One item is an individual Oil Pencil of the Faber Castell Polychromos line, any color you like of 120 radiant breakproof blendable lightfast colors.
Despite the common wisdom saying that 'free shipping' is better, there's no such thing as free shipping, really; it gets baked into the item price. So that means I usually offset that by offering quantity discounts. However the architecture of the site doesn't let me do that for over 4 pencils so the result is not-so-great pricing for people looking to restock on 6 colors they need, say.
Good for me but bad for artists who frequently need to restock on more than 4 colors ;)
So I'm trying a new framework where shipping is separate, AND EACH ADDITIONAL PENCIL SHIPS FREE!
If you are buying multiple types of pencils from my store, shipping is STILL flat rate: so if you want some each of Prismacolor Premier, Prismacolor Col-Erase and/or Polychromos, please feel free to add them to cart and request an invoice, or if that does not work, contact me to adjust shipping manually.
As for handling time, that's in reality from Same Day to 5 Business Days depending on how close your order is to 'shipping' day. If you need your pencils in a hurry (something I totally understand) please drop me a line and I'll do my best to accommodate you.
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.
About the Pencils:
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.
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.