--- product_id: 47870331 title: "Gansai Tambi Watercolour Paint Set, 36 Colors, Made in Japan" brand: "kuretake" price: "479.34 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 category: "Kuretake" url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/47870331-gansai-tambi-watercolour-paint-set-36-colors-made-in-japan store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # 36 vivid, opaque colors palette & color chart included large pans for versatile brush use Gansai Tambi Watercolour Paint Set, 36 Colors, Made in Japan **Brand:** kuretake **Price:** 479.34 DT **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > 🎨 Elevate your artistry with Japan’s iconic watercolor mastery! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Gansai Tambi Watercolour Paint Set, 36 Colors, Made in Japan by kuretake - **How much does it cost?** 479.34 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/47870331-gansai-tambi-watercolour-paint-set-36-colors-made-in-japan) ## 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 - β€’ **Generous Pan Size:** Work effortlessly with both fine detail and broad strokes using larger pans. - β€’ **Gift-Ready & Non-Toxic:** ACMI-certified, elegantly packaged for the discerning creative professional. - β€’ **Vibrant 36-Color Spectrum:** Experience rich, nature-inspired hues that pop with opacity and shine. - β€’ **Smooth, Non-Granulating Finish:** Achieve flawless flat washes and seamless layering every time. - β€’ **Integrated Palette & Color Chart:** Mix and match with ease while quickly identifying your perfect shade. ## Overview The Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolour Paint Set offers 36 vivid, opaque colors inspired by nature, housed in large pans for versatile brushwork. Its smooth, non-granulating formula ensures flawless washes and layering, complemented by an included palette and color chart for effortless mixing. Made in Japan with ACMI-certified, water-based pigments, this set is perfect for professionals seeking premium quality and gift-ready elegance. ## Description From the manufacturer Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolour Paints Set - 36 Colours Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolours are handcrafted, professional-quality Japanese watercolours with a highly blendable, creamy-smooth consistency. The colours are rich and intense, and exhibit greater opacity than European or American watercolours in traditional Japanese style. Stunning lightfast watercolours designed to offer a smooth and creamy consistency when painting Handcrafted following traditional methods which have been refined for more than a century Set of 36 watercolours in a stunning Gansai Tambi box Water-based pigment, hi-opaque ink, lightfast, Xylene free Review: A mix between gouache and watercolours, all in a lovely green box. - There's a huge amount of hype around these paints, rave reviews and accolades on You Tube. I'm afraid I couldn't resist. They arrived promptly, a nice suprise as they came direct from Japan. The box is quite large 32x20cm ( approx) and a solid card box. In the lid is a chart to fill the paint colours in. It's all in Japenese, except for the numbers. This chart corresponds to the layout/ order of the paints. They are in white trays approximately 4.5x 2.5 cms, and are named in Japenese but numbered. I would definately urge you to fill this chart in, and I've also done a larger one on water colour paper, as it's hard to really see what the colours are, as many are similar in appearance or too dark to see. For example; there appear to be a great many similar reds, but in fact there is a great selection of a wide spectrum. I went for the 36 colours, as I wanted the gold. This box has a super array of colours, they are really good pigment, and a creamy consistency , more like a gouache than traditional watercolours. There is a very slight sheen in the colours, a bit like the sheen you get from coloured inks. The white is very slightly shiny, and the pearlescent white very shiny indeed. There is no silver, but a pewter type colour and a coppery gold. I've really enjoyed playing with these paints, and am glad I went for the larger set. I think they are good value for money, as they are high quality pigmented paints, that can be used as water colours with Lots of water, or a very creamy opaque paint. So a versatile addition to any artist, and a good starter set to someone who is perhaps nervous of watercolours. Review: Colourful, quality, fun paints - They come on a sturdy box, and the paint colours are contained in larger pans. The colours themselves make a very lively combination, not jarring and each one is quite unusual. I tried them out on hot pressed and not paper. Some colours granulated