16 Free Colorful Watercolor Textures

Watercolor textures have been some of the most downloaded textures I've released here on L&T, so I thought I'd bring you guys another big set to use in your work. These were created by soaking the paper in water and mixing in watercolor paint and food coloring (along with a little fake blood). I then hung them up to dry and if they needed it, touched them up with a sponge. I tried to include a variety of heaviness, from subtle ones to heavier, grungy ones.

Click on the textures below to download the high-res version or download them all in a zip file at the bottom of the post. Enjoy!

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Comments

[Su Hall]

Awesome! I love these! Thank you!

Su

[jared v]

These are amazing! can't wait to use them. Thanks so much

[anmonous]

Gorgeous as always!

[Julie]

Thank you Thank you Thank you
You realize that instead of running errands and going to the gym on my coveted day off I will now play in Photoshop all day. :)

[Rikard]

Awesome stuff, man! Thanks for making these available to us.

[QQ]

These are so cool !! Thank you =D

[Joseph]

They are amazingly beautiful! Thanks a mill!

[Jessi]

These make very nice desktop pictures if you rotate them.

[Phoebe Baker]

Texturas fantástico! Maravillosa y profunda. Beautiful.

[Sammie]

Again, beautiful textures. I love how some of the colors mix and you get smooth, and blotches here and there. Makes for the perfect watercolor texture.

[David]

Beautiful - I just get lost gazing into them - lovely feeling

[Angie Niceday]

Muchas gracias!!! :)

[Eduardw]

Muchas gracias, estan de lujo, me serviran para seguir editando y aprendiendo, un 10+

[Lj]

T.Y. again. These are lovely. I can see them in with holiday themes modern like. Santa loves watermelon by the sea I hear~ :)

[Jesse]

Are these free to use in commercial projects?

[the dark riddler]

I love your textures *.* But i kinda suck at PS, yet i hope you like it ^^ (used nr.9)
Anyway, here's the link: http://ang3ll.deviantart.com/#/d4msvbq
And thank you so much!

[enock]

Muito bom! Gostei das imagens! Realmente são bonitas, vou baixar e utilizar quando precisar de uma bela imagem para background. Obrigado por compartilhar!

[Nick D]

Wow, just wow. Happily made another donation, but I still feel like I'm stealing from you......

[Pati]

Thank you so much. These are fabulous!