--- product_id: 11624403 title: "Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Paint Set, 36 Colors, Made in Japan" brand: "kuretake" price: "333.14 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 category: "Kuretake" url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/11624403-kuretake-gansai-tambi-watercolor-paint-set-36-colors-made-in store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # 36 vivid, opaque colors large pans for versatile brush use ACMI-certified non-toxic pigment Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Paint Set, 36 Colors, Made in Japan **Brand:** kuretake **Price:** 333.14 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎨 Elevate your creativity with Japan’s vibrant watercolor legacy! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Paint Set, 36 Colors, Made in Japan by kuretake - **How much does it cost?** 333.14 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/11624403-kuretake-gansai-tambi-watercolor-paint-set-36-colors-made-in) ## Best For - kuretake enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted kuretake brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Safe, Gift-Ready Elegance:** Water-based, ACMI-certified non-toxic paints housed in a sleek, eco-friendly box—ideal for gifting or elevating your studio. - • **Vibrant 36-Color Spectrum:** Unlock nature-inspired, richly opaque hues that bring your art to life with every stroke. - • **Smooth, Non-Granulating Finish:** Achieve flawless flat washes and seamless layering without harsh edges—perfect for professional-grade results. - • **Integrated Palette & Color Chart:** Mix and match colors on the go with a built-in palette sheet and quick-reference swatch guide for precision. - • **Generous Pan Size for Brush Freedom:** Use any brush size effortlessly, from delicate details to bold washes, thanks to larger-than-standard pans. ## Overview The Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Paint Set features 36 vivid, opaque colors inspired by nature, housed in large pans for versatile brush use. Its smooth, non-granulating formula ensures flawless washes and layering. Included are a protective palette sheet and color chart for easy mixing and swatching. ACMI-certified non-toxic pigments come in an elegant, gift-ready package, making this set perfect for professional artists and creative millennials seeking premium quality and style. ## Description Picture letter - some people good at drawing pictures, even those who do not, can start willingly. Birthday of family, wedding of friends, anniversary of lovers etc. - if you send a hearty picture letter, it Wii be surely a good memorial. With this set, you can represent colors that match various scenes. Colors are vivid, meriting fast, coloring are beautiful, so it suitable for coloriage, too. The non-toxic, water-based paints are lightfast and ideal for sketching, illustrations, sumi-e, cards, and more! Each watercolor block comes in individual tray that can be removed from the palette during use. Review: Semi-opaque, lightfast, very nice to use watercolors - These are some truly beautiful watercolors to work with! In one word, they are "pigmented." So pigmented! They are not like traditional watercolors at all unless you heavily dilute them. They are more similar to a gouache, and all colors are fairly opaque with a few of the colors being completely opaque (black, white, and I think Pale Aqua and Cornflower Blue). There is also a color that is sort of silver or pearlescent, and both warm and cool tones of gold. So this paint is thick and fairly opaque, and a little on your brush goes a long way. I sometimes draw with a Pigma Micron pen before painting and these pen lines usually remain visible beneath the paint, so if that's something you like to do, you can still do that! The reason these paints are so different is mostly because of the binder. Most watercolor paints use gum arabic as a binder. Kuretake's use the collagen from various sea creatures instead. I've also read that that is part of the reason the colors are so bright. And you can both see and feel the difference when painting with these. Aside from these paints being such a pleasure to work with, most of the colors are lightfast! According to some kind soul who tested this set of watercolors for lightfastness over a period of a year, the only colors that are NOT lightfast are colors 34 (Dark Pink), 57 (Turquoise Green), 66 (Menthol Violet), 67 (Deep Blue). For anything serious you paint, you can just use different colors instead and you'll be fine. This was one of the bigger selling points of this watercolor set for me, knowing everything wouldn't fade I feel like this is a genuinely good quality watercolor set that could be used by both beginners and professionals, because the quality is good but the price is still fairly reasonable. And if you are taking your art seriously and intend to display it, the lightfastness alone is worth it. Because what use is it to create something beautiful if the sun is going to erase it? So I say this watercolor set is WORTH IT! Review: This palette is great! - I think the easiest way to do this is to just list off a bunch of pros and cons... Note, I'm still learning and growing as an artist. I'm not a professional. I have provided some of the pieces I've created using almost exclusively these watercolors (and sometimes some pens/markers, purchased separately from this set of course) PROS: THESE COLORS ARE SOOOO BEAUTIFUL! The colors are very vibrant and blend out really nice; if you don't water it down, it's almost like painting with acrylic with how thick it is; when you water it down, it's a beautiful, amazing watercolor. The lid has the names of all the colors with empty squares by the names so you can do your own swatches of the colors. They layer really well. The white is opaque enough to use. With watercolors, you generally want to work light to dark... but sometimes you don't fully plan ahead and decide that a highlight would look great in a spot that's already pretty