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Gouache paint mixes with water like watercolour but dries to a flat, matte layer you can't see through, which is why illustrators and designers use it for solid colour.
We sell gouache in sets, because a few good colours blend into almost any shade you need: Daler-Rowney Simply sets for getting started, and a Winsor & Newton Designers Gouache primary set of six tubes. A 37ml Designers permanent white sits alongside them for lightening mixes.
Opacity. Watercolour is transparent, so the paper shows through and you work from light to dark. Gouache covers what's underneath, so you can paint light colours over dark ones.
No. Acrylic is waterproof once dry. Gouache stays water-soluble, so a wet brush will lift it again. That makes mistakes easy to correct, but use a light touch when you layer.
Yes, that's what the sets are for. Mix the primaries for greens, oranges and purples, then add permanent white to lighten a colour and make it more opaque.
Any paper that takes watercolour will work. Heavier watercolour paper stays flatter under several layers.