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The 100 Luminance coloured pencils – a closer look

5 August 2020

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UPDATED: January 20, 2021

The Luminance range of coloured pencils has expanded to 100.

In July 2020, Caran d’Ache added 24 colours to their lightfast range of 76 coloured pencils. It now is a range of 100 lightfast coloured pencils.

This post will illustrate how the new 24 pencils contribute to the colour families in the range. The previous 76 range is available in a set which is outlined here in a previous blog post.

Use this post together with our post on colour harmonies to help you choose the colours of your next artwork.

Wanting to see these pencils quickly? Use our slim Luminance interactive colour chart. Use this to sort and search by their numbers, names and lightfast ratings. You can see their colour swatches as well.

If you want to see more, you can access an interactive colour chart that lists the 100 Luminance pencils by colour family. Just click on the image below to access.

Link to an interactive colour chart for Caran d'Ache Luminance coloured pencils

Still a complete lightfast set of pencils

The new 24 colours added to the range all have lightfast ratings of I or II, with the highest lightfast rating being I.

Of the new pencils, 17 have the highest lightfast rating of I, and 7 have a rating of II. Therefore, of the total 100 pencil range, 78 pencils have a lightfast rating of I, and 22 pencils have a lightfast rating of II.

The 100 Luminance colours

When looking at the set as a whole, all colours (including the colour wheel family colours and neutrals) are shown in the pie chart below.

Caran d'Ache Luminance 2020 all colours pie chart - Artnitso.com
All the 100 pencils in the Caran d’Ache Luminance range shown in a pie chart.

The bar chart below shows the comparative numbers of each colour family and neutral colours available in the range.

Caran d'Ache Luminance 2020 all colours bar chart - Artnitso.com
The 100 colours of Caran d’Ache Luminance shown in a bar chart.

The charts above show the Luminance range has a total of 100 pencils, of which 19 are neutral colours, and 81 are colours that belong to colour wheel colour families. Compared to the previous range of 76, this is an increase of 4 neutral colours, and 20 colours that belong to the colour wheel colour families.

Now to get a look a closer look, let’s separate these into two groups – the colour wheel colours, and the neutral colours.

The colour wheel colours

Caran d'Ache Luminance 2020 colour wheel colour pie chart - Artnitso.com
This pie chart shows a count of all the coloured pencils from the 100 Caran d’Ache Luminance range that belong to a colour wheel colour family.

The Colour Wheel Clock

The colour wheel moves clock-wise around the wheel. The image below shows the colour wheel in clock position.

Colour Wheel showing the colour wheel family colours in clock positions Artnitso.com
The colour wheel showing the colour families in clock position.

Of the colour wheel colours, the make up of each colour family is outlined below.

The selection of colour is subjective and the reviewer has chosen colour by looking at the physical coloured pencil swatches. Nevertheless, you may find that particular colours belong in different colour family groups. You can read about how the colour analysis was done in this disclaimer.

While the colours are of varying shades and tones, the predominant base colour belongs to the colour wheel family in which it has been placed.

Red – 12 o’clock

Starting with red at the 12.00 o’clock position, the image below shows that the coloured pencil range of 100 includes 3 red colour family pencils. This is the same amount as in the former 76 range of pencils. The additional 24 colours do not include any red pencils.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Red 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 3 red colours available in the Caran d’Ache Luminance range of 100.

Red-Orange – 1.00 o’clock

The next colour family group is red-orange at 1.00 o’clock. The image below shows the 9 red-orange colour family pencils. The previous range of 76 pencils included 5 red-orange pencils. The expanded range of pencils adds another 4 which belong to the red-orange colour family.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Red-Orange 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 9 Caran d’Ache Luminance colours that belong to the red-orange colour family.

The details of the 4 new red-orange pencils added to the range are provided below.

New Caran dAche Luminance Red-orange - Artnitso.com
The 4 new red-orange pencils in the expanded Caran d’Ache Luminance range.

Orange – 2.00 o’clock

The next colour is orange at 2.00 o’clock. The expanded colour set of 100 includes 5 orange colour family pencils. The previous 76 range included 3 orange pencils. Therefore, another 2 orange colour family pencils have been added to the range.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Orange 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 5 Luminance colours that belong to the orange colour family.

The details of the 2 new orange pencils in the range are provided below.

New Caran dAche Luminance Orange - Artnitso.com
The 2 new orange pencils in the expanded Caran d’Ache Luminance range.

