Since I was quite pleased with the performance of the
Mitsubishi Uni Watercolor Series 2 watercolor pencils set, it was a fairly easy decision to also pick up the
series 3 set while it was still listed under the
Jet Pens clearance section.
Naturally the main comments and review of the set components from the original
post still apply. Thus, I was mainly curious to verify if this
Uni-ball watercolor pencil assortment also matched the
Faber Castell watercolor pencil range.
Using their names and the last two digits of the numerical color codes, I quickly found their matching pencils among my full set of
Faber Castell Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils.
Dry comparison color chart prior to wetting color swatches with a wet sable brush.
The similarly numbered
Uni Watercolor pencils and the
Faber Castell Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils were a perfect match wet and dried, so I am fairly certain that the latter manufactured both sets. The dry marks readily dissolved with a water loaded sable brush seamlessly blending into each other without any color changes from mixing the two
watercolor pencil brands. The
Mitsubishi Uni Watercolor Series 3 boxed set is a nicely compact and efficient field kit with a color palette suitable for sketching natural landscapes and floral postcards.
Since I was quite pleased with the performance of the Mitsubishi Uni Watercolor Series 2 watercolor pencils set, it was a fairly easy decision to also pick up the series 3 set while it was still listed under the Jet Pens clearance section.
Naturally the main comments and review of the set components from the original post still apply. Thus, I was mainly curious to verify if this Uni-ball watercolor pencil assortment also matched the Faber Castell watercolor pencil range.
Using their names and the last two digits of the numerical color codes, I quickly found their matching pencils among my full set of Faber Castell Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils.
Dry comparison color chart prior to wetting color swatches with a wet sable brush.
The similarly numbered Uni Watercolor pencils and the Faber Castell Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils were a perfect match wet and dried, so I am fairly certain that the latter manufactured both sets. The dry marks readily dissolved with a water loaded sable brush seamlessly blending into each other without any color changes from mixing the two watercolor pencil brands. The Mitsubishi Uni Watercolor Series 3 boxed set is a nicely compact and efficient field kit with a color palette suitable for sketching natural landscapes and floral postcards.
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I am just doing my own review of the series 3, and discovered in the match up page between the MU and Durer, we may have one different colour. You seem to have blue violet in the set, while I have burnt ochre (3 ochres in all).
I do have blue violet, however, in the series 2.
Strange?
Ontheroad, I also thought it was a bit odd until I went back and checked the backs of their resealable plastic bags where Uni lists the color codes for each pencil in each set. They are just switched: #887 Burnt Ochre belongs to set 2 while #837 Blue Violet belongs to set 3.
That makes good sense as the 3 was overloaded with ochre.
Many thanks!
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