This 50 dif watercolor set in a very NICE tin "palette" was on sale for close to $10. Is it worth it? Absolutely. Are the watercolors of the highest grade? No but they are still good for making art, using in a watercolor journal, making greeting cards out of watercolor paper. This kit is solid made. The brush that comes with it is a flat brush, not round. I threw mine away. The water barrel brush is a round brush. It works very good for how it was intended. I bought this kit for the metal container. I'll put my own half pans and maybe a couple of full pans in it, with magnetic strips adhered to the bottom to keep them in place. I like this "tin palette". I like how it closes securely, the shape and size. I have cheap but good brushes I can cut a few inches off that will fit right in there. I like the plastic inserts for water and the sponge to additionally dab a brush onto. I may keep that. I was going to simply remove the included watercolor dried paint cakes but they are actually ok enough to play around with, make beautiful art, practice with. The paints, many, don't really blend or mix well, to make really nice alternative blacks, but, for the price, you are still getting decent watercolors to play around with, use to make beautiful art but maybe not the kind you could sell, unless it was maybe watercolor greeting cards. This paint might fade if left out in light, but likely not in a watercolor book or journal for painting or for card making. That's for others to test out and use their better judgment for. The bottom of this tin is flat, unlike MeiLiang, which is why I will not buy that pretty aqua tin palette, even though the paint quality of it is very good, blends nicely, and often more dyes in them... but if I'm going to buy a paint tin, with or without paint included, I want the bottom of it flat so I can use it again with my own colors, otherwise, I'll pass. This is a keeper, just for the container and water barrel round brush. The additional 50 colors of paint, that's a bonus freebie. You might be able to pop them out if patient but they are mostly glued in. No big deal.