Luminance 6901 Box of 100 Individual Coloured, Artists, Colour Coded Pencils & 1 Full & 1 Pencil Blender

It’s well known that these are probably the most expensive coloured pencils on the market, but I can see why. Even the box and trays the beauties are nestled in are pure class. Each pencil sits snugly in its holder and the trays (which are really sturdy) have a piece of soft foam covering them. The pencils feel so comfortable and well made to hold and during swatching the colours, I discovered that they have a unique colour - Titanium Buff - which is the perfect highlight colour for Caucasian skin! They play down like butter and blend beautifully. Whilst they are softer than Polychromos, they are still sharp enough for details. I haven’t even finished swatching them as I am layering up each swatch (they can take A LOT of layers) and I want to demonstrate that with my swatch pages.

Any professional artist knows the name and the quality of this brand. These pencils are no different. For the beginner I would say they are a sound investment but try a few open source ones first to see if they suit you. Then, just go ahead they are the dogs gonads.

I really recommend if you have the money they are really pretty and worth it

Very pleased with these pencils. The quality is brilliant and I love that they are laid out according to the shade. One thing I don' t like is they have a number on the pencils but you to look either on line or a separate sheet of paper to put the number with an actual colour. I would prefer both the colour and the number to be written on each pencil, would save a lot of time. Very good to work with, slide on the paper smoothly. An awful lot cheaper from this Amazon seller than anywhere else I could find. Thank you for reading my review, I do hope it helped you.

These are ridiculously pricey and for the money, not that great. I was expecting more blendability. They'll never lose their colour on paper which I guess is what you're paying for but honestly, I've used the standard primascolour ones and they're equally as blendable. I was hoping for buttery softness that glides across the paper. Oh well. Complete more paintings to justify the cost.

This product is not the best for beginners but if your an experienced coloured pencil artist these pencils are definitely worth it and if your selling them the colours will not fade which is even better! Definitely recommend

These are the best colour pencils I’ve ever had! Lots of colours, great colour richness on papers, easy to mix and can put on different layers!

一度使ったらもうほかの色鉛筆が使えなくなりました。芯も柔らかく、発色もよく、塗りやすい、ブレンダーで良く混ざってくれる。もう最高です。

These pencils live up to their high reputation and reviews from professional artists. I am so pleased I purchased these high quality artist quality pencils. The glide on smooth and build up smooth layers. They are super pleasant to use. It's often scary to spend a lot of money on a single set of pencils, but these certainly live up to all the hype. The range of colours is complete and if you had a colour that wasn't in the set, you'd have no problems blending those in the set to come up with the colour you'd want with little to no difficulties. You won't be disappointed if you add this set to your art supplies. The set came well packaged and protected

Se mezclan como no he visto jamas en lapices de color. Valen totalmente su precio.

Ich nutze hauptsächlich Polychromos, da diese ein angenehmes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis haben und durch die ölbasierte Mine bestechende Details ermöglichen (geringerer Abrieb als bei einer wachsbasierten Mine). Trotzdem schlägt das kleine Künstlerherz fest und sehnt sich immer wieder nach Dingen, die NOCH besser sein könnten.. Und so kam ich zu den Luminance, wie die Jungfrau zum Kind: ich habe sie mir gekauft. Der Abrieb ist bedeutend weicher als beim Vertreter von Faber-Castell und liegt meines Erachtens nach genau zwischen diesem und den im amerikanischen Raum verbreiteten Prismacolor. Die Farbpalette ist weitreichend und deckt viele Zwischentöne und Sonderfarben ab, schwächelt meiner Meinung jedoch bei den Brauntönen etwas. Die enorme Pigmentierung ermöglicht ein problemloses Übermalen anderer Marken, umgekehrt funktioniert dies eher weniger gut. Im Allgemeinen halte ich es bei Buntstiften so, dass ich mit dem günstigsten und härtesten Modell anfange (z.B. Derwent Artists, Castle Arts). Die Luminance bilden bei mir immer die finale Schicht und ermöglichen es auch auf eigentlich bereits gesättigtem Papier noch Pigmente aufzubringen. Zwar stellt mich die Auswahl der Erdtöne nicht ganz zufrieden, dafür entfalten die Stifte ihre volle Stärke im Rot-Blau-Spektrum. Eine derart starke Pigmentierung habe ich bei keinem anderen Modell bisher erlebt! Fazit: Caran D'ache Luminance sind die ideale Ergänzung für jeden professionellen Künstler und entfalten ihr volles Potenzial in Kombination mit anderen Marken. Hinsichtlich Pigmentierung sind sie der Marktführer - allerdings müssen hierfür auch hohe Kosten in Kauf genommen werden. Eine solide Alternative dazu stellen Polychromos von Faber Castell dar, welche ich nur knapp hinter den Luminance einordnen würde, allerdings zu einem viel attraktiveren Preis.

La qualità delle matite Caran d'Ache è nota da sempre, e viene confermata anche dalle Luminance. La qualità sta anche nel servizio Caran d'Ache, perché queste costose matite arrivano in un imballaggio a prova di bomba (e vi garantisco che ne hanno bisogno: il corriere di FedEx/TNT che me le ha consegnate - in ritardo - scaricava i pacchi sbattendoli con violenza) e sono confezionate con cura nella loro bella scatola. I 100 colori (96 + 2 bianchi e 2 neri) privilegiano le tinte chiare (molti beige/ocra e molti grigi), per cui se si amano le colorazioni molto vivaci, queste matite non sono quelle giuste. La stratificazione va eseguita con pazienza e mano leggera: a calcare sul foglio non si ottengono buoni risultati. I colori si fondono bene fra loro nel blending, che può essere accentuato anche usando i due blender acclusi alla confezione (che Amazon nella descrizione del prodotto chiama "frullatori"!!!). Ai professionisti le Luminance garantiscono resistenza illimitata alla luce. Non le consiglierei ai principianti: il prezzo è davvero stellare, e la resa è tanto più gratificante quanto più esperto è chi le usa.