I borrowed the same set from a friend who needed it back and I missed it. I am a beginning painter of watercolor and the colors are true and have a nice basic range for a beginner. I like pans better than tube paints although I have those as well. This is a good beginner set if you paint out in nature and are familiar with color mixing. I have painted with other media before so I can get most every color I need from this set except good shades of purples when I mix colors. I have not bothered to use the brush although its cute but basically useless. It would probably be better to apply lip gloss or something then to paint with :-)