These soft, highly pigmented pencils feature a varnished round cedar casing with a coloured cap to match the core. The colour name and number are stamped on the end (in quite small print) and all of the 76 pencils are lightfast. Included in the box are 2 colourless blending sticks. The sturdy cardboard box has foam layers with a cradle for each pencil, so they can't move around or get damaged in transit. The pencils are mainly oil-based (using hydrogenated oil apparently) and sound quite 'chalky', like a pastel pencil, when passed over paper, but they put down rich layers of pigment with ease. They work well on many types of paper, including (like Prismacolors, which are also heavily pigmanted) black and dark coloured paper. They are capable of fairly fine detail for a soft pencil and also give lovely out-of-focus effects on coarser papers. The colour range features a good selection of browns, greys and neutrals, reasonable blues and greens and a smaller number of yellows, oranges, reds and purples. There is only one pink. I find the set useful for animal portraits and landscapes. The colours blend and layer easily, so it is not hard to create your own colours when needed. Luminance pencils are quite expensive, but they are a delight to use and all the colours are lightfast, making them suitable for use in artwork that will be displayed. If you are a serious artist selling work to the public, they will be worth the cost.Read full review
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These colored Pencils afre Fantastic, they are High Quality, Artist Grade pencils they Blend very well and they are super soft pencils,love the Pastel colors, to me the Luminance are Unique and they are so Perfect for me to achive the wonderful result i search! Recommanded!
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These pencils are exquisitely unmatched except perhaps by Derwent's Lightfast line. These two are the ones to beat in terms of pigmentation, blendability, lead superiority, and (of course) lightfasteness. These are must have pencils if you're a professional color pencil artist or if you do commission work requiring archival qualities to your pieces. Because of the price, this is NOT a beginner's pencil nor would I recommend these to anyone wanting to simply color in coloring books with them (and most definitely don't let your kids get into them). Prismacolor has been dethroned.
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I thought this was the pastel form but it is the colored pencil wax type form. NO matter it is a good product for colored pencils. I still intend to buy this brand in the pastel form. I do not regret the purchase
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These are some of the best colored pencils ever. I started out and still use prismacolors, polychromos, and now Luminance. They go on smoothly and don't need to be sharpened as often. LOVE THEM!
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I love these colors, I just opened them and I'm in love!!
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I love these pencils, excellent quality, pigmented, soft and easy to blend
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Artists Wil not be disappointed.
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these pencils are creamy and a dream to work with....wish they made a bigger set
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The pencils are light-fast and highly pigmented. I recommend them.
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