HONEST REVIEW: TEMU VS. PRIMA WATERCOLOR SETS; ARE THEY DUPES? 

I bought all the Temu sets as they were so inexpensive and they looked beautiful in the ads. They are even more beautiful in person. I'm glad I took a chance and bought them all.

TBH I have no problem with cheap brands copying the colour choices of more expensive brands, those are colours that are popular or genre specific after all, so why wouldn't they target customers who want cheaper but similar colours to learn watercolour painting. They also don't make unrealistic claims about the product.

The metal by the pans is meant to be pinched in so that the pans stay put. Just a tip because i know it can be frustrating when they slide back and forth picking up the pigments

I think the Temu just needs more time to activate. With your first set of comparison, you sprayed them and use them first in the second set you use them second which means they got to sit longer and activate. They both are beautiful colors.

I have been buying Temu and for the price Temu beats the others hands down. I absolutely love the quality. I have been giving it as gifts also and people adore it.

This was a great video- so detailed and informative! I would have loved to see the paints in action on some quality paper!! Thank you :)

This review has inspired me to start painting again and get back to a more peaceful time in my life. I really appreciate this review and congratulate you on your milestone and wish you with all my heart continued success and here’s to another milestone. ❤️❤️❤️

Glue the wrappers on a page and swatch the colors below its correspondent wrapper. That way you will have all the info at hand plus the actual swatches. 😉

Lovely and helpful review, thank you! I appreciate how comprehensive, unbiased and relaxed you are. I have a watercolour sketch book that I use for swatches and I stick the little wrappers down with a swatch of the paint next to it for easy reference. Some of the wrappers have the pigment numbers, lightfastness and opacity information so it is helpful to have that all in one book.

The Prima Currents are a set I love to paint with. Such beautiful colors and pigmented

It was so great to watch this I am all for buying cheaper versions of items! I would love to see the other three sets swatched I have one of them the ocean one and I’d love to see the other ones thanks so much for all your hard work!

I really enjoyed this comparison. U did a great job and answered all my questions. Well done. ❤

Very useful video! Thank you! Yes, I would love to see more comparison videos of Amazon etc watercolors vs Temu watercolors. Just subscribed from Hawaii.

that peacock blue in the skin palette was random, definitely not burnt ochre colour! maybe it got in there by mistake. But it was a pretty blue anyway. You didnt like the yellow/gold in that set but you might be surprised by a neon yellow in watercolour, Kristy Rice uses it to great effect in her floral paintings :) I like the idea of using the stones in the water jar, sounds cool. I just use a regular sponge like your yellow sponge, cut up into four squares and put one in the bottom of each jar. and i use jars i can fit my whole hand into for easy cleaning. Thanks for the vid its nice to see what you are getting before buying :)

Very thorough video, thank you for sharing. and yes I would like to see more like this one.

the peacock and gold are for undertones. And the semiart paper looks better- that prima paper is just cardstock right? I think they are attempting to appeal also to watercolorists and crafters bc they use traditional wc names. When looking at the tins also think of comparing if the edges are rolled or sharp- and lay flat! Cool comparison. Thanks!

Thank you for this very detailed comparison video! 😊

Just found you! I really enjoyed your demo. You were very thorough and true to the colors you were using. Thank you.

RU-vid just introduced you, and I’m so glad! Not many videos have demoed the temu paints. This has been very helpful(and entertaining 👏🏼) I subscribed, and will be watching the rest. It would be helpful if they had given us info about lightfastness. Still engaging and helpful. 🙏🖖🤭

I love TEMU...I have had 100% success with every order...watercolor is a new medium for me and while I'm learning I won't spend a lot of money on products until my skill level dictates..thanks for not bad mouthing them...I may pick a few of these sets up...

I love prima, and I was curious about the Temu sets. Thanks for the video!

Thank you for sharing. I really enjoyed this video. I wonder how the Temu colors blend with each other in an actual painting. Csnt wait to see your thoughts on that. 😊

This is very helpful....Temu has been hit or miss for me with metallic watercolor sets, but I have learned to avoid a certain "slick" look to the paints as it indicates a less pigmented product. I really appreciate your work on this! I am going to purchase two of those sets.

Thank you for the review! If you use the Temu paints in a painting, can you share your thoughts? I would be interested in how they flow and blossom...are they chalky, etc.

I liked this review a lot. You gave great choice to the viewer I guess. I hope you keep up these great reviews. Very relaxed to watch and listen to, maybe it's the voice ;-)

I Enjoyed your review. Thank you!

thanks a lot for your tips and time you take to share or compare water colors , Vey useful video.

Very helpful!! Thank you so much ❤

Fantastic review!! Great job. I totally enjoyed. Have you considered testing acrylic paints. Not sure that is necessary but might be a difference in pigment levels.

