Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils for Professional Artists

Francine Borg: The best colouring pencils that I've come across. Good pigment, smooth texture, great range.

Australia on Oct 30, 2023

Sorina B: By now i have gathered a small collection of coloured pencils and these are my all time favourite brand and sent. Polys have never disappointed. They lay down beautifully (these are a layer upon layer type of pencils), colour pay off is great and they sharpen to a point without any issues.

United Kingdom on Oct 28, 2023

EpyRockz: Die Stifte waren ein Geschenk ich habe sie selbst nicht benutzt, aber laut den Erzählungen sind es sehr gute Stifte, alles was man an Farben braucht für verschiedene Techniken etc.

Germany on Oct 25, 2023

Jean Siegel: These are the cream of the crop color pencils!

Strong and difficult to break!

Wish they had even more colors!

United States on Oct 22, 2023

BiancaBianca: Os lápis são lindos, macios e de muita qualidade! A variedade de cores é ótima, são bem pigmentados e se mesclam facilmente. Veio muito bem embalado
Essas são imagens que colori com eles

Brazil on Oct 14, 2023

Darcy: JUST GET THESE! I have many kinds of colored pencils, from budget to higher end, including Prismacolor, and all pencils get the job done, some better or more enjoyably than others. These Polychromos are hands down, without an argument or hesitation, the BEST!!!
Yes the price is steeper than many others, but so worth it. They sharpen with just a few twists to a super fine point - without breakage - and are great for fine detail work. You need to use less to get the same effect as other brands, so in the long run they will last longer. Any number of art stores carry open stock of Polychromos so you can get what you need instead of doing without or needing to buy a complete set to replace just a few pencils.
The colors are vibrant, saturated, and just plain gorgeous; many of them are unique and unexpected compared to other brands. The laydown is silky smooth and complete. They layer, blend, and burnish with ease so you are in total control of your color. They also erase relatively well (especially the lighter colors). This is an oil-based pencil so the color is strong even among the softer colors, that is, the tooth of the paper is well-covered quickly, even when using a light...

United States on Oct 12, 2023

Ansonia B.: These are one of the best pencils set I have. I have the largest set of 120. I just needed something smaller to find out how many colors I can make with a smaller set. I wanted to learn more about the pencils more and I didn't want to ware my pencils from my bigger set down while doing this experiment with.

United States on Oct 12, 2023

Ana Mendonça: Valeu cada real. Cores bem pigmentadas, acabamento da madeira muito superior aos outros, boa cobertura, fácil manuseio para transiçao de cores e sombreamentos. Recomendo.

Brazil on Oct 07, 2023

ReviewMyStuff: 102 of the 120 in this line have the maximum lightfast rating. However, all of the pencils in the 36 set have the maximum lightfast rating. It's such a relief to not have to worry, so you can use straight out of the tin if you like. After mostly using higher wax content pencils, these had a learning curve. I like that they are more firm than say, the Prismacolors. They don't layer the same as wax-heavy pencils and can be a bit translucent, but this can be an advantage depending on your style. You can get some subtle effects with these. The lighter colors are not very opaque, and I'm considering their usefulness... You would likely want to combine this set with some higher wax content pencils, but these are really beautiful. I purchased the 120 set I liked them so much, and will keep these in a combo lightfast wallet for travel. You can get a lot of color out of 36 also. I was just indulging and got a great deal on the other set. Right now these are 42 dollars (I paid a bit more). This is very reasonable, and you can't get them on open stock. Usually the ratio of lightfast to non is so dismal, it makes more sense to buy open stock, but these are very affordable for the quality....

United States on Aug 31, 2023

Jonathan R. Straus: My Rambling (but Hopefully Informative!) Review:

Having been accustomed to primarily wax-based pencils (namely the Derwent Coloursofts and Soft-core Prismacolors gifted to me by family/friends over a decade ago), my early endeavors with Faber-Castell’s Polychromos were not exactly love at first sight. However, as I was looking to delve a bit more seriously into colored pencil art and buy my own supplies, I was bothered by the flimsy feel of the new Prismacolors (apparently from cheapening/outsourcing their manufacturing process) even after carefully selecting open-stock pencils with the leads adequately centered and limiting vigorous applications/sharpening to avoid breaking inches of lead off them. Unfortunately, the only widely available pencil I could find emulating the cherished qualities of my old Berol Prismacolors (Caran D’ache Luminance) were priced beyond my budget for any large set, so the Polychromos (which were broadly lauded on the Internets as a reliable, high quality professional artists’ pencil) ended up making the majority of my (then 25) colored-pencil collection.

A lot of people compare these to the Prismacolor Premiers as competing...

United States on Sep 07, 2017