Faber Castell Polychromos Oil Pencils, Individual: 120 Colors. Qty Discounts 2+

Description

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, any color you like of 120 radiant breakproof blendable lightfast colors.
Placing just
two
pencils of any color in your cart gets you a 25% discount!
You can also get any
3 pencils for the price of 4
, and the discount holds for as many as you like over 3, even if you don't have multiples of 4!
While Polychromos have strong shatter-resistant 3.8mm thick leads that are SV-bonded inside premium cedar lacquered casings, your pencils will be packed in the same shockproof packaging that I use for more fragile varieties.
Free shipping is tracked First Class Parcel Service.   Any domestic order of any 8 colored pencils or more (incl. different brands: Prismacolor Premiers available
here
) will be upgraded to Priority Mail, at
no
cost to you.
Faber Castell Polychromos are ideal for professional artists, as well as enterprising aspirants who will benefit from a medium that can deliver both buttery soft blends and chisel-tip hard lines, in a full spectrum of highly blendable colors that will not fade with time.
A stunning range of 120 colors from the sunny Cobalt Yellow to velvety Red Violet, and verdant Permanent Green to oceanic Indanthrene Blue ensures there’s no limit to where your vision can travel.
The most exotically colored lifeforms, brightest stars, earthiest rockscapes, deepest oceans, and the furthest reaches of your imagination are all at your fingertips with these
translucent colors that deepen and blend smoothly with layering, without ever looking murky or producing that dreaded filmy wax bloom on the surface of your art.
Lightfastness:
102 of the 120 Polychromos colors are rated as ***: lightfast for over 100 years, 16 are rated **: lightfast for between 50 to 100 years, and 2 are rated *: lightfast for 15 to 50 years.
(More on this from Faber Castell
here
, and an explanation of the Blue Wool scale
here
.
All 120 colors have been marked with the correct lightfastness on the color photo, and indicated with asterisks alongside color names for your convenience.
Looking for a color name you don't see?
As of 2019, Faber Castell renamed the following 4 colors:
130 Dark Flesh --> 130 Salmon
131 Medium Flesh --> 131 Salmon
132 Light Flesh --> 132 Beige Red
192 Indian Red --> 192 India Red
Looking for your pencils by number instead?
Here is a handy chart
101
White
***
102
Cream
***
103
Ivory
***
104
Light Yellow Glaze
***
105
Light Cadmium Yellow
***
106
Light Chrome Yellow
***
107
Cadmium Yellow
***
108
Dark Cadmium Yellow
***
109
Dark Chrome Yellow
***
110
Phthalo Blue
***
111
Cadmium Orange
***
112
Leaf Green
***
113
Orange Glaze
***
115
Dark Cadmium Orange
***
117
Light Cadmium Red
***
118
Scarlet Red
***
119
Light Magenta
*
120
Ultramarine
***
121
Pale Geranium Lake
***
123
Fuchsia
**
124
Rose Carmine
***
125
Middle Purple Pink
**
126
Permanent Carmine
***
127
Pink Carmine
**
128
Light Purple Pink
**
129
Pink Madder Lake
**
130
Salmon
***
131
Coral
***
132
Beige Red
***
133
Magenta
***
134
Crimson
**
135
Light Red-Violet
**
136
Purple Violet
**
137
Blue Violet
***
138
Violet
**
140
Light Ultramarine
***
141
Delft Blue
***
142
Madder
***
143
Cobalt Blue
***
144
Cobalt Blue-Greenish
***
145
Light Phthalo Blue
**
146
Sky Blue
***
149
Bluish Turquoise
***
151
Helioblue-Reddish
***
152
Middle Phthalo Blue
***
153
Cobalt Turquoise
***
154
Light Cobalt Turquoise
**
155
Helio Turquoise
***
156
Cobalt Green
***
157
Dark Indigo
***
158
Deep Cobalt Green
***
159
Hooker's Green
***
160
Manganese Violet
*
161
Phthalo Green
***
162
Light Phthalo Green
**
163
Emerald Green
***
165
Juniper Green
***
166
Grass Green
***
167
Permanent Green Olive
***
168
Earth Green Yellowish
***
169
Caput Mortuum
***
170
May Green
***
171
Light Green
***
172
Earth Green
***
173
Olive Green Yellowish
***
174
