Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor, 14ml Tube, French Ultramarine

I’ve gone through the full watercolor journey — starting with budget paints, moving into student-grade brands, experimenting with several professional lines, and eventually settling on Winsor & Newton as my primary paint. This color is a perfect example of why. The pigment strength and transparency are on a completely different level compared to lower-grade paints. You get clean, luminous washes without the chalkiness or muddy mixing that I struggled with earlier in my learning process. A little goes a long way, so even though professional paint costs more upfront, it actually lasts longer for me. This particular color has beautiful depth and versatility. It mixes easily, layers well, and creates rich warm tones that are hard to replicate with cheaper alternatives. If you’re still using student paints and wondering whether professional watercolor is worth it — yes. There is a noticeable difference in performance, control, and final results. Winsor & Newton has become my go-to brand, and I keep coming back to it even after trying others.

If you have never had the chance to use/get a look at this color. Please do. It's such a beautiful shade of blue, reminds me of summer time and water. Grabbed this big tube on a sale! Let me tell you a little does go a very long way. I tend to use these paints fresh out of the tube but they do keep nicely in self made pallets. When dried it only takes a few dabs of a wet brush or spray of water and the paint is back to vibrant life. Magic! Ahhhh I seriously love this color. In my experience the pigment is very vibrant, bold, smooth, and can help achieve different values in your color theory. I'd highly recommend the Opera Rose from this brand as well. Seriously you can't go wrong with this and that one paired. The tubes themselves are always filled to the brim so you are getting your value for your money thankfully, expcally in this economy lately. The seal tends to be on tight when they ship them so you don't have to worry about loose paint. Explodes paint however... That's a different story. Luckly there was no paint harmed on the way to my house. :) They did great with packaging and shipping. I'm also happy to say that they still perform as they always had. Buttery smooth and won't get in the way of your experience in expressing your art. No muddy pigment, clumps, binder separating, or anything along those lines. If you're into watercolors that stuff makes a difference as you learn and play with brands and time progresses. I've not found any issues with this brands professional sets of watercolors like this one. In my personal experience these are worth the extra saving up to get over the Cotmen set. The beginner watercolor set from W&N wasn't the most fun experience. It left me feeling frustrated and bad at art with the quality of the beginner set and the pigment wasn't bright enough for me. That's the best advice to give other than buying Big tubes on sale is the best value for your money guys, grab em you won't regret it. 10/10

Not sure how I painted so long before discovering Indigo by Windsor & Newton. It is a beautiful color and a super-great brand. Artists tend to overdose on something new and this is no exception. Highly recommended.

Great color.

W&N Pro watercolors have been the best Paints I have used. I have tried several and these are my favorite. The pigment load is pretty dense and the ways these colors interact with water and explode on the paper is very pleasing. These are my favorite for wet on wet painting. the Payne's Gray in particular is my go to color for painting night skies. While the Payne's Gray made by other brands tend to be closer to a true gray, W&N Paynes gray is more of a dark Blue/Black color closer to what other brands might call Indigo. I included a painting of a night scene where I used The Paynes Gray as the primary color of the night sky as an example.

Professional quality paint at a reasonable price!

Beautiful color for painting!

Love love love, I had no problem with the packaging no leakage. This is my all-time favorite company. I always get my paints from here. They last me so long, especially the big products.

Good paint, but the packaging was very poor.

Belle couleur, peu pigmentée

I'm so pleased I changed to using artists colours a much better effect than student paints!

The quality of this paint is Winsor & Newtons consistent best. It arrived quickly in 2 1/2 weeks.

Stunning pale blue watercolour, ideal for winter skies. Arrived on the first date of the range given. Care taken to protect a delicate product in the post and no more expensive than where I usually purchase supplies from (they were out of stock).