A hinged metal tin, 20 cm by 17 cm, that opens into two full trays of solid pigment pans. The carton carries a watercolour fox across the front, prints WATER COLOR SET and 90 COLORS, and breaks the count into three flashes down the side: 50 BASIC, 36 SHIMMER, 4 NEON. Two refillable water brushes sit in slots along the top tray, and the tin closes on a clasp.

Ninety colours for Rs. 3,500 is Rs. 38.89 a colour, and nothing else on this shelf comes near it. Our Deli EC10-21 cake set is Rs. 75.24 a colour, our Koi 24 sketch box Rs. 162.50 and our Daler-Rowney Aquafine Studio Set Rs. 337.50. Whatever else is true of this tin, it is the most colour per rupee we sell.

The thirty-six shimmers are the part worth understanding, because they are the part you cannot substitute. A shimmer carries mica through the binder, so it flashes when the light moves across the dried wash. You cannot mix that. Fifty basic colours can be blended into most shades you need; the shimmers and the four neons are thirty-nine effects that simply are not available from the other fifty, whatever you do with them.

Solid pigment is the format rather than pans or tubes: each colour is pressed into its own well and lifted with a wet brush, so nothing dries out between sessions and nothing leaks in a bag. Two water brushes come in the tin, which means the whole kit — colour, brush and water — travels as one closed box.

Be clear about what this is for. It is a wide, cheerful, effects-heavy set for lettering, journalling, card-making and the kind of painting where a metallic edge is the point. It is not a substitute for an artist's transparent watercolour, and we would not sell it as one; our Aquafine and Cotman sets are on the shelf for that.

We list this tin from 8 years up. The Safencia price is Rs. 3,500 with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan, and stock, your city and delivery charges are confirmed on WhatsApp before dispatch.

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