Micron, then why would anyone use the standard colour if the detail is finer and brighter?
Different effects for one thing, and most will use a combo of Detail over standard to get more depth in an area. Depending on the subject matter I am painting is how I use the WICKED line. If I want a ghostly image say like doing a phantom person or train, I will use mostly the detail white reduced way down, But will use the standard white for high light due to super bright highlights would kill the piece.
Mainly in any type of painting there is no one paint or one reduction to do it all. It is learning how the paint system you pick works, All the ins and outs of that system .
Compared to Trident Super 8(All they make is 8 colors) with those 8 colors you can go from Opaque to a candy depending on how you reduce it. But you have to learn how to reduce it for what effect you are trying to get,
Uros you have to learn how to judge flash times between coats , When to lay inter coat clear between colors to avoid color shifts and bleeds .
The WICKED Details kind of depend on the shifts when reduced to aid in the different hues and tones you can get.
Plus not all the colors in the Standard line are in the Detail Line. and some colors are Detail line only.
But now why would any one need any colors beside Red, Blue and Yellow Black and white? With those colors you can mix all the rest right?
Mainly bottom line is whatever paint system you pick to use , Learn it , know it. I am no expert on WICKED yet, but I have learn a lot by just trying different things. One thing I learned from Steve Driscoll is to make notes of paint mixtures and reduction ratios so I can remake the same color over and over again when needed.
Hope that answers your question.