The Horadam Aquarell Retro Set "Luxury Wooden Box" with 12 x 5 ml tubes is inspired by historical designs from the 1930s. The box is made of walnut-stained beech wood with brass hardware, a retro owl print, and vintage tube labels.

The set contains 12 x 5 ml tubes of Horadam watercolor paints in a well-balanced color selection, including the special colors Gamboge Gum, Solferino, and Cassler Brown. In addition, the set includes a porcelain palette, two porcelain paint pans, a da Vinci Retro watercolor brush #10 (Limited Edition, a blend of synthetic fibers and natural hair), as well as a gold-colored Kaweco SPECIAL mechanical pencil BRASS (0.9) with an exclusive retro engraving.

The set is packaged in premium packaging featuring a contemporary watercolor insert and a letter from the management at the time, all housed in a vintage-inspired cardboard box.

Contains the following colors:

• Permanent Chinese White
• Gamboge gum
• Vanadium Yellow
• Vermilion
• Solferino
• Ultramarine, finest grade
• Prussian blue
• Sap green
• Yellow ochre
• Burnt Sienna
• Cassler Brown
• ivory black

Schmincke Horadam Aquarell is one of the world’s most renowned lines of professional watercolor paints. The standard range includes 139 colors in half-pan and full-pan sizes, as well as 5-ml and 15-ml tubes. 92 of the colors are single-pigment and provide precise mixing results, while 22 colors are granulating and marked with a “G” on the color chart. The range includes both classic colors and newer pigments such as perylene, quinacridones, and transparent iron oxide.

The Supergranulating series consists of 50 colors in half-pans as well as 5 ml and 15 ml tubes. Each color combines at least two granulating Horadam pigments from different color series, which enhances the textural effect and creates color variation in the brushstrokes. The effect depends on the paper and the amount of water—the rougher the paper, the stronger the granulation. The 50 colors are divided into 10 thematic series of 5 colors each: Deep Sea, Glacier, Galaxy, Forest, Tundra, Volcano, Shire, Desert, Haze, and Urban.

Short About Schmincke

Schmincke was founded in 1881 by the paint chemists Josef Horadam and Hermann Schmincke in Germany. The company’s first product was the “Mussini” oil paint, developed based on traditional resin-oil paint recipes from the Italian artist Cesare Mussini. In 1892, Josef Horadam developed a new type of liquid-cast watercolor, which he named after himself—the cornerstone of what is now the Horadam Aquarell series. More than 140 years later, Schmincke is still guided by the company motto “Meliora cogito” (I strive for the best), and Horadam Aquarell remains one of the most highly regarded watercolor lines among professional artists worldwide.

See the complete overview of the colors here.