MozArt Komorebi Metallic Watercolor Paint Set – 6 Shimmer Colors Kit

I already owned the Kuretake "Starry Colors" set when I ordered this one...and honestly only ordered this Komorebi set because I caught it on sale and because it has a broader range of colors than the name brand set I already own and love. I didn't have very high expectations from what I judged to be perhaps a generic knock-off product. Actually, these paints are very very similar to the name brand product. They are full pans!! Pans are removable from the cardboard packaging if you want to put them into your own palette box. The paints themselves perform almost identically to the Kuretake paints. There is one gold in the Kuretake that is just hands down the best, most vivid and beautiful metallic watercolor gold out of the 2 dozen or so competitors I have personally tried, and it might be worth it to buy that set just for that particular paint; however, that set only contains 5 shades of gold and one white. If you are ok with just gold and white, the Kuretake paints are slightly better quality, but the differences are almost negligible. The Komorebi paints, which I am reviewing do contain a good gold, and have a much better range of metallic colors (not limited to just gold). So bottom line, if you want a superb set with several various metallic colors, then definitely buy this set. You won't be disappointed. These are much better than any store brand or any other generic watercolor paint I have tried. The paints lay down smooth, not clumpy nor chalky. They're exactly as they should be, and really amazing quality and amount of paint for this price!! These are actually better quality than some name brand metallics that cost more, but difficult to really compare sets with dozens of colors to this one that only has 6. This is a very budget friendly set, especially considering that they are full pan sized paints. They're very versatile in how you can use them: watercolor painting--obviously--but also can use them to apply truly brilliant effects in coloring book images that you can't get with metallic pencils. These can also be splattered onto mixed media, home made cards, or scrapbook layouts etc to give a unique, abstract shimmering accent.

Metallic Set - I LOVE these paints. The metallics are super shiny and rich, with excellent coverage (not much paper background can be seen under the paints if you apply a fair amount of paint and water. Easy to use -- they wet pretty fast; I spritz them ahead of time with a mister, then just plop a wet brush in one of the pans and you're good to go. I've been using these non-stop since getting them. See photos for how well they show up on both white backgrounds and black. I love the copper especially; hoping MozArt will introduce more metallic colors. The Neon Set - Very creamy and pigmented application. The most fluorescent colors are the yellow, red and pink. I also mixed the neons and they made very pretty pastel colors (see photos). My only regret is that I didn't buy the entire Komorebi set with additional colors, that includes the neons, metallics and other colors. I might just buy the larger set at some point. These are so fun to work with!

In love with these paints. I bought these because I love metallics and have a hard time finding good ones for use in illustration and watercolor, however these are great. I love the range of colors, as most are only gold variants, but the rose gold/copper was such a nice change. I definitely wouldn't say these are a beginner paint in terms of ease of use. You do have to let water sit in the pans for a while to get the pay off that you want, similarly to other brands like Kuretake paints. As with Kuretake paints, they aren't exactly professional quality either, not because the pigment payoff isn't good, but because these types of paints aren't really watercolors because of the mediums that suspends the pigment. They tend to use different binders than typical watercolors, some of which can be animal products, so you'll want to do your research before using these if you are concerned about that. Lightfastness and acidity is another concern for the life of your artwork. However, many professional use these kinds of paints anyways. The longevity isn't always a big issue for artists, so if you want to try these out because you think they'll be cool, I definitely recommend it!

I wanted to try out gold in order to accent some of my art and ended buying these since they were amazon's choice for metallic watercolors. They look beautiful! The only issue I can see is that the rose gold and light gold are less opaque than the other colors when painted on black. In the swatches, I used 2 layers for rose gold and light gold but you can still see the black underneath the light gold. Even though these are watercolors, the best way to get these colors to look nice and opaque is to put a few drops of water in the pans and let it sit for a minute, they should be a creamy consistency for best results I think. Overall, these are really nice I like them and would recommend them. If you plan on using these on top of black you will probably have to put at least two layers. I think if they come out with another metallic/shimmery set with colors like blue, green, red, and purple I'd buy it.

The watercolors were easy to activate but it's important to not use too much water. If applied fairly concentrated, the watercolors are fairly opaque. I reccomend to put a little water in and let the watercolors soak in the water for a few minutes. They don't work the best by themselves. It may be my personal opinion, but they work better as accents over regular watercolors. I do want to mention they have a slight chemical like smell but it's not very strong. I've attached some swatches that I made of each color. The light gold seemed very silver like with a yellow undertone. The copper seemed slightly less smooth than the rest but not significantly. The pans are a tad shallow. They dont look like extruded watercolors so I was not expecting them to be brimming watercolor but I was hoping for more. The height and width is probably a little bigger than a regular full pan. However, I still find these good value for their price. These are significantly cheaper than finetec, a more popular and expensive metallic watercolor brand. I bought this for about $9 for six color will finetec usually goes around six colors for $25. Personally, I have not used the finetec brand but am very satisfied with these Mozart ones . I would definitely reccomend this, especially as a gift since it's sort of a specialty item.

I mainly use water colours when doing traditional art, so I’ve tried pretty hard to find actually good metallic paints, but these colours pass the mark !!! They blend well, you can mix them with other colours to create coloured shimmers, and it’s easy to get different opacities by adding more water just like with regular pigments. I 100% recommend these, I was genuinely distraught when I noticed I’d lost my pallet and immediately ordered a new one. The one I had precisely I bought years ago and almost all the pans were still full so they definitely last a good while !! I also love that the tins are removable so it’s easy to make sure the colours aren’t mixing and getting messy !

The colors are fantastic. creamy, and we'll be using these a lot. Coverage is wonderful too.

Very nice metallic watercolor set. I don't have a whole lot of times that I want to have a metallic watercolor set (mainly just Christmas time) so I didn't want to spend much on one. I selected this one for the colors and price. First, the colors are exactly what I hoped they would be from the pictures. They wet nicely and paint well. I am very pleased with how they paint. The price was very good, too. The only complaint that I could possibly come up with is that the pans aren't filled deeply. There is not a great deal of paint in them, but again for my purposes and the price I was fine with this. I noticed when looking for a set like this one that many products had complaints of chemical odors. I didn't find this product to have an odor at all so I was also pleased to find that. I would definitely recommend this product to other water colorists who appreciate a good value.

Lovely delicate sheen to these watercolours used on embossed card stock the magic happened when i wiped the paint brush on paper kitchen towel and achieved a lovely result with autumn colours this can now be cut with a leaf shape metal die to use on my hand made cards.A very happy customer!

Great product. Great value for money. The colours shimmer and shine beautifully.

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I love this product. Cons: The box is a little flimsy in cardboard and a plastic lid. The pans fall out easily. The paint looks a bit more streaky with larger areas on hot press paper. Pros: Paint is super duper shiny and bright. It looks really nice and opaque when held up towards the sun and light is reflected off of the paint. Feels very creamy and easy to rewet. Can do opaque and bright small details with this over dark paper or dark watercolour. These metallic watercolour mix beautifully with normal watercolour or with each other to create a variety of nice metallic shades.