This was a very very well thought out review. However, I am only beginning my journey into watercolor painting. I thought watching this would be a huge help but I kept getting confused because the names were similar. I had to roll back the video to determine what name was with which brand. I kind of zoned out after a while tbh...sorry. maybe consider putting the brand name at the top on each side would have helped. In any case I will watch more videos your voice and presentation style keeps me interested. I have not looked on playlists but do you have a video with information about your background? You had to have been a teacher. Looking forward to more video. Congratulations on the 1000. Hope you hit 10,000.before years end!

One last thing that would be helpful: expose the sample papers to a few weeks (months?) in bright sun; that will give you a better sense of the pigment quality.

I peel the name off the wrapper and use it to label swatches

Great job. More Temu swatches would be appreciated.

I have a watercolor notebook where l glue the paper numbers of the watercolors underneath the paint swatches. It helps to keep all my watercolor swatches organized .

Great review! I bought the Seami Art Ocean and Forest colors about 8 or so months ago from Temu. The packaging is much different, though. Mine is a square, flimsy styrene tray. And it didn't come with a swatch card, so I made my own. The colors look exactly the same, though! It's a nice palette - I love greens and blues. I forget I have it! I need to use it more because the greens would look lovely in the foliage for the floral paintings I love to do.

Oh yes pls swatch more!! ❤

Thank you for sharing the pros and cons. But I would suggest in future to put the Tume colors into like order with the higher end paint that way we could see colors side by side. Was will you would know the color Tume brand it inmating.

CC merci pour ces tests

Thank You!!!

Thank you for this comparison video. The SeamiArt prices have increased on TEMU and some pallets are no longer available. When comparing a price of $17.00 to the Prima Watercolor Confections, I think it maybe better to go with the latter. "T's World Of Adult Coloring" swatched the watercolors as well. Her SeamiArt Skin Tones pan did not have the peacock color, so I think that is TEMU's mistake. The Vintage Pastel pallet seemed inconsistent, IMO. Although the colors are the same, their intensity varies between your swatch and T's World Of Adult Coloring's. For example, the third color (blue) of the SeamiArt Vintage Pastel's is so light on T's swatch that it's difficult to see any color. Your swatch has a great deal more pigment. She tried adding more paint but the color saturation did not improve.

Love your comparison's. Himi gouache vs one from Temu would be nice.

Great video....loved posting the prices at the end. Cost does matter. I have a lot of problems when ordering on Temu. I have received the wrong size paper, (smaller than I paid for), not the correct brushes. I did try two times with Temu but not so sure I trust them anymore.

good job thank you xx. Yes please if you swatch the others

I am thoroughly confused as I bought the Morandi and Ocean and Forest sets from an American website last year. And they had those exact names. I’ve been using them and I like them. Maybe Temu got a hold of the stock. I’m trying to remember the name of the company, The Artist Life with a picture of an owl.

I would love to see the testing on the palettes you laid out. I was looking at them on temu.

I think you could have done a drawing with each palette to compare how they really behave. Only swatching is not enough. Could you do it in a different video, please?

Swatch all of them please. Really good info to have.

The dededepraise brand from Temu is closer to the Prima as far as pigmentation and texture.

the temu items have been discontinued. i was just looking for them. i found them at ali express.

Prima does have pigment information on card but I assume the Temu do not have pigment information... or lightfastness

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Hello! I happen to own the seamiart (temu) complexion set. I think they gave you the wrong color as that’s definitely not burnt ochre. It’s supposed to be a warm mid toned brown 😢 but otherwise it’s a great set to practice with.

I understand why people would buy from Temu...they're soooo cheap and a lot of the cheap stuff works ok or well enough. Early on, I ordered a few things from them too. But everyone just needs to fully understand WHY they're as cheap as they are: Someone at the other end of the line is being paid a pittance to churn out all the cheap crap that we Americans love to buy from them and someone or a small biz somewhere else , that's not in China, is (unfairly) losing the profit that they would otherwise get. And it's not just Temu, there are others direct from China sellers who sell questionably produced goods. And because it's China, it is often very difficult to confirm their safety & labor practices. I understand that even Amazon buys and sells from "direct from China" sellers who are not (or cannot be confirmed) that they are abiding by fair labor and safety practices, but they supposedly say they're not. Temu is reportedly the worst of the "direct from China" sellers. It's your business where you buy from, but we all need to be aware of who we're buying from.

Great. Off to Temu I go. Again…

I placed my first temu order today but I ended up getting two of the travel empty woooded pallets cuz I've already got watercolors in a metal tin that I bought from Amazon wall back and I love prima's items with their really pricey and I will not buy from them.

Nice video. I have not heard them referred to as “cakes”. I have heard them referred as “half pans” No big deal just never heard this before.

Are either brand chalky?

Please swatch the Vintage....THanks. From Philippines

Both sets look more like gouache than watercolour…there is not a lot of transparency in either. Watercolours aren’t meant to be opaque

Both Seami & Prima are made by the same Korean manufacturer. Becca Hillburn has done videos in both. I don't remember if it's Mungyo or Paul Rubens.