nicely and that was a nice effect. Others push the underlying colour around, again, a pleasing effect. I've yet to find out how much paint is in each pan and which colours I use most. I wish these colours were available in tubes individually as buying a whole set when one runs out would be a very expensive proposition. So, will use for graphics so that I use most of them if not all before I purchase again. In all, a super fun buy. ## Features - Contains 1,2-benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one and 2-octyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one. May produce an allergic reaction. - 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 | 16,516 in Home & Kitchen ( See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen ) 114 in Paints | | Brand | Kuretake | | Brand Name | Kuretake | | Colour | multicolour | | Colour Code | Multicolour | | Container Type | Tin | | Country of Origin | Japan | | Coverage | 360-432 mΒ²/36L | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 11,653 Reviews | | Dry Time In Hours | 24 | | Finish Type | Adjustable | | Finish type | Adjustable | | Full Cure Time | 24 Hours | | Global Trade Identification Number | 04901427171846 | | Included Components | Protective Sheet, Color Chart | | Indoor Outdoor Usage | Indoor | | Is Waterproof | False | | Item Form | Liquid | | Item Part Number | MC20/36V | | Item Type Name | Paint Set | | Item Volume | 0.5 Kilograms | | Item Weight | 1.14 Pounds | | Item volume | 0.5 Kilograms | | Manufacturer | Kuretake | | Model Name | Gansai Tambi | | Model Number | MC20/36V | | Paint Type | Watercolour | | Part Number | MC20/36V | | Product Warranty | 12 | | Size | 36 Count (Pack of 1) | | Special Features | Water-based pigment | | Special feature | Water-based pigment | | Specific Uses For Product | Arts & Crafts | | Surface Recommendation | Paper, Wood | | UPC | 046926698181 044935493551 | | Unit Count | 1.0 count | | Water Resistance Level | Not Water Resistant | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Kuretake - **Colour:** multicolour - **Finish type:** Adjustable - **Item volume:** 0.5 Kilograms - **Paint type:** Watercolour - **Size:** 36 Count (Pack of 1) - **Special feature:** Water-based pigment - **Specific uses for product:** Arts & Crafts - **Surface recommendation:** Paper, Wood - **Unit count:** 1.0 count ## Images ![Gansai Tambi Watercolour Paint Set, 36 Colors, Made in Japan - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/718RKMvV0mL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Style** options. ## Questions & Answers **Q: Are these of a professional quality as far as lightfastness and pigment quality?** A: According to the write-up on the underneath of the lid of the box where these water colours reside (the only bit I could understand as the rest is written in Japanese), they conform to ASTM D 4236 so, yes, they ought to be lightfast. The pigment is lovely, really vibrant and gorgeous. The pans of colour are also huge, no doubt due to Asian brushes usually being bigger and thicker, like the Calligraphy ones for example, than Western ones, so you get a lot for the money you're paying for these.Please refer to this link for confirmation: https://www.amazon.com/Kuretake-MC2036V-Gansai-Tambi-Color/dp/B00KERVO72?SubscriptionId=12NVBQD5T6H4YCPVYZ82&tag=typeright-ae-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00KERVO72 **Q: Will these paints show up on black paper?** A: yes and no, it does with a thick layer of the paint **Q: Can these paints be used as gouache, rather than watercolour?** A: A watercolourist may find them to be "opaque" but someone who works with gouache will find them very transparent. Gansai is not truly like either watercolour or gouache in the Western sense, and is pigments in a glue binder (which varies by colour and by brand) used as a convenient stand in for hand grinding pigments and mixing with glue in Japanese Nihonga, like a practice paint I suppose. **Q: Please how long does it take to arrive from Japan to UK? Thank you** A: Thank you for your question. It is a little different from the setting of Amazon, but it is as follows.After receiving the order...Expedited delivery ; from 6 days to 10 daysStandard delivery ; from 2 weeks to 3 weeks(if it passes through customs smoothly ) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A mix between gouache and watercolours, all in a lovely green box. *by S***E on 22 June 2015* There's a huge amount of hype around these paints, rave reviews and accolades on You Tube. I'm afraid I couldn't resist. They arrived promptly, a nice suprise as they came direct from Japan. The box is quite large 32x20cm ( approx) and a solid card box. In the lid is a chart to fill the paint colours