Review on Caran d'Ache Gouache Studio, 8 Pans (1000.308) for Creative Art Materials by Hannah Curi

I like these colors very much. The plates are highly pigmented and easy to wet. The weaknesses are that they aren't artistic (not fade resistant to my knowledge) and for that reason there isn't much information on available colors; I even contacted Caran d'Ache but they didn't reply. Also, in a set of 8 pans I would have preferred something like burnt sienna or burnt umber or whatever (a different blue, green, yellow or purple) to the gray pan that comes with the set, a large one will do as well well, white gouache in a tube. useful for those who do not have white gouache at hand. The opacity of the cuvettes is quite good, although I would say that the colors are somewhere between watercolor and gouache in terms of opacity (they are opaque but not as opaque as the gouache at the top of the tube). Again, the pigment is surprisingly rich and smooth, not at all grainy like homemade gouache (gouache in a tube that's dried and then reconstituted). They are perfect for a sketchbook. I definitely recommend this set.