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Caran d’Ache Pablo Coloured Pencils – a closer look

24 November 2021 by Louise

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The Caran d’Ache Pablo coloured pencil range holds 120 pencils.

You have limited time and energy, yet you want to thoroughly know your coloured pencils. You know it will take time to make colour charts and to sort your pencils according to lightfastness and type.

This post will help you get to know your pencil colours a bit better without you having to sit and swatch out your colours – especially if you need them in a hurry. Use this post together with our post on colour harmonies to help you choose the colours of your next artwork.

Did you know?

The oil-based Caran d’Ache Pablo and the watercolour Caran d’Ache Supracolor pencils have the same colours. You can see a video by Caran d’Ache about their Pablo pencils on YouTube. The video shows you how you can use these two pencil types. The video shows how you can use Pablo at 2.11 minutes. See how you can use Pablo and Supracolor together at 4.08 minutes of the video.

Deeper analysis

An earlier blog post explored the question which are the better coloured pencils and looked at four artist coloured pencil sets. Two were wax-based, and two were oil-based. However, the analysis was limited to looking at four pencils in each colour wheel colour family.

It was further limited in that some coloured pencils brands had fewer – or more – than four pencils in a colour family when grouped by lightfastness.

We have explored each of the sets.

These are the wax-based Caran d’Ache Luminance 76 and Prismacolor Prismacolor Premier (also explored by lightfast and non-lightfast); and the oil-based Faber-Castell Polychromos 120; and now the Caran d’Ache Pablo 120.

Also, further to this analysis, we have had closer looks at the wax-based Derwent Drawing pencils and Prismacolor Art Stix woodless coloured pencils; water colour pencils – these being Caran d’Ache Museum and Caran d’Ache Supracolor, as well as other mixed media – the Derwent Inktense water soluble ink blocks, the Caran d’Ache Neopastel oil pastels, Caran d’Ache Neocolor II water soluble art crayons, and wax-based Caran d’Ache Neocolor I art crayons . We have also looked at the Derwent Procolour range of coloured pencils, and the Derwent Lightfast range of 100 lightfast pencils.

Read this disclaimer about the analysis.

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Link to coloured pencil comparison charts

This post has images of hand drawn colour swatches for each pencil in the range.

Let’s Start…

The Caran d’Ache Pablo is a range of 120 oil-based coloured pencils.

Let’s separate these pencils into two colour family groups – the colour wheel colours, and the neutral colours.

The Caran d’Ache Pablo colour wheel colours

The Colour Wheel Clock

The colour wheel moves clock-wise around the wheel. The image below shows the colour family positions on the clock.

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

Of the colour wheel colours, the make up of each colour family is outlined below. 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 – 12.00 o’clock

We will start with red at the 12.00 o’clock position.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours - Red - Artnitso.com

PPP972-11 colour harmony number 12 pablo red - Artnitso.com
We have created a pdf printable about colour harmony and red and neutral Pablo pencils. You can find information about it here.
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Red-Orange – 1.00 o’clock

The next colour family group is red-orange at 1.00 o’clock.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours - Red-Orange - - Artnitso.com

PPP972 colour harmony number 01 and pablo red-orange - Artnitso.com
We have created a pdf printable about colour harmony and red-orange and neutral Pablo pencils. You can find information about it here.
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Orange – 2.00 o’clock

Next colour wheel colour family is orange at 2.00 o’clock.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours - Orange - Artnitso.com

PPP972-1 colour harmony 02 pablo orange - Artnitso.com
We have created a pdf printable about colour harmony and orange and neutral Pablo pencils. You can find information about it here.
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Orange-Yellow – 3.00 o’clock

Orange-Yellow sits at the 3.00 o’clock position.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours - Orange-Yellow - Artnitso.com

PPP972-2 colour harmony number 03 pablo orange-yellow - Artnitso.com
We have created a pdf printable about colour harmony and orange-yellow and neutral Pablo pencils. You can find information about it here.
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Yellow – 4.00 o’clock

At 4.00 o’clock sits Yellow.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours - Yellow - Artnitso.com

PPP972-3 colour harmony number 04 yellow pablo - Artnitso.com
We have created a pdf printable about colour harmony and yellow and neutral Pablo pencils. You can find information about it here.
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Yellow-Green – 5.00 o’clock

Yellow-Green sits at 5.00 o’clock.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours - Yellow-Green - Artnitso.com

PPP972-4 colour harmony number 05 pablo yellow-green - Artnitso.com
We have created a pdf printable about colour harmony and yellow-green and neutral Pablo pencils. You can find information about it here.
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Green – 6.00 o’clock

