Colored pencils
Colored pencilsColored pencils for art and notes: cores, lightfastness, set sizes and prices. 10 Stationery Times guides, each with a direct answer and sourced specs.
Prismacolor Premier: Soft-Core Colored Pencils
Prismacolor Premier soft-core colored pencils explained: the wax-based core, 150 colors, set sizes from 12 to 150, Premier vs Verithin, and where they're made.
Faber-Castell Goldfaber: 3.3 mm Colored Pencils
Faber-Castell Goldfaber colored pencils explained: 3.3 mm water-resistant cores, tins of 12 to 48, the 48 tin 114748, Goldfaber vs Polychromos, and origin.
Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer: Watercolor Pencils
Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencils explained: the 3.8 mm water-soluble core, 120 colors, tin sizes, lightfastness ratings and Dürer vs Polychromos.
Faber-Castell Black Edition: Colored Pencils in Black Wood
Faber-Castell Black Edition colored pencils explained: black wood, a soft 3.3 mm core for dark paper, the triangular barrel, set sizes, sharpening and origin.
Tombow Irojiten: The Color Dictionary Pencils
Tombow Irojiten colored pencils explained: book-style color dictionary sets, 100 colors in Japan and 90 in the US, tones, the core, prices and which to buy.
Caran d'Ache Toile de Jouy Pencil Set: Christmas 2026
Caran d'Ache Toile de Jouy set of 10 watercolour pencils for Christmas 2026: 7 pastel and 3 metallic shades, 3.8 mm leads and a 182 × 65 mm Geneva-print box.
Holbein Artists' Colored Pencils: 150 Soft Oil Colors
Holbein Artists' Colored Pencils explained: 150 oil-based colors, a 3.8 mm core in a 7.8 mm barrel, Japanese set prices from 12 to 150, and how they compare.
Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901: Lightfast Wax Pencils
Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 colored pencils explained: 100 colors, 81 rated LFI, a 3.8 mm wax core, Swiss set sizes and CHF prices, and how they compare.
KOH-I-NOOR Progresso: Woodless Colored Pencils
KOH-I-NOOR Progresso 8750 woodless colored pencils explained: solid 7.6 mm color core, 24 to 26 colors, sets of 6, 12 and 24, how to sharpen them, and origin.
Faber-Castell Polychromos: 120 Colors & Lightfastness
Faber-Castell Polychromos are oil-based artists' colored pencils made in Germany: 120 colors, a 3.8 mm core, lightfastness stars and tins of 12 to 120.