Chrome Green Opaque
***
175
Dark Sepia
***
176
Van Dyck Brown
***
177
Walnut Brown
***
178
Nougat
***
179
Bistre
**
180
Raw Umber
***
181
Payne's Grey
***
182
Brown Ochre
***
183
Light Yellow Ochre
**
184
Dark Naples Ochre
***
185
Naples Yellow
***
186
Terracotta
***
187
Burnt Ochre
***
188
Sanguine
***
189
Cinnamon
***
190
Venetian Red
***
191
Pompeian Red
***
192
India Red
***
193
Burnt Carmine
***
194
Red-Violet
***
199
Black
***
205
Cadmium Yellow Lemon
***
217
Middle Cadmium Red
***
219
Deep Scarlet Red
***
223
Deep Red
**
225
Dark Red
***
226
Alizarin Crimson
**
230
Cold Grey I
***
231
Cold Grey II
***
232
Cold Grey III
***
233
Cold Grey IV
***
234
Cold Grey V
***
235
Cold Grey VI
***
246
Prussian Blue
***
247
Indanthrene Blue
***
249
Mauve
***
250
Gold
***
251
Silver
***
252
Copper
***
263
Caput Mortuum Violet
***
264
Dark Phthalo Green
***
266
Permanent Green
***
267
Pine Green
***
268
Green Gold
***
270
Warm Grey I
***
271
Warm Grey II
***
272
Warm Grey III
***
273
Warm Grey IV
***
274
Warm Grey V
***
275
Warm Grey VI
***
276
Chrome Oxide Green Fiery
***
278
Chrome Oxide Green
***
280
Burnt Umber
***
283
Burnt Siena
***
From the Manufacturer:
Polychromos Color Pencil - Features & Benefits
Polychromos, introduced in 1908 - derived from Ancient Greek words "poly" and "chroma" meaning "many colors" is a protected trade mark of Faber-Castell. The
Polychromos Color Pencils
are comprised of vegetable oil, wax and the highest quality pigments with superior lightfast characteristics and brilliance. There are minimal amounts of wax used so that there is no waxy bloom produced. The pencils are acid-free, water-resistant and smudgeproof. There are no harmful pigments used. All products are certified non-toxic by a board certified toxicologist.
The pencils are round in shape, contain thick 3.8mm leads and are housed in premium cedar wood. Marks can be 90% removed with a soft eraser.
Polychromos® Artists' Color Pencils are available in 120 colors that are part of a unique color matching system - encompassing all Faber-Castell Art & Graphic products. They contain the highest quality pigments for unsurpassed lightfastness, which is rated on each pencil. They have a buttery smooth color laydown and can be easily blended for layered effects, highlights and transitions. Thick 3.8mm leads are break and water-resistant, smudgeproof and provide permanent, rich color. Provides sharp fine lines and excellent point retention.
Maximum Lightfastness Is Indicated As *** on Professional Art & Graphic Product
Faber-Castell indicates lightfast ratings on the majority of our professional art materials with a star icon. The lightfast rating indicates the items resistance to fading, which has been tested under museum conditions.
Star Ratings:
*** = Maximum lightfastness = 7 ,8 Blue Wool Scale
Maximum fade resistance (100 + years)
** = High lightfastness = 5, 6 Blue Wool Scale
Very good fade resistance (50 -100 years)
* = Reasonable lightfastness = 3, 4 Blue Wool Scale
Good fade resistance (15 - 50 years)
Voted 2019 and 2020 Colored Pencil of the Year
In their first annual Colored Pencil Awards in 2019, COLORED PENCIL Magazine subscribers voted for their favorites across nine categories including favorite Artist, Drawing Surface and YouTube Channel. Our Polychromos Pencils were voted as their favorite! Faber-Castell is honored to have received the award for a second year in a row in 2020.
Recommended Surfaces for Polychromos Color Pencil
Recommended surfaces include: sketch paper to high-quality drawing paper, drawing cardboard, transparent paper and colored paper in dark shades including black.
Polychromos Color Pencils
adhere to many rough surfaces too, such as wood, stone, leather and metal. The pencils are permanent, adhere firmly to their background and do not require fixing. Fixing could cause lower layers of color to bleed through to the surface.