12 Colors of Inspiration HAND POURED Watercolor Half Pan Set in a Metal Box is filled with beautiful DANIEL SMITH Watercolors. Artists are excited by color and find themselves inspired by new, juicy colors which is exactly what our 12 Colors of Inspiration in a Metal Box is designed to do!

Nine of these colors are unique to DANIEL SMITH (2 are PrimaTeks made from minerals!) and the remaining 3 complete the set for mixing.  Beautiful and reliable color is why DANIEL SMITH Watercolors have become the favorites of so many artists world wide. 

As a BONUS, there are 12 empty half pans ready for filling with your favorite DANIEL SMITH Watercolors to customize your Metal Box.

Inside are 12 DANIEL SMITH Watercolors Hand Poured into half pans which are removable and refillable, and the BONUS 12 empty half pans ready for filling with your favorite watercolors.

Opening the Metal Box reveals 4 large paint mixing wells in the lid, the fold out section has 8 smaller wells.  The middle half pan holder section is removable and beneath it are 7 more mixing wells for a total of 19. The inside is painted with a white enamel for easy clean up with a soft cloth or paper towel. There is space between the 2 rows of half pans to keep a small brush (brush not included).  For convenient painting, there is a finger ring underneath that allows for securing the Metal Box to the palm of your hand while painting so you don’t have to grip the Metal Box.

Included with the set is a waterproof acetate map of the colors, their properties and location in the box.

The 12 DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolors in the set are:  ( * indicates colors unique to DANIEL SMITH.)

• Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue
• Quinacridone Rose
• Wisteria *
• Rose of Ultramarine *
• Moonglow *
• Shadow Violet *
• Phthalo Blue (GS)
• Lavender *
• Cascade Green *
• Serpentine Genuine * (PrimaTek Watercolor)
• Green Apatite Genuine * (PrimaTek Watercolor)
• Quinacridone Gold *  

Following in the DANIEL SMITH tradition of manufacturing the finest handcrafted paints and products, our pans are HAND POURED. 

Hand Pouring pans is incredibly labor intensive but offers the purest form of professional watercolor half pans. 

• DANIEL SMITH uses the exact same formula for both tube and hand poured pan colors!
• Rewets quickly and easily! A major benefit of painting with DANIEL SMITH pans is there is NO need to spray the color with water before use, simply touch the color with a damp brush and begin painting.
• Professional Artist Quality
• Finest pigments
• Highest pigment load
• Consistency of color
• Exceptional lightfast pigments
• Portable and easy to use. Perfect for travel, plein air, urban sketching & unique color combinations.