DANIEL SMITH DS XFINE W/C 238 DOT TRY IT CD

Son maravillosas, la carta de color permite tener una noción real del color de las acuarelas cuando están secas, además as de su apariencia en cuanto a opacidad o transparenciay intensidad del pigmento, de esa manera puedes escoger que colores podrían completamentar tu paleta... El mayor problema es que vas a quererlos todos! 🤭 Es realmente difícil decidir, sus efectos son maravillosos, definitivamente éstas seran mi próxima inversión... Para mi es mejor la calidad que la cantidad!! Altamente recomendadas!!

When I first found these sheets, I thought the samples paints would just be a very small amount, just enough to get wet and smear on the sheet of paper for a swatch. Well, was I wrong, there is enough paint for swatching and using in your artwork if you only need a small amount of paint. This is a brilliant idea and I wish other brands would do the same. Gives you an excellent amount of paint as a sample to see what the colour can do.

Before I leave a Review [after testing the paints first - star rating will also change depending on preformance] I would like to leave abit of a Preview of the product first.First off, I would like to say to anyone thinking that they are getting a sample of the ENTIRE Daniel Smith range; this is not true. As from what I've been able to find [comparing the chart to the Daniel Smith website (this doesn't include paint colours you can find here on Amazon)] that there are 7 colours missing from this list [I don't think this includes a "Alvado" (apologies if spelled wrong) set I've seen here on Amazon] -Limited Edition: Quinophthalone Yellow,Scented: Candy Cane Red, Christmas Tree Green, Hot Mulled Cider YellowPrimaTek: Purpurite Genuine, Kingman Green Turquoise Genuine, Yavpai GenuineSecondly, you don't get 238 colours on the cards. You only get 237 as thanks to an Amazon Market Place Seller [AS Handover], Rose Madder Genuine is no longer available [AS Handover said that the pigment used to make this colour is no longer available and that Rose Madder Permanent is similar in colour to Genuine (and like RMG, Rose Madder Permanent is NOT included on the cards either]. So instead you get a sticker over where Genuine was meant to be saying "Intentionally Left Blank" - I don't know about you but seeing that immediately made me think that i'd been cheated out of a colour. Instead those that put the cards together should have the sticker say "No Longer Available", that way it is immediately apparent why the colour isn't there. So false advertising on Amazon saying you get 238 when you get 237.But, gripes aside.The watercolour paper the dots come on is rather lovely and i really wish it was available to buy [but judging by the feel of it it'd need stretching before using as I doubt it'd be able to take washes straight off the bat.]. The watercolour dots were all decent; some were abit small but there was plenty to test [apparently I got lucky as there were no "rings" on the cards unlike some other unfortunate buyer experienced]. There was also enough space between the dots so that when tested I could just drag the paint sideways or up instead of transferring to another paper [thou from what I've read, here and on Daniel Smith's website, that to appreciate the beauty of the DuoChrome, Iterference and Iridescent it's best to do them on black paper]. And from what I've gathered this chart does include colours not mentioned on DS website [Iridescent Electric Blue, Duo Desert Bronze, Lunar Black, Hansa Yellow Deep just as examples]So, it's kinda 50/50 on First Impressions - the chart is missing colours but including othersas for how the paints preform, i'll update this Preview to a Review when done ^^=====================Short Reviewthis review is just merely adding information onto the Preview as there isn't really much to add.As I mentioned above, the watercolour paper the paint is on is lovely AND what I mentioned before about it not being able to take too many washes is correct - what I did with the paints was layer them so it could be easily seen what it looks like with multiple layers of the same colour and on the 2nd and 3rd layers the paper started to slowly ripple - so if this paper ever is made available in future it would be highly recommended that you stretch and tape it first before use. [the paper does eventually 'straighten' itself out as it dries and is flattened by something heavy but it's no longer as straight as when you first got it and there are slight 'bends/ripples' along the edges]Now for the watercolour