away! Keep an eye on my 1,000 subscriber video coming soon.

[@MeowMeowKapow]

For lighting issues, my desk is in a corner where no light reaches, so I have two clip-on table lamps that have white LEDs in them to provide some lighting. It’s not a great solution, and upgrading my lighting is something I want to tackle in the future but....it’s good enough for now. Oh hey! Transparent cool reds are something I’m working on right now....but specifically ones that are super close to opera rose, so it’ll still be close to your Quin Rose. The Quin magenta from QOR is cool, and very transparent. Sennelier’s Rose madder lake may also do the trick for you, as it’s more red than pink and definitely cool-toned. The red that came in my sennelier test pack is transparent and warm, though it doesn’t have pigment info, and perylene red from Daniel Smith is my go-to warm red, though I just did a swatch of it over some writing and it is like 95% transparent, but not FULLY transparent, I think though that may just be a trick of the eyes. Oh, and I just tested the Carmine in my Daniel Smith palette for the same thing and it looks completely transparent, and is a cool red. Of course, I don’t know any of the pigment info for these things but at least they’re a place to start! And I can swatch these colors and send you pics on insta if you need.

[@OtoKano]

Thank you so much for offering so many cool red options :D I am going to have to check out the Carmine from DS!

[@petermarlas8412]

Peter Scannell 1 second ago daniel smith Quinacridone pink and Quinacridone coral are two reds i really love

[@sweetflakes]

I haven’t tried it but PR187 white nights madder lake red light looks like a nice transparent lightfast cool red.

[@DoodleDrawArt]

Nice! If you wanted a smaller version od thia palette you could take a photo of it and take it with you. :)

[@MontuckyGirl75]

Have you tried Mayan Red by DS? Gorgeous cooler transparent red I just bought. I got Mayan yellow and violet, too!

[@Dan.B.Artist]

looks good, Try Scheveningen red deep from Old holland for a deep red there are similar colours from other brands but can think of the pigment number out of the blue. Where did you find cheap holbeins?

[@OtoKano]

Thank you for the recommendation, I'll give it a try! You're going to hate my answer, I get Holbein cheap when I am in Japan to my family.

[@kathrynt98011]

For cool reds, I like Daniel Smith’s Pyrrol Crimson (PR264, I think?) and Da Vinci’s Quinacridone Crimson (PV19, but completely unique for that pigment - it really is a cool crimson, not a rose or a violet).

[@OtoKano]

Woooo! Thank you very much for your recommendations, I will definitely look into the two colours, they sound lovely.

[@InLiquidColor]

We have a lot of overlapping favorites :D thanks so much for the little shoutout! That chart you made is so impressive! How long did it take?

[@OtoKano]

Surprisingly not long. I watched one and a half of your patreon livestream while I painted it, so probably 3 hours? It is relatively quick for its size because each square is so large. Thank you for sharing your two-tone color chart idea :D What are our overlapping favs?

[@InLiquidColor]

Oh fun! Quin Rose, Phthalo Turquoise, and Quin Gold of course :D

[@OtoKano]

ha ha ha you totally listed my top 3 favourites ever. I am starting to see Holbein and Daniel Smith like a chocolate cake. Holbein (which for me is very affordable0 is the cake batter. It's cheap, it's okay and if you bake it on its own, it'll make an okay cake. Daniel Smith is like coco powder. I couldn't afford to make a cake entirely out of coco powder, but sprinkle a little here and there into the cake batter and the most amazing chocolate cake comes out of it :D

[@DoodleDrawArt]

You guys inspire me. I'm just learning watercolors!

[@debramoss2267]

Have you looked at M Graham's Napthol red, it's gorgeously juicy and cool. They have some wonderful quins, too. They are mixed with blackcurrant honey and really hold their vibrancy. They don't dry out, either, which can be a plus or minus, depending how careful you are, I often end up with little sticky dots of paint where they shouldn't be, jeans, bedclothes, cats, you know the sort of thing! I love all holbein's glassy sea colours and DS quin red and magenta are cool reds, if you want to check them out, too. Thanks for this, it's really brilliant, it's good to know there are other paint addicts!

