Over the course of a year, I tested everything from craft paints to artist-grade acrylics to find what truly works for paint by number—and why we ultimately chose Golden Fluid Acrylics and hand-mixed every color in-house.

What paint-by-number customers complain about most—and why quality, not price, is what truly matters.

A closer look at the materials and process behind a paint-by-number kit—because how it’s made matters.