<p>After you add water to the pans you should agitate it a bit with the brush to get more color into suspension. There is no time delay, it is just a matter of how much pigment gets mixed with the water before you apply it to paper.</p>

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BTW - what probably happened here is that Scmincke makes more pigment saturated watercolor (pans) than W&N.
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<p>Just got a Winsor &amp; Newton watercolor set, i made a color table to test the colors. I spay the color with water as i do with schmincke ( horadam ) pans but when I tested the color was all so light, kind of the difference between student and professional color, so i double check the paper of the pans and it say Professional.</p>

<p>Do new pans need a lot of time before first activation?</p>

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How long should I wait for watercolor pan activation?
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# How long should I wait for watercolor pan activation?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-06-06)

Just got a Winsor & Newton watercolor set, i made a color table to test the colors. I spay the color with water as i do with schmincke ( horadam ) pans but when I tested the color was all so light, kind of the difference between student and professional color, so i double check the paper of the pans and it say Professional.

Do new pans need a lot of time before first activation?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-08-16. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

After you add water to the pans you should agitate it a bit with the brush to get more color into suspension. There is no time delay, it is just a matter of how much pigment gets mixed with the water before you apply it to paper.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: BTW - what probably happened here is that Scmincke makes more pigment saturated watercolor (pans) than W&N.  

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