dark. With most watercolors that I've used, the white doesn't really help anything, but with this set, it does. You get a lot of paint with this palette. I've had problems with watercolor coming out chalky and just kind of gross looking, I've yet to have that problem with these. CONS: Some of the colors separate. I haven't been able to pinpoint exactly which ones do. I'd imagine it has something to do with the formula used to make certain colors but I'm not sure. What it tends to do in separating: it's almost like you drew a randomly designed cobweb with a white pencil/crayon that the pigment just won't settle on. In some pieces (especially abstract or logos) it actually looks really cool. The colors don't stay mixed. If you look at the palette, there's no skin tone. When I did the eye (second photo) I had to mix my own. No big deal. I mixed the color in a separate, empty palette. I walked away briefly after mixing my colors and when I came back, the colors had parted in the water. It wasn't a big deal, as they mixed back together with a little stir, but it was certainly strange. Price. These work about as well as the Prang brand watercolors, which can often be found for much cheaper. Still, compared to other watercolors, I feel like these hold their own and can be worth the price. Overall, I love this palette and would recommend. ## Features - 36 Vivid Colors: Gansai is traditional Japanese watercolor, utilizing colors that are based off those seen in nature, meaning they are vivid and opaque; pans are carefully filled with paint that is smooth, not granulated, and dries with a slight shiny finish - Smooth, Non-Granulating Paint: Paints do not leave hard edges when dry, making flat-washes easy to accomplish, and are easy to layer with proper technique - Brush Dexterity: Gansai Tambi pans are much larger than typical watercolor pans, giving you the ability to use both small or large brushes quite easily - Palette & Color Chart Included: Within each Gansai Tambi set is a protective sheet that not only keeps your pans from shifting but can be used as a palette mixer; each box also includes a color chart so you can swatch the colors yourself and distinguish between them quickly - Non-Toxic, Gift-Ready: Water-based pigment is ACMI-certified, and packaged in a simple cardboard box with elegant green washi overlay; perfect for gifts ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B001MPA6W4 | | Age Range Description | Adult | | Best Sellers Rank | #2,565 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ( See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ) #139 in Drawing Pens | | Brand | Kuretake | | Brand Name | Kuretake | | Color | SILVER | | Color Code | #FF0000 | | Container Type | Box | | Coverage | Opaque | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 5,455 Reviews | | Dry Time In Hours | 24 | | Finish Type | Adjustable | | Full Cure Time | 1 hours | | Global Trade Identification Number | 04901427171846 | | Included Components | Palette | | Indoor Outdoor Usage | Indoor | | Is Waterproof | False | | Item Form | Solid | | Item Part Number | MC20/36V | | Item Type Name | Watercolor paints | | Item Volume | 0.5 kg | | Item Weight | 1.1 pounds | | Manufacturer | Kuretake | | Model Name | Gansai Tambi | | Model Number | MC20/36V | | Paint Type | Watercolor | | Part Number | MC20/36V | | Size | 36 Count (Pack of 1) | | Special Feature | Water-based pigment | | Special Features | Water-based pigment | | Specific Uses For Product | Interior | | Surface Recommendation | Paper | | UPC | 046926698181 044935493551 | | Unit Count | 36 Count | | Water Resistance Level | Water Repellent | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Kuretake - **Color:** SILVER - **Finish Type:** Adjustable - **Item Volume:** 0.5 kg - **Paint Type:** Watercolor - **Size:** 36 Count (Pack of 1) - **Special Feature:** Water-based pigment - **Specific Uses For Product:** Interior - **Surface Recommendation:** Paper - **Unit Count:** 36 Count ## Images ![Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Paint Set, 36 Colors, Made in Japan - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/718RKMvV0mL.jpg) ![Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Paint Set, 36 Colors, Made in Japan - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/613agSBBRSL.jpg) ![Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Paint Set, 36 Colors, Made in Japan - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61EBzAPIYiL.jpg) ![Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Paint Set, 36 Colors, Made in Japan - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61bPt-uyZYL.jpg) ![Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Paint Set, 36 Colors, Made in Japan - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61QHeiUshIL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Style** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Semi-opaque, lightfast, very nice to use watercolors *by S***R on March 17, 2018* These are some truly beautiful watercolors to work with! In one word, they are "pigmented." So pigmented! They are not like traditional watercolors at all unless you heavily dilute them. They are more similar to a gouache, and all colors are fairly opaque with a few of the colors being completely opaque (black, white, and I think Pale Aqua and Cornflower Blue). There is also a color that is sort of silver or pearlescent, and both warm and cool tones of gold. So this paint is thick and fairly opaque, and a little on your brush goes a long way. I sometimes draw with a Pigma Micron pen before painting and these pen lines usually remain visible beneath the paint, so if that's something you like to do, you can still do that! The reason these paints are so different is mostly because of the binder. Most watercolor paints use gum arabic as a binder. Kuretake's use the collagen from various sea creatures instead. I've also read that that is part of the reason the colors are so bright. And you can both see and feel the difference when painting with