[@OtoKano]

Thank you for the heads up about M Graham's Napthol Red. I love the sound of it. Yes there are many of us who are totally addicted to paints :D

[@sherryscoloringandpaintingcorn]

what i really need is a general list of whats staininng, whats transparent and whats granulating. Cant find it anywhere and sometimes the tubes dont always say so a list is what i am after. Can you help with that. I dont have any holbein paint tho.

[@QueenMabelandDoris]

Hi, new subscriber here from Scotland also.....found this invaluable as I’m trying to get ideas of what colours I want to invest in....Susie xxx💕

[@OtoKano]

Hi fellow Scot :D Lovely to see you. So glad this video was useful to you. What brand do you think you'll invest in?

[@QueenMabelandDoris]

Oto Kano I am loving some of the Daniel Smith colours of course but they will probably come over time! I’m getting a list together and will go and buy bit by bit. I’ve got the Kuretaki Gansai set for now to get me going along with some cheap kids paints! I’d love to know if you’d recommend some colours to start with at some point....Susie xxx💕

[@OtoKano]

Yes of course! What brand and what kind of things are you looking for? Is this your first time trying professional watercolors? What brands does your local art store sell?

[@QueenMabelandDoris]

Oto Kano thank you, I’m not worried about brands as such, my local art store closed last year sadly so the only place near me only sells Windsor and Newton! I’d have to go to Glasgow for more choice. Otherwise it’s ordering online. Yes it is my first time for a professional set of colours! I love painting floral abstracts mostly so would like greens, blues, turquoise and pretty pinks, yellows oranges and purples anything “floral”. Susie xxx💕

[@OtoKano]

Did you know that Cass Arts online do like 'spend £x and get £y' sales? The max they do is spend £250 and get £50 off. So if you are going to buy the paints in one go, it is by far the cheapest way to get paints.

[@1TimothyFourTen]

Impressive! Lots of good information in there. Did I miss it? Did you not choose any Winsor & Newton? I would have thought for sure you would have used at least one color from them. After almost 5 years of watercolor painting I feel like I know so little. I want to use an all transparent watercolor pallet but I noticed you're using mostly phthalos and quins and yet, I believe it has been said that they are staining pigments and hard to lift once dried. Of course the only antidote to that is to not make (obvious) mistakes - in which case I'll have to really get good at painting. ;-) Again, thank you for uploading and sharing what you learned. I know video making and editing can be such a time consuming, tedious process, I have given up trying, personally.

[@CaptainFutureman]

I came from the future to tell you that this palette of yours is just wonderful! I love to paint, but hate spending my precious time on testing, swatching etc. This palette seems like a huge improvement on my own, so I think I'll just straight up copy it. One concern I do have is the lightfastness, which is always a top priority for me. Are all the paints here safe for extensive time-travel? If so this palette is a real winner. Thanks for sharing! And that chart is absolutely gorgeous!

[@OtoKano]

Yes if you stick to the brands I've used. For example, Aureoline can be a huge hit or miss. I made a video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHqtkIJ-odCcfbs

[@CaptainFutureman]

@@OtoKano Great, that's good to know, thanks!

[@CaptainFutureman]

I'm glad I didn't go back too far into the past, because now the other comments are more than a year old. That means you may have managed to tackle that problem with the cool red. Have you been able to use their recommendations and decide on one that would better suit this palette?

[@CaptainFutureman]

I'm getting a bit confused by the extra colours in the colour wheel and which ones make up the three split pairs you discuss in Color Theory Episode 5. (I'm a bit unclear why you did add a cool yellow in that episode, but did not add an extra colour for the other two split pairs.) It's clear that here the warm yellow is the Permanent yellow light and the cool yellow is the Aureolin. The warm blue is Phthalo blue red shade and the cool blue is Phthalo blue yellow shade I think. But what about the warm and cool reds? These would be the Quinacridone scarlet and Quinacridone rose respectively, right?

