Golden Artist Colors QoR Modern Watercolor Sets

Made by the company that revolutionised artist grade acrylic paints, Golden's QoR Watercolor is different from the rest as it is using clear Aquazol binder by Dow Chemicals. The results, bright and clear watercolor paintings as opposed to traditional watercolor paints with gum arabic as the binder.

Modern Watercolors. The unique formulation of QoR Watercolors accentuates the luminosity and brilliance of pigments even after drying. QoR provides the subtlety, transparency and flow of a great watercolor, with colors that have as much vibrancy and fire as the best acrylic or oil paint.
  Golden Artist Colors QoR Modern Watercolor Introductory Sets (available in 6, 12, or 24-color 5ml tube sets) feature professional-grade paints formulated with a unique Aquazol binder instead of gum arabic. This binder allows for exceptional color intensity, vibrant, high-chroma, and superior flow, offering greater pigment density and rewetting capabilities, often described as having the vibrancy of acrylics. 

Key Features of QoR Introductory Sets:
Aquazol Binder: Creates more intense and vibrant colors, resists yellowing, and allows for excellent, smooth, and vibrant color flows. 

High Intensity: Provides immense pigment density and depth, allowing for clean mixing and vibrant color, with many colors remaining brilliant even when dry. 

Includes Tin Palette: Sets come in a metal tin, with the lid serving as a mixing palette, ideal for urban sketching and plein air painting. 
Set Variations: 
6-Color Sets: Available as a standard set (featuring colors like Indian Yellow, Cerulean Blue Chromium, Ultramarine Blue, Pyrrole Red Light, Permanent Alizarin Crimson, and Burnt Sienna) or a high-chroma set.
12-Color Set: A popular, balanced selection for a broad range of color mixing, often including primary, earth, and specialized colors.
24-Color Set: Includes a comprehensive, balanced range of colors for extensive mixing. QoR (pronounced "core") is, as reported by, an abbreviation for "Quality of Results," which refers to the superior color intensity and flow. These sets offer a great entry point into high-quality painting, with many colors being single-pigment.