Orange-Yellow – 3.00 o’clock

Orange-Yellow sits at the 3.00 o’clock position. The image below shows that the expanded coloured pencil set of 10 includes 7 orange-yellow colour family pencils. This is the same amount of orange-yellow pencils as was available in the 76 range. As such, no orange-yellow colours have been included in the additional 24 pencils.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Orange-Yellow 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 7 Luminance colours that belong to the yellow colour wheel colour family.

Yellow – 4.00 o’clock

At 4.00 o’clock sits Yellow. The coloured pencil range of 100 includes 9 yellow colour family pencils. The expanded range adds 2 yellow coloured pencils.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Yellow 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 9 yellow colours of the 100 range of Luminance coloured pencils.

The details of the 2 new yellow colour family pencils are provided below.

New Caran dAche Luminance Yellow - Artnitso.com
The 2 new yellow pencils in the expanded Caran d’Ache Luminance range.

Yellow-Green – 5.00 o’clock

Yellow-Green sits at the 5.00 o’clock position. The image below shows that the 100 set of pencils includes 10 yellow-green colour family colours. The additonal pencils add another 2 yellow-green colours to the range.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Yellow-Green 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 10 yellow-green colours in the 100 Caran d’Ache Luminance pencil range.

The details of the 2 new yellow-green pencils are provided below.

New Caran dAche Luminance Yellow-Green - Artnitso.com
The 2 new yellow-green pencils in the expanded Caran d’Ache Luminance range.

Green – 6.00 o’clock

The colour family of green sits at 6.00 o’clock. The 100 pencil range includes 4 green colour family pencils. The expanded range provides 1 extra green coloured pencil.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Green 2020 - Artnitso.com
The four green colours available in the 100 Caran d’Ache Luminance range of pencils.

The details of the 1 new green pencil is below.

New Caran dAche Luminance Green - Artnitso.com
The 1 new green pencil in the expanded Caran d’Ache Luminance range.

Green-Blue – 7.00 o’clock

Green-Blue is located at the 7.00 o’clock position on the colour wheel. The image below shows that the 100 coloured pencil range includes 6 green-blue colour family colour pencils. Therefore, the additional colours do not add any green-blue colours to the range.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Green-Blue 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 6 green-blue colours of the 100 Luminance pencil range.

Blue – 8.00 o’clock

Blue sits at the 8.00 o’clock position. The expanded set of 100 includes 6 blue colour family pencils. The smaller range of 76 included 5 blue colour family pencils. The expanded range adds an extra 1 blue colour to the range.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Blue 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 6 blue colours available in the range of 100 Caran d’Ache Luminance pencils.

The details of the 1 blue pencil is provided below.

New Caran dAche Luminance Blue - Artnitso.com
The 1 new blue pencil in the expanded Caran d’Ache Luminance range.

Blue-Violet – 9.00 o’clock

Blue-Violet sits at the 9.00 o’clock position. The image below shows that the expanded set of 100 pencils includes 5 blue-violet colour family pencils. The additional pencils add another 3 blue-violet colours to the range.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Blue-Violet 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 5 blue-violet coloured pencils in the expanded range of 100 Luminance pencils.

The details of the 3 new blue-violet pencils are below.

New Caran dAche Luminance Blue-violet - Artnitso.com
The 3 new blue-violet pencils in the expanded Caran d’Ache Luminance range.

Violet – 10.00 o’clock

Violet sits at the 10.00 o’clock position. The image below shows that the expanded range of 100 coloured pencil set includes 9 violet coloured pencils. The extra pencils add 2 violet pencils to the range.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Violet 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 9 violet colour wheel family pencils in the 100 Luminance range.

The details of the 2 new violet pencil in the range are provided below

New Caran dAche Luminance Violet - Artnitso.com
The 2 new violet pencils in the expanded Caran d’Ache Luminance range.

Violet-Red – 11.00 o’clock

Violet-Red sits at the 11.00 o’clock position. The expanded set of 100 includes 8 violet-red colour family pencils. The additional pencils add another 3 violet-red colour family colours to the range.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Violet-Red 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 8 violet -red colours in the expanded range of 100 Caran d’Ache Luminance pencils.

The new 3 violet-red pencil details are provided below.

New Caran dAche Luminance violet-red - Artnitso.com
The 3 new violet-red pencils in the expanded Caran d’Ache Luminance range.

