This watercolor set offers a great basic palette of colors to create various paintings with. Because of their convenient size, these tubes are ideal to have in your studio or to take with you while you travel. Each set includes 8 x 12 ml tubes (200 Yellow – 334 Scarlet – 326 Alizarin Crimson – 504 Ultramarine – 602 Deep Green – 227 Yellow Ochre – 409 Burnt Umber – 708 Payne's Grey). Talens Art Creation watercolor is a transparent paint that is applied thinned with water. The more water you use, the lighter the color of the paint becomes. As a result, you can work with many transparent layers on top of one another to create beautiful color effects. Watercolors are not waterproof when dry, so you can rework the paint using water if necessary. Use these colors on dry paper to create sharp details and wet your paper to let the colors flow gently and create seamless color transitions. Sold as 2 sets for a total of 16 tubes. Recommended age 13+ years