Faber-Castell Polychromos tin box with 24 professional-quality art pencils. The set expands the basic assortment with additional shades in both warm and cool colors, providing a broader foundation for detailed drawings with smooth transitions between light and shadow.
- Polychromos colored pencils are professional-grade art supplies, designed for artists with the highest standards
- The paints are made with a high concentration of pure, oil-based pigments and have excellent lightfastness
- Water-resistant and suitable for mixing with watercolor, ink, and other techniques
- Shatterproof thanks to Faber-Castell's special bonding technique (SV)
- Wide, 3.8 mm tip that provides even, rich color application
- The wood comes from Faber-Castell's own certified pine plantations in Brazil
- Environmentally friendly, water-based varnish on the pencil itself
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Color Numbers
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101, 104, 107, 109, 115, 121, 219, 225, 133, 151, 120, 140, 110, 264, 163, 171, 168, 190, 187, 180, 177, 274, 271, 199
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Format
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Metal Case
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Pin width
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3.8 mm
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Lightfastness
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Faber-Castell rates the lightfastness of its artist's paints using a star system that the company itself introduced: *** indicates the highest lightfastness (no visible change after exposure to sunlight), ** indicates very good lightfastness (slight change after exposure to sunlight), and * indicates moderate lightfastness (noticeable change after exposure to sunlight). All the colors in this set have the highest lightfastness rating: three stars.
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Made with
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Pure, oil-based pigments derived from cedar wood sourced from certified forestry operations
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Quality
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Made in Germany, since 1761
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The set includes the following colors:
- White
- Light Yellow Glaze
- Cadmium Yellow
- Dark Chrome Yellow
- Dark Cadmium Orange
- Pale Geranium Lake
- Deep Scarlet Red
- Dark Red
- Magenta
- Helioblue Reddish
- Ultramarine
- Light Ultramarine
- Phthalo Blue
- Dark Phthalo Green
- Emerald Green
- Light Green
- Earth Green Yellowish
- Venetian Red
- Burnt Ochre
- Raw Umber
- Walnut Brown
- Warm Grey V
- Warm Grey II
- Black
About Faber-Castell
Faber-Castell is the world’s oldest manufacturer of pencils, founded in 1761 in Stein near Nuremberg by the carpenter Kaspar Faber. The company has remained in the family’s ownership for several generations. In the early 1800s, the third-generation owner, Georg Leonhard Faber, established the standard hardness grades still used today and, under the brand name “A. W. Faber,” launched what is considered the world’s first branded pencil. His son, Lothar von Faber, subsequently expanded the company into the global market, opening branches in New York, London, and Paris, among other cities.
In 1905, the company launched the green Castell 9000 pencil, and the name Faber-Castell came into being when the Faber family joined forces with Count Alexander zu Castell-Rüdenhausen. Today, Faber-Castell grows a large portion of the wood for its pencils in its own certified pine plantations in Brazil and uses exclusively water-based, environmentally friendly varnish in its European production. The “Made in Germany” quality seal has been the foundation of the company’s art and design products since its inception.
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