in. It's all in Japenese, except for the numbers. This chart corresponds to the layout/ order of the paints. They are in white trays approximately 4.5x 2.5 cms, and are named in Japenese but numbered. I would definately urge you to fill this chart in, and I've also done a larger one on water colour paper, as it's hard to really see what the colours are, as many are similar in appearance or too dark to see. For example; there appear to be a great many similar reds, but in fact there is a great selection of a wide spectrum. I went for the 36 colours, as I wanted the gold. This box has a super array of colours, they are really good pigment, and a creamy consistency , more like a gouache than traditional watercolours. There is a very slight sheen in the colours, a bit like the sheen you get from coloured inks. The white is very slightly shiny, and the pearlescent white very shiny indeed. There is no silver, but a pewter type colour and a coppery gold. I've really enjoyed playing with these paints, and am glad I went for the larger set. I think they are good value for money, as they are high quality pigmented paints, that can be used as water colours with Lots of water, or a very creamy opaque paint. So a versatile addition to any artist, and a good starter set to someone who is perhaps nervous of watercolours. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Colourful, quality, fun paints *by S***D on 26 April 2026* They come on a sturdy box, and the paint colours are contained in larger pans. The colours themselves make a very lively combination, not jarring and each one is quite unusual. I tried them out on hot pressed and not paper. Some colours granulated nicely and that was a nice effect. Others push the underlying colour around, again, a pleasing effect. I've yet to find out how much paint is in each pan and which colours I use most. I wish these colours were available in tubes individually as buying a whole set when one runs out would be a very expensive proposition. So, will use for graphics so that I use most of them if not all before I purchase again. In all, a super fun buy. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The disappearing parcel and the amazing Kuretaki paints *by K***Y on 20 August 2021* On the evening of the day these paints were due to be delivered I received an email from Amazon to say they had been delivered successfully and that the package was accepted by a male resident of the household. None of this was true. No package was delivered to our home. No male resident accepted receipt of the package. We searched for the package in case it had been left in a safe place. It had not. There are many to choose from in our front garden, used successfully by other delivery personal. The following morning, our postman, Tom, discovered the package in my neighbour's porch. Knowing they were away in France, he checked for correct name and address. Realising it was addressed to me and not the residents of our neighbour's house, he passed the package to me. I would like to know who the mysterious male resident is that the Amazon delivery person passed my parcel to. This delivery person must have an amazingly long arm to reach all the way to France. So much for truthful and accurate tracking! I have searched a long time to find these Kuretaki paints in a set of 48, at a price I could just afford. Seeing them on Amazon at Β£50 and a few pence, with free delivery on prime, I jumped at a chance to buy them and deleted the equivalent set priced at Β£65 and then some for postage on my eBay site. Amazon represented great value. The box is a cool shade of olive green with a chop or cartouche of gold Japanese writing down the centre. Inside the paints are fixed in place by a neat see through plastic cover, below which is a glorious site of the most amazing range of watercolour/ gouache paints in kingsized pans. The box has the names of the colours charted out on the inside of the lid, on the base of the box and on a smaller free sheet of paper, both in Japanese characters and in English. Each pan has the Japanese colour symbols on it's base. This could be a great way to learn a little Japanese. This is a beautifully presented set of paints. I have already bought a few examples as single pans and have been impressed by the ease of wetting and release of paint from the pan. The large size allows the use of larger brushes when doing larger washes. Colour intensity is high, as is luminosity and coverage. They can be used as watercolour or gouache depending on the amount of water used with them. They are a joy to use. Really looking forward to preparing the colour swatches that have been included in the box for your convenience. 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