Colour wheel colour family – Summary

As you can see from the above images, the expanded Caran d’Ache Luminance coloured pencil range has pencils in all the colour family colours. An additional 20 colour wheel colours had been added to the range.

The expanded range previously had less than 4 pencils in the red, orange, green, and blue-violet colour families. These colours have expanded out to now have at least 4 pencils in each colour wheel colour family (excluding the red colour family). However, the pencil ‘scarlet’ (number 070) could fit between red and red-violet (depending on how your view that colour).

The bar chart below shows the breakdown of the colour wheel colour families.

Caran d'Ache Luminance 2020 colour wheel bar chart - Artnitso.com
A bar chart showing all the colour wheel colours available in the Caran d’Ache Luminance range of 100 coloured pencils.

Now let’s look at the neutral colours.

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Neutral Colours

Of the neutral colours in the range – black, white, greys and beiges are available. No metallic colours are included in the range.

Of the 100 pencil range, 19 are neutral. These are shows clockwise in the pie chart below.

Caran d'Ache Luminance 2020 neutral colours pie chart - Artnitso.com
A pie chart showing a count of the 19 neutral colours in the 100 range of Luminance coloured pencils.

The breakdown of these colours is as follows.

Let’s see the neutral colours

First is the 1 neutral-black pencil. The expanded range of 100 pencils does not add any neutral-black to the range.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Neutral-Black 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 1 neutral-black colour in the Caran d’Ache Luminance range of 100 pencils.

Next is neutral – cool-grey. This is the neutral group has 6 pencils. Previously, this was the largest neutral group in the 76 pencil range. The expanded pencils do not add to neutral – cool-grey colour group.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Neutral-Cool Grey 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 6 neutral – cool-grey colours in the range of 100 Luminance pencils.

Warm-beige follows with 8 pencils. The expanded set includes 3 new neutral-warm- beige colours. This is the largest neutral group in the expanded set.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Neutral-Warm Beige 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 8 neutral – warm beige colours in the 100 Caran d’Ache Luminance coloured pencil range.

The details of the 3 neutral – warm-beige pencils are provided below.

New Caran dAche Luminance Neutral-Warm beige - Artnitso.com
The 3 new neutral-warm beige pencils in the expanded Caran d’Ache Luminance range.

Warm-grey has 2 pencils. No neutral-warm grey pencils have been added to the expanded range.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Neutral-Warm Grey 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 2 neutral-warm grey pencils in the 100 Luminance pencil range.

Neutral – White is the final neutral colour with 2 pencils. The expanded range adds one neutral-white pencil to the range.

Caran d'Ache Luminance Neutral-White 2020 - Artnitso.com
The 2 neutral – white pencils in the range of 100 Luminance coloured pencils.

The details of the 1 new neutral – white pencil added to the range.

New Caran dAche Luminance Neutral-white - Artnitso.com
The 1 new neutral-white pencil in the expanded Caran d’Ache Luminance range.

The bar chart below shows a breakdown of the range’s neutral colours.

Caran d'Ache Luminance 2020 neutrals bar chart - Artnitso.com
A bar chart showing the breakdown of all the neutral pencils in the expanded Caran d’Ache Luinance range of 100 coloured pencils.

As you can see, the expanded Caran d’Ache Luminance range of coloured pencils is made up of a variety of colours and neutrals.

Only got a small set?

If you’d like to try this range of pencils, you can try a basic set of 12. We have analysed the small set, and provide colour swatches, and the colour recipes of 144 colours that you can make from the basic set. You can see the 144 Luminance colour recipes here.

Make your own colour chart

For your knowledge, it’s advisable to draw up your own colour chart so that you can get to know the actual colours of your pencils. You will then be able to see how your pencil performs on the papers that you use for your drawings.

However, it takes a long time to make your own chart, and it usually is something that we don’t get around to doing.

So, if you’ve make your own charts – that’s great. But – as is practical, you might also have your charts in one physical place while you draw in another. You need to have access to the colours where you are – hopefully, you’ll be there with internet access and your mobile, tablet or laptop.

Interactive Luminance colour chart

To help you with this, the pencil details of all the colours used in this post have been listed in a searchable and sortable format in an interactive colour chart. this should help you choose your Luminance pencils. It will also help you get a better understanding of what pencils are available in the Caran d’Ache Luminance coloured pencil range.

You can access the chart for free and learn how to use the chart by clicking the image below.

Open the Luminance colour chart for free
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