Daler-Rowney System3 acrylic paint sets

Daler-Rowney System3 Original is a soft-body, water-based acrylic for painted studies, colour mixing and larger paintings. Use the paint straight from the tube or thin it with water. Apply to paper, canvas or wood, trying the handling first on a piece of your chosen surface.

Which set suits your work?

• Studio set, 10 × 37 ml: ten colours, 370 ml of paint in total, plus one System3 acrylic brush. Choose it for more paint per colour.
• 6 × 22 ml: six colours, 132 ml in total. A manageable palette for mixing your own shades; no brush included.
• 10 × 22 ml: ten colours, 220 ml in total. The same listed colour selection as the studio set, in smaller tubes; no brush included.

The six-colour set contains Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Cadmium Red Hue, Ultramarine, Emerald and Burnt Umber. The ten-colour sets add Lemon Yellow, Crimson, Yellow Ochre and Mars Black. Precise contents may vary between packs. Palette and painting surface are needed separately. The volumes above are total paint contents.

Try coverage and layering

Make a light and a dark line on your chosen surface. Brush one colour in a thin stripe across both, then make a neighbouring stripe with a little water added. Let both dry and compare how much of the lines remains visible. Repeat with another colour and note the colour, dilution and surface: coverage varies by colour.

System3 dries quickly to a water-resistant paint film. Let a layer dry before adding a second colour over it, or work wet into wet while the paint remains open. Dried paint does not redissolve with water like watercolour. Add water gradually; a suitable System3 acrylic medium can change the handling further.

Close tubes after use and clean brushes before paint dries into them. Wipe off excess paint first and collect paint waste. Choose materials for your next painting from our acrylic paints in different consistencies.

Safe use

For the studio set and the 10 × 22 ml set: contains a biocidal product, BIT. May produce an allergic reaction. Warning! Hazardous respirable droplets may be formed when sprayed. Do not breathe spray or mist. Follow the label on your pack. Safety data sheet available on request (EUH210).