Speedball Water-Soluble Block Printing Ink Starter Set, 6 Bold Colors with Satin Finish, 1.25-Ounce Tubes

I have tried multiple times to like this product, and always come away disappointed. The colors available are very limited and some of them, like the yellow, appear to have white in them, so the colors produced when mixed are not as clean as I would like. These are fine for kids or beginner printmakers, but I would not recommend them for more experienced or serious artists. They do dry quickly, which is an advantage in some cases, but the downside is that the ink gets gummy fairly quickly. You can add retarder which does seem to help. Most water-based inks say water soluble and have oil in the ink. This makes the colors richer but you can still clean up with water. The Speedball inks are truly water-based and dont have any oil. So that might be an advantage to some. If you are picky about your colors and like to mix them, I would not recommend this product.

Good paints for a starter kit. But the bottles are very small and wont last long

Good

I liked the fact it was a cheap set of inks to experiment with.. However the picture shows the blue as ultramarine in hue.. but not... more like cerileum or a lighter blue. I think ultramarine would be a good addition to this set

Great inks

Nice little starter set. I was able to use this kit with a class or twenty students. It was easy to use and enough for everyone

A good starter set for block printing - I had been using leftover screen printing ink, and wondered what the difference was - this proper block printing ink drys a lot slower, allowing you to squeeze just what you need onto your glass for each pull and keeping the brayer from clogging or drying out too quickly. When I decide what colors I want my prints to be, I will buy larger tubes of each.

Good pigmentation. Wish I could have found a set that included the extender

So how do I go about contacting someone to get my 6th color. My set only came with 5 colors, I am missing the gold color.

This ink is fantastic, my only complaint is that its so expensive and doesnt last very long if you make a lot of prints like I do. Ive tried the cheaper inks on Amazon and they were horrible. I gotta say these are vastly superior inks that give a truly beautiful result. I block print and rubber stamp print on paper and fabric and these work very well. I also use the speedball metallics which are amazing mixed with these to make shimmery colors. I also mix them a lot and layer them to make different effects and it comes out great. It just takes a bit of experimentation! The photo shows The result of one such experiment.