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 fine details as well as large surfaces with the same colour. The rounded hexagonal body, made with the finest quality Cedarwood, is easily sharpened with a cutter, and features a matt colour cap that matches the lead colour with the colour number indicated.

Being water soluble and having high pigment concentration for generous blurring, these pastels are ideal for backgrounds, transparency and subtle colour blends. Stable with a fixative.

Product features:

• Pure colours, ultra-fine pigments.
• Exceptional lightfastness, each colour is graded according to the blue wool scale.
• Best sharpened with a cutter.
• Rounded hexagonal body.
• FSC certified premium quality Californian cedarwood.
• 6 aqueous layers of clear varnish.
• Pencil dimensions: 7.6mm to the sides; 8.2mm to the edges; 175mm long.
• Lead diameter: 4.7mm.
• Matt colour cap that matches the lead colour with the colour number indicated.
• ASTM D4236 compliant.
• Available in a cardboard container, an assortment of 12, 20, 40, 76 pencils and a Wooden Box Set of 84.

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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 which measures the resistance of the colours when exposed to light.

Lightfastness:

UV/150hr

*** Excellent

**  Very good

*    Good

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