these. Aside from these paints being such a pleasure to work with, most of the colors are lightfast! According to some kind soul who tested this set of watercolors for lightfastness over a period of a year, the only colors that are NOT lightfast are colors 34 (Dark Pink), 57 (Turquoise Green), 66 (Menthol Violet), 67 (Deep Blue). For anything serious you paint, you can just use different colors instead and you'll be fine. This was one of the bigger selling points of this watercolor set for me, knowing everything wouldn't fade I feel like this is a genuinely good quality watercolor set that could be used by both beginners and professionals, because the quality is good but the price is still fairly reasonable. And if you are taking your art seriously and intend to display it, the lightfastness alone is worth it. Because what use is it to create something beautiful if the sun is going to erase it? So I say this watercolor set is WORTH IT! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This palette is great! *by S***N on September 23, 2018* I think the easiest way to do this is to just list off a bunch of pros and cons... Note, I'm still learning and growing as an artist. I'm not a professional. I have provided some of the pieces I've created using almost exclusively these watercolors (and sometimes some pens/markers, purchased separately from this set of course) PROS: THESE COLORS ARE SOOOO BEAUTIFUL! The colors are very vibrant and blend out really nice; if you don't water it down, it's almost like painting with acrylic with how thick it is; when you water it down, it's a beautiful, amazing watercolor. The lid has the names of all the colors with empty squares by the names so you can do your own swatches of the colors. They layer really well. The white is opaque enough to use. With watercolors, you generally want to work light to dark... but sometimes you don't fully plan ahead and decide that a highlight would look great in a spot that's already pretty dark. With most watercolors that I've used, the white doesn't really help anything, but with this set, it does. You get a lot of paint with this palette. I've had problems with watercolor coming out chalky and just kind of gross looking, I've yet to have that problem with these. CONS: Some of the colors separate. I haven't been able to pinpoint exactly which ones do. I'd imagine it has something to do with the formula used to make certain colors but I'm not sure. What it tends to do in separating: it's almost like you drew a randomly designed cobweb with a white pencil/crayon that the pigment just won't settle on. In some pieces (especially abstract or logos) it actually looks really cool. The colors don't stay mixed. If you look at the palette, there's no skin tone. When I did the eye (second photo) I had to mix my own. No big deal. I mixed the color in a separate, empty palette. I walked away briefly after mixing my colors and when I came back, the colors had parted in the water. It wasn't a big deal, as they mixed back together with a little stir, but it was certainly strange. Price. These work about as well as the Prang brand watercolors, which can often be found for much cheaper. Still, compared to other watercolors, I feel like these hold their own and can be worth the price. Overall, I love this palette and would recommend. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Incredibly Impressed *by R***A on May 28, 2017* I'm actually really surprised by the quality of these paints. I've tried a lot of the major brands, from student grade paints (W&N Cotman) to some of the nicest tube watercolors (Daniel Smith, Mission Gold etc), and these compare favorably to the artist grade paints. I've seen just about every YouTuber review this set and exclaim how great of a value it is, but I didn't really understand until I made a spur of the moment purchase. One thing to consider when purchasing this set is that Japanese watercolors are slightly different from most Western European watercolors. Some of the colors are slightly opaque (most of these you can see on the palette photos, if a color is a pale shade in the pan then it's going to be pretty opaque), while others have amazing transparency. I watched an excellent review that explained the differences between the two in style and consistency. To summarize that review, this style of watercolors is not intended for extensive mixing. They are more transparent than gouache, but less transparent than most watercolors available in the US. Many of the colors are already a mix of pigments, so mixing more than two could give you muddy colors. Finally, most watercolors in this style are said to use animal glues rather than gum arabic, so this may not be the best set for vegans or others who avoid animal products (I have yet to confirm that this is the case with Kuretake). I believe this set was originally targeted towards crafters in Japan, rather than serious artists. This is largely the reason why I put off purchasing this set until now. I've tried some other relatively inexpensive watercolors (Sakura Koi) that were quite chalky and unpleasant under my brush. These colors aren't chalky at all and are possibly more pigmented than all of the other pan watercolors I've used. They can dry a touch glossy if you put it on really thick, but I don't notice any glossiness in my artwork. There is an excellent selection of colors, and the gold and silver (well, pearl white) could be very useful without buying a special metallic set. The colors flow relatively well on the page, perhaps not as much as paints right out of a tube, but well enough that they work well for all of the techniques I've tried. They will bloom if you use too much water, just like every watercolor brand, and as a fan of blooms, they do so beautifully. Don't let the cardboard box and low price point dissuade you from purchasing this set. If I could do it over again I would have purchased this rather than the expensive W&N Cotman palette I started with. 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