Paul Rubens 5th Generation Watercolor Set (Youlan Series) – Artist Selection Kit 12 Half Pans

• Ultra-Pigmented, High-Purity Formula: Developed with advanced milling technology, this new generation features an exceptionally concentrated pigment load. The texture is buttery, and the colours offer homogeneous and fluid dispersion and blooming (natural diffusion) effects.
• Clean Colours and Perfect Blends: Formulated predominantly with pure, single pigments. This ensures that your mixes remain luminous and vibrant, preventing colours from becoming dull or muddy.
• Instant Activation: Thanks to the use of superior quality extra-fine gum arabic as a binder, the dry pans reactivate instantly with the slightest touch of a wet brush.
• Maximum Lightfastness: Each pan is individually packaged with clear information on pigment code, transparency level, and lightfastness rating (mostly between 4 to 5 stars), ensuring your art stands the test of time.
• Premium Luxury Presentation: The set comes protected in an elegant reinforced cardboard box and includes a highly resistant enamelled metal case, wrapped in an exquisite velvet microfibre cloth. Perfect for painting in the studio or on the go.

• 📦 Metallic Travel Case: A lightweight, elegant, and highly resistant case, equipped with a fixing ring at the base for comfortable outdoor painting (plein air).
• 🎨 Integrated Mixing Palette: The case lid folds out into a functional and extremely easy-to-clean mixing area.
• 🔲 Removable and Interchangeable Pans: Each colour comes in an independent mini-pan that can be rearranged or replaced according to your working preference.

🟡 A215 Lemon Yellow: A cool, crystalline, and very luminous yellow, ideal for vibrant green mixes and pure light effects.

🟡 C224 Cadmium Yellow Light: A rich, medium-toned, semi-opaque yellow, with excellent covering power and controlled opacity.

🔴 C349 Cadmium Red Light: A classic, warm, orangey-red, intensely pigmented and with great visual impact.

🌸 B353 Quinacridone Rose: A vibrant and perfectly transparent pink, essential for portraits, flowers, and mixing clean purples.

🟣 B476 Dioxazine Violet: A deep, highly saturated secondary violet with immense tinting power for dramatic shadows.

🔵 B494 French Blue: A rich, deep ultramarine blue, famous for its stunning organic granulation texture.

🔵 A492 Berlin Blue: A dark, dense blue (a variant of Prussian Blue), excellent for creating deep, cool atmospheres.

🟢 A519 Oriental Green: A modern, transparent emerald green, ideal for landscapes, water, and complex botanical effects.

🟢 B534 Olive Green Dark: A deep, closed military-toned organic green, perfect for vegetation shadows and realistic foliage.

🟤 A649 Venetian Red: A warm, reddish natural earth, crucial for underlayers and classic earth tones.

🟤 A663 Brown Umber: A dark, neutral brown, which elegantly replaces traditional grays in the modern palette.

⚫ A780 Ivory Black: A dark, dense, velvety neutral, perfect for creating contrasts and gently darkening hues.

Paul Rubens Lightfastness Rating System for 5th Generation (Youlan) Watercolours:

★★★★★ (5 Stars / Excellent): Museum and archival quality colours. Will not fade for more than 100 years under normal indoor lighting conditions. 

★★★★ (4 Stars / Very Good): Highly reliable artist-grade colours. Resistant to colour change or fading for 50 to 100 years. 

• Art Students and Enthusiasts: Who are looking for quality fine art materials without compromising on budget.
• Professionals: Who demand rigorous pigmentation, excellent fluidity, and high lightfastness for commercial or gallery work.

• Brand: Paul Rubens
• Generation: 5th Generation (Artist-Grade / Youlan Series)
• Kit Contents: Metal Case + 12 Professional Watercolour Half Pans
• Binder: Premium Natural Gum Arabic
• Recommended Use: Illustration, botanical watercolor, landscapes, travel sketches (plein air) and wet-on-wet techniques.