Pastel Pencils Single – Caran D’Ache

The Caran D’Ache Pastel Pencils are an extra-fine dry pastel developed in close collaboration with master pastel artists. A large assortment of 84 pencils and cubes, mixed to meet the most demanding standards. Available in both pencil and cube form using the same medium, it allows artists the flexibility to produce both the fine details as well as the large surfaces with the same colour. Extra-fine, highly concentrated pigments offer wonderful luminosity and excellent covering power along with exceptional lightfastness. Also included is a wide range of clear and dark flesh tones, and shades of Cobalt Blue, Green Earth, Beige, and cold and warm Greys.

Applications: High pigment concentration for generous blurring. Ideal superimposed for blurred effects, transparency and subtle colour blends.

Body:

• hexagonal, 7.6mm to the sides, 8.2mm to the edges – 175mm long
• FSC certified premium quality Californian cedarwood
• 6 aqueous layers clear varnish
• end cap matches the colour of lead

Lead:

• 4.7mm diameter
• strong point
• pure colours, ultra-fine pigments
• exceptional lightfastness, each colour is graded according to the blue wool scale
• Best sharpened with a cutter
• ASTM D4236 compliant

View our extensive Caran d’Ache Pastel range: 

• Pastel Pencil Sets
• Pastel Cubes.

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Colour Disclaimer. Actual colours may vary since every computer monitor has a different capability to display colours and everyone sees these colours differently. We cannot guarantee that the colour you see accurately portrays the true colour of the product.

Standard Blue Wool Scale
Caran d’Ache provides clear information on the lightfastness (LF) of all 120 colours, ranging from * to ***. Certain colours will remain unaltered for up to 100 years. The lightfastness rating is based on the Blue Wool Scale that measures the resistance of the colours when exposed to light.
Lightfastness:
UV/150hr
*** Excellent
**  Very good
*    Good