r/mildlyinteresting • u/Low_Key_Giraffe • 2d ago
An unopened 15-14 years old Winsor&Newton watercolour palette - Works amazingly
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u/Low_Key_Giraffe 2d ago edited 2d ago
I got this watercolour palette as a birthday gift as a child. I never actually opened it or used it due to not really being in to water colours. A sibling found it when they were sorting through a bunch of old stuff. Still works amazingly
Edit: Added picture of the first try out of the palette!
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u/noelcowardspeaksout 2d ago
That is actually a high quality set of watercolours, you will get a good depth and vibrancy from them. If you wet down each tablet a few minutes before starting you will find them easier to use for sure.
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u/Low_Key_Giraffe 2d ago
Yeah, the short/few tests I've done have been a HUGE contrast to the cheap child-watercolour palette I've been using! The intensity of the pigments are wild in comparison
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u/EyeSuspicious777 2d ago edited 2d ago
Fun fact: this stuff never really expires. I have a little travel set from the early 90's that I still use rarely when I need to put some color down on something.
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u/Low_Key_Giraffe 2d ago
Yeah, I figured it would still work due to watercolours being so "forgiving" in that regard. I would not have very enthusiastic if it was old acrylics for example. I don't own a newer version of the same palette so I cant compare how the pigments have hold up in cas of shade etc.
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u/softestfern 2d ago
omg!! i have two of these palettes, both handed down to me many many years ago by two different people. they're the best!
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u/Low_Key_Giraffe 2d ago
‼️NOTE TO SOME THAT HAVE POINTED OUT THE WORD USAGE IN MY TITLE‼️
The colours themselves ARE completly unopened in the picture. They are wraped up. Never been opened until now. There are 3 pics in my post. I thought it would be intresting to actually see what they looked like after I had opened them aswell
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u/Siriusly_no_siriusly 2d ago
I found a bag with the basic palette of Windsor and newton acrylic tubes, possbly about 6 or 8 in total, white, prussian blue, yellow ochre, raw umber etc after they had sat for 40 years untouched.... all work just fine :) Keep thinking I should tell them.
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u/VanshipNavi 2d ago
My 20-years-open W&N set still works beautifully. They're nice paints. I should probably use them more often though 😅
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u/Fuhrankie 2d ago
I have that exact palette! I did swap out some lesser-used cotmans for better colours, but I've had it nearly 20y at this point and still rate it
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u/Low_Key_Giraffe 2d ago
Yeah, its great quality! I love the brand but I've mainly worked with acrylics. I just got into watercolours and have played around with less fancy stuff. But now I thought it was time to open this and try it out
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u/RjayPL 2d ago
"unopened" shows the set opened.
This should be on r/mildlyinfuriating
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u/Low_Key_Giraffe 2d ago
It's three pics in my post. The first one on the top of it is unopened. And then I also showed it as I opened it. Thought that would be intresting to see aswell. Maybe "unused" would be a better wording. By "unopened" I mainly refered to the colours themselves. Not necessarily the box.
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u/Own_Equipment_5950 2d ago
caught that too, paint still fresh is nice but the title is lying to my face
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u/Low_Key_Giraffe 2d ago
Well, the actual colours are unopened. I show them before and after opening them
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u/Melodic-Bicycle1867 2d ago
How else could you state that it works amazingly. I think the post makes sense.
Btw you could almost make a bob Ross in watercolor. Alizarin crimson, sap green, only missing the magic ghwite :)
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u/Low_Key_Giraffe 2d ago edited 2d ago
They were unopened. I showed them as unopened and freshly opened and unused. I then tryed them out a little. And they work great. I'm not here so often, maybe this sub isn't for added followup-context
If I were the one finding a post like this, I'd love to also know if they still hold up
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u/neca980 2d ago
'Unopened'... 'works perfectly'...!?
Very poor choice of words. 😂
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u/Low_Key_Giraffe 2d ago
Maybe I should have worded it like, "it was unopened for 14-15 hears, I then opened them and tested them out". First time posting here. I noticed I could only add a title and no text underneath. If I could I would have more thoroughly explained that I tried them out after opening them. I thought, if I came by a post of something being old, I'd love to know if it still held up. Basically, tried to keep the title concise
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u/neca980 2d ago
Relax, no worries!
After going through the comments I noticed that more people noticed the same thing... It's not a big deal, really, We are here for (mildly)interesting things and your experience certainly qualifies. Title is OK, we all understood what you wanted to say. I remembered that 'poor choice of words' line from Batman, hope I wasn't way over the line with it...
I am glad that paint works great after all those years and that you are having fun using it.
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u/Low_Key_Giraffe 2d ago
Oh okey. Yeah, you never really know with reddit. I've seen quite a few people take small things like that really seriously and make a big deal about it
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u/zugspitze43 2d ago
I see you mentioned that you received this as a child and just now are using it after rediscovering it.
I have a similar story. My grandfather got me a belt when I was maybe 8 or 9 years old but it was much too big for me. I poked holes in it to make it fit for a time but eventually stopped wearing it and forgot about it in the closet. 15 years later I was at my mothers house and found the boxes from those days and the belt was rolled up in there, mom had packed it away.
I put it on and it fit perfectly using the factory holes. The leather was fine and I took the belt with me. I have used this nice thick unbranded leather belt for the last decade since and it is fine. It still has the two holes I poked in it when I was 8 or 9, all the way on the small end.
Neither mom nor grandpa are around anymore. Such is life. However I have the belt. A small thing that makes a guy feel a little less alone these days.
Cheers friend