The colour family of green sits at 6.00 o’clock.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours - Green - Artnitso.com

PPP972-5 colour harmony number 06 pablo green - Artnitso.com
We have created a pdf printable about colour harmony and green and neutral Pablo pencils. You can find information about it here.
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Green-Blue – 7.00 o’clock

Green-blue is at 7.00 o’clock.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours - Green-Blue - Artnitso.com

PPP972-6 colour harmony number 07 pablo green-blue - Artnitso.com
We have created a pdf printable about colour harmony and green-blue and neutral Pablo pencils. You can find information about it here.
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Blue – 8.00 o’clock

The colour wheel colour family blue sits at the 8.00 o’clock position.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours - Blue - Artnitso.com

PPP972-7 colour harmony number 08 pablo blue - Artnitso.com
We have created a pdf printable about colour harmony and blue and neutral Pablo pencils. You can find information about it here.
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Blue-Violet – 9.00 o’clock

Blue-violet sits at the 9.00 o’clock position.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours - Blue-Violet - Artnitso.com

PPP972-8 colour harmony number 09 pablo blue-violet - Copy
We have created a pdf printable about colour harmony and blue-violet and neutral Pablo pencils. You can find information about it here.
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Violet – 10.00 o’clock

Violet sits at the 10.00 o’clock position.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours- Violet - Artnitso.com

PPP972-9 colour harmony number 10 pablo violet - Artnitso.com
We have created a pdf printable about colour harmony and violet and neutral Pablo pencils. You can find information about it here.
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Violet-Red – 11.00 o’clock

Violet-red is the last colour that sits at the 11.00 o’clock position.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours- Violet-Red - Artnitso.com

PPP972-10 colour harmony number 11 pablo violet-red - Artnitso.com
We have created a pdf printable about colour harmony and violet-red and neutral Pablo pencils. You can find information about it here.
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Caran d’Ache Pablo Colour wheel colour family – Summary

As you can see from the above images, the Caran d’Ache Pablo coloured pencil range has pencils in all the colour family colours.

Now let’s look at the neutral and metallic colours included in the Caran d’Ache Pablo range of coloured pencils.


Colour Harmony and Caran d'Ache Pablo (and Supracolor) pencils.
We have created many products about colour harmony and Pablo pencils. You can find information about them here.

Caran d’Ache Pablo – Neutral colours

First, there are the metallic colours.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours - Metallics - Artnitso.com

Next are the neutral-black pencils.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours - Neutral-Black - Artnitso.com

Follows is neutral-warm grey.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours - Neutral-Warm Beige - Artnitso.com

Next is neutral-warm brown.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours - Neutral-Warm Brown - Artnitso.com

Neutral-warm beige follows.

Caran d'Ache Pablo - Neutral-Warm Beige - Artnitso.com

Next up is neutral-cool grey.

Caran d'Ache Pablo - Neutral-Cool Grey - Artnitso.com

This is followed by Neutral-cool brown.

Caran d'Ache Pablo - Neutral-Cool Brown - Artnitso.com

Neutral-cool beige is next.

Caran d'Ache Pablo colours - Neutral-Cool Beige - Artnitso.com

Neutral-white is the final neutral colour.

Caran d'Ache Pablo - Neutral-White - Artnitso.com

Colours summary

As you can see, the Caran d’Ache Pablo coloured pencil set and range is made up of a variety of colours and neutrals.

As noted above, the selection of colour is subjective and the reviewer has chosen colour by looking at the actual coloured pencil swatches. Nevertheless, you may find that particular colours belong in different groups or families.

Lightfastness

Of the 120 set of coloured pencils, 6 have the lowest lightfast rating of *, 69 coloured pencils have a lightfast rating of **, and 45 have the highest lightfast rating of ***.

Only got a few pencils?

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 144 Pablo colour recipes here.

Make your own colour chart

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

We have created a workbook where you can record your own Pablo pencils. You can use this workbook to mix and match colours and create your own colour combinations.

product Book Colour Harmony - Pablo cover - Artnitso
We have created a product where you can create your own colour combinations using Pablo pencils.

We’ve created a slim interactive colour chart. You can access this chart where you can search and sort the pencils by name, number, and lightfast rating. See hand drawn colour swatches as well.

This is an updated version of a post originally published in 2019. It has been updated on 6 October 2020, 16 August 2021, 14 September, 2021, and republished on 24 November 2021.

Filed Under: Coloured Pencils, Drawing Tagged With: Caran d'Ache Pablo, oil-based coloured pencils

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