[@karenv8079]

❤

[@maryradix3321]

Anthraquinoid red Daniel Smith a cool red

[@MedaHalmaciu]

Thanks. A friend of mine is going to Japan so I am trying to select a number of 48-50 Holbein colors to purchase. Why did you choose the ultramarine deep over the light and why did you choose both phtalo blue yellow and red shade? Thanks

[@OtoKano]

You are so welcome. If you'd like to see a swatch of all of the Holbein paints, check out the swatch folder flip through video I have (kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKSoqmt8rL16gKc&lc=UgyUuxhQl_8l2d2CGkp4AaABAg) I have all of the colours there. I chose the ultramarine deep over the light because I find ultramarine blues to be hard to re-wet and get a good intensity as it is. I have both, but because I have chosen such intense other colours for this palette, the light version wouldn't do much when it is mixed with other colours. Phthalo blue red vs yellow shade is purely a personal choice. I like warmer, closer to turquoise, blues. You could totally have both. I just find when I have both on my palette, I never use the red shade one. Hope this helps!

[@lpettersson3318]

Permanent Brown PBr 25 (Daniel Smith) as a dark brown and Indanthrone Blue PB 60 then you can mix darker colours.

[@insxmniacraven8184]

W017 cadmium red purple

[@renukaagrawal403]

👌

[@marianweaver6038]

What are the letters A, B, C, D etc for? Please excuse me if you've covered this before, I am a new subscriber. I love your brilliant color choices!

[@marianweaver6038]

Found it! What a genius idea!

[@kuraicraft]

is your aureolin or aureolin hue? I can't seem to find the hue version on my artshops

[@MontuckyGirl75]

If you could have a car painted in a Daniel Smith color, which would it be?

[@spiffy8600]

I’m curious. Why do you go over the colors 2x when swatching?

[@joyg2526]

There are so many watercolor brands out there, but I notice you main stick with a few big names. Is there any reason for this? Thanks for the informative videos.

[@YourMajesty143]

Daniel Smith, Holbein, Schmincke tend to have the best paint consistency (not too dry, not too wet), wonderful color pay-off (even when transparent), excellent flow (regardless of watercolor paper), and also reliably play well amongst each other (easy to mix blends, glaze, or granulate/charge into one another). Winsor Newton is great for beginners, but alot of their colors are hard to rewet after drying on the palette. On the other hand, brands like M. Graham, Sennelier, and other brands that use honey are notorious for being too sticky & wet (messy & take too long to dry). Qor is made with an acrylic binder which leaves a plastic-y look & feel (not as nice an experience as gum arabic). Rembrandt is absolutely beautiful, as is Roman Szal, but they're not easily accessible everywhere. Paint artisans like Old Holland & Kremer have some of the most in-demand paints, but for that reason they're too expensive -- especially when equally gorgeous paints like Daniel Smith are more affordable (comparatively) and within reach. *Edited to include a brand I forgot to mention.

[@testtube43]

What I find difficult is all of these expensive watercolors end up glued up at the top and ruined however hard you try to keep the screwtop clean

[@Sglinert]

No browns or earth tones?

[@320davereid]

What do the letters A B C D E represent ?

[@320davereid]

I found the explanation of your colour pairing system on your colour wheel video. Excellent idea!

[@carolinesandford4439]

I'm curious - why is it so important that colours can be neutralised? Probably something obvious, but I am clueless!

[@Drumaier]

I guess is the fastest way to mute down a color so is not as vibrant.

[@ghalone]

I hope you found your cool red. If you're still looking I just finished watching this video (I'm researching favorite watercolor palettes. His favorite cool red is Quinacridone red. You can watch him play with it with other colors. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZPMfJlmhqyZoNE