Swatching out my Daniel Smith 12 pan set of watercolour paints, I found the colours good, some mixed better than others, and there were a couple of weak ones, here’s my own personal thoughts:
12 pan set colour mixes
Buff Titanium mixes give a neutral muted effect (not pastel).
Pyrroll Scarlet whilst a bit robust on its own, ‘knocks back’ all of the other colours tonally to great effect.
All the Hansa yellows are clear and bright on their own, and create some lovely greeny/yellow when the Hansas are the dominant colours in the mix.
The Ultramarine Blue for me is just OK, but mixes nicely (I was thinking Northern Hemisphere forest colours with these mixes).
Burnt Sienna (always one of my favourites) doesn’t disappoint and gives some great earthy tones.
The yellow ochre had a thin consistency and was a bit weak for me, but a good colour. (PY43)
Getting technical…
My colour swatching is based on a grid where I create mix of 2:1 along the vertical rows.
This results in a diagonal row of pure colour, running from top left to bottom right of the grid.
Darker mixes develop to the right of this line, and lighter mixes to the left of this line.
Below shows my mix of Pyrrol Scarlet & Hansa Yellow Light:
Second row, 5th swatch is a mix of 2 parts red and 1 part yellow.
Fifth row, 2nd swatch is a mix of 1 part yellow and 2 parts red.
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