The initiate's portal to watercolour painting. When we renewed our Maimeri watercolours, we decided to maintain one line offering the best quality to price ratio in a range of colours all offered at one single price. The result is Venezia: a range of 36 colours which are all maximum lightfast and can all be intermixed together. In coming up with the new palette and choosing pigments, Maimeri removed all cadmium and cobalt based colours and reduced chrome content to a minimum in order to eliminate toxins andheavy metals, offering a final answer to the problem of environmental impact, both in the usage and in the production of this product. Research continues all over the world, and the relationship between paint and the environment continues to improve, on the basis of a new awareness that Maimeri has made more than a goal, but an ongoing commitment. In Venezia watercolours pigment concentrations are determined in each individual colour in order to obtain a highly harmonious palette of soft shades reminiscentof the colours of the city they are named after.