I LOVE these watercolors. I had the smaller w&n travel set, but wanted badly to add some other greens and blues. This set it wonderful. Not as small, but the colors are great. The pigment is so saturated only a few swipes on my palette and I've got a good, deep pool of color. (A palette tip: use egg holders for palettes, like the kind to hold devilled eggs, there are 20 spaces on each of the 2 plates I got for about $10.) I'm able to lay out a lot of colors and let them dry between painting sessions. Just add water later and stir a little. These paints are wonderful.  I prefer pans to tubes and I seriously love these.