dots themselves, like another reviewer, some of the paints I had to soak/scrub at first before it gave me any colour. The offenders of this were Sodalite Genuine, Sugilite Genuine, Kyanite Genuine and Cobalt Green Pale. I could understand them being difficult if there wasn't much paint to work with, but as I mentioned before I got pretty lucky with the dots being fairly reasonable size. [the rest applied smoothly. Litreally, they gave great coverage and distance]You don't really need a dark background to appreciate/see [unlike what the Daniel Smith website stated] Duochrome, Interference, Iridescent and Pearlescent colours as even thou pale you can still see the colours on light paper [just tilt the paper this way and that ^^].To be perfectly honest these types of paint are abit of a let down [especially Duochrome and Interference - when I first heard about them I thought 1) Duochrome would be two different colours in one paint [like a marble gel pen -thou those are normally 3/4 colours in one stroke] and their not really, they're just 2 similar/complimenting colours together. It's not eye-catching or different IN FACT the only Duochrome to have 2 separate colours is Duo. Saguaro Green and Duo. Desert Bronze ; they're a bronze base with a shimmer green on top [unfortunately both are just light/dark shades of each other...] 2) I thought Interference meant that the paint would 'mix' with whatever paint you put underneath to make strange patterns, colours, change the base colour into another [like some felttip pens where you can put a "white/clear pen" on top and it'd magically change [example->] black into pink/red] but they don't [didn't during testing. Maybe those do need a base colour, but to be frank I don't see them doing much other then being pretty shimmers]...The entire section of Duo, Inter, Pearl and Irides just comes off and looks like paint that have been mixed with a pearlescent medium - in fact it'd be cheaper to buy yourself Winsor & Newton Iridescent Medium and add it to your own paint if you want shimmer paint [and W&N tub will last for a long time as the tiniest amount is more then enough! [thou do be careful as it can very easily overpower your paints; start with the teeniest amount first then slowly add more] ]When the colours are wet, they are beautiful, vibrant, gem-like but when they dry they go... i'm not really sure what to call it? 'dull-ish/flat/chalk-ish'?? they loose their vibrancy. They're still a good range of colours but they don't retain the 'bright' of the pigment which does make them look 'flat'. [a good example is Quinacridone Sienna., that has to be the most beautiful 'brown' I've ever seen! It was this amazing burning/fire gold-red when first applied but when it dried it just turned into this 'red-ish clay/terracotta' colour which is a HUGE disappointment to when you can see what it looked like wet!]A pet-pev of mine is that manufacturers don't do enough pink shades - DS is no exception to this. You have a number of yellows/blues, afew oranges, loads of reds/greens, handful of fuchsia types, some small selection of purples/violets/white/black/grey, Too Many browns! but only 1 noticeable [not red-ish, purple-ish, fuchsia-ish] pink! [maybe Rhodonite Genuine could be stretched in abit]. And surely, if they can make so many shades of the other colours WHY can't they extend that courtesy to pink aswell?Only 4 colours are Opaque on the cards [does make you wonder why they were included when everything else is transparent/semi-transparent?] and out of those 4 only the yellow gives even/perfect coverage from the start [the other 3 act more like they're slightly semi-transparent]Yes. I STILL hate having that sticker there :D...so, in short, all I can say is buy the cards, test the colours and ADD those you like to your existing watercolours. Don't rely sorely on this range, your colour palettes will benefit from a more diverse colour range [and Brand]. Because, truthfully, this range is limited - it's okay if you want different reds, blues, greens, browns but for anything else your going to be stuck with colours that look TOO similar to eachother [example yellow: Hansa Yellow Light, Cad. Yellow Lt. Hue and Lemon Yellow]The range isn't bad, it's just it's not great either - especially for the price.

most of the dots are quite generous, enough to use for a few good swatches. Very ideal for people to try out colours and find the ones they would like to build their palette.

This is the absolute best way to test out colours and daniel smith water colours do nt disappoint.