Many of the same companies that produce artist-grade colored pencils also offer student-grade materials and scholastic-level colored pencils.
They are also typically available as individual pencils.Ĭolored pencils manufactured by Schwan-Stabilo Artist-grade pencils have the largest color ranges 72 color sets are very common and there are several brands of 120 colors or more. Core durability, break and water resistance, and brand popularity are also notable features of artist-grade colored pencils.
Their lightfastness – resistance to UV rays in sunlight – is also measured and documented. Several types of colored pencils are manufactured for both artistic and practical uses.Īrtist and professional-grade pencils are made with higher concentrations of high-quality pigments than student-grade colored pencils. Other notable manufacturers include Bruynzeel-Sakura, Cretacolor, Derwent, Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth, Mitsubishi ( uni-ball), Schwan-Stabilo, and Staedtler. Manufacturers that began producing artist-grade colored pencils included Faber-Castell in 1908 (the Polychromos range was initially 60 colors) and Caran d’Ache in 1924, followed by Berol Prismacolor in 1938. Īlthough colored pencils had been used for “checking and marking” for decades prior, it was not until the early 20th century that artist-quality colored pencils were produced. Wax-based materials have appealed to artists for centuries due to their resistance to decay, the vividness and brilliance of their colors, and their unique rendering qualities. The use of wax-based media in crayons can be traced back to the Greek Golden Age, and was later documented by Roman scholar, Pliny the Elder. Additionally, colored pencils are more affordable, cleaner, and simpler compared to other media. However, the discovery of new techniques and methods, the development of lightfast pencils, and the formation of authoritative organizations is better enabling colored pencils to compete with other media. Colored pencils are commonly stored in pencil cases to prevent damage.ĭespite colored pencils' existence for more than a century, the art world has historically treated the medium with less admiration than other art media. Other countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Mexico – among many others – have formed their own organizations and societies for colored pencil artists. The CPSA not only promotes colored pencil art as fine art, but also strives to set lightfastness standards for colored pencil manufacturers. According to its website, “ was founded in 1990 as a nonprofit organization dedicated to artists over 18 years of age working with colored pencil”. In the USA, the rising popularity of colored pencils as an art medium sparked the creation of the Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA). There is no general quality difference between wax/oil-based and water-soluble colored pencils, although some manufacturers rate their water-soluble pencils as less lightfast than their similar wax/oil-based pencils. Concentration of pigments in the core, lightfastness of the pigments, durability of the colored pencil, and softness of the core are some determinants of a brand's quality and, consequently, its market price. Water-soluble (watercolor) pencils and pastel pencils are also manufactured as well as colored cores for mechanical pencils.Ĭolored pencils are made in a wide range of price, quality and usability, from student-grade to professional-grade. Unlike graphite and charcoal pencils, colored pencils' cores are wax- or oil-based and contain varying proportions of pigments, additives, and binding agents. A colored pencil ( American English), coloured pencil ( Commonwealth English), pencil crayon, map pencil, or coloured/colouring lead ( Canadian English, Newfoundland English) is an art medium constructed of a narrow, pigmented core encased in a wooden cylindrical case.
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