Watercolour Palette

A watercolour palette with wells for half or full pans, round mixing wells, a thumb hole to hold it by, and a push-on lid with your name.

Customise it in your browser, then download a print-ready STL, or a multi-colour 3MF. No CAD skills needed.

About the Watercolour Palette

A palette for watercolour pans: a grid of wells that half pans or full pans press into, round mixing wells along the front, a thumb hole for holding it while you paint, and a lid that pushes on over it with your name. Choose how many pans across and how many rows.

Watercolour Palette: a customisable 3D print, shown at its starting settings

What you can change

Type your own name on the lid.
Font: 29 to choose from, from script to stencil.
Pans: half pans and full pans.
Pick the palette and lid colours.
Adjust pans across, rows of pans, mixing wells and lid fit: gap round the palette.
Turn on or off: thumb hole and lid.

What you download

An STL for any slicer, and a 3MF with each colour as its own part, ready for an AMS or a filament change.

Printing it

Prints with no supports: the palette the right way up, the lid upside down. White or a light colour shows paint colours truly. Pans press into the wells; a dab of Blu Tack holds them if they’re loose. If the lid is loose or tight on your printer, change its fit by 0.05 mm at a time and print just the lid again.

Ideas for using it

A travel set for painting outdoors.
Fill it with your own colours poured into empty pans.
A gift for someone starting watercolour.

Questions

Which pans fit?

Standard half pans (about 16 × 19 mm) or full pans (19 × 31 mm). Choose which in the settings; the wells are 0.4 mm bigger so they press in.

Can I mix on the lid?

Yes: the inside of the lid is flat, so it makes a second mixing tray.

Do I need a multi-colour printer?

No. Print it in one colour, or in colours with a filament change: the Colours line under the 3D view says at which height to change. With an AMS or another multi-colour printer, the 3MF prints it in one go.

Which printers and slicers does it work with?

Any FDM printer. The STL opens in every slicer; the 3MF keeps the colours as separate parts in Bambu Studio, Orca Slicer, PrusaSlicer and Cura. Pick your printer in the designer to check it fits the plate.

Can I sell what I make?

On Pro and Ultimate you can sell the prints you make, for example on Etsy or at craft fairs, for as long as your membership is active: if it ends, stop selling them. On Free and Maker, print it for yourself or give it as a gift. The STL and 3MF files themselves are never for sharing or selling.