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Derwent Procolour Pencils – A closer look

30 September 2020 by Louise

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UPDATED: 16 August, 2021

Derwent Procolour has 72 coloured pencils in its range.

This post will show you what colour family colours and neutral colours are included in this range of coloured pencils, and lightfast ratings. Use this post together with our post on colour harmonies to help you choose the colours of your next artwork.

You can quickly search and sort this range of pencils by using the slim interactive colour chart here.

Derwent Procolour pencils

The range of Derwent Procolour pencils are marketed as neither oil or wax based pencils. These pencils hold a sharp point and lay down colour in thin layers. As such, layers of pencil are required to obtain colour intensity.

This post provides a colour swatch for each pencil in the range.

The chart below shows all the colours in the range (including the colour wheel family colours and neutrals). They are shown clockwise.

Derwent Procolour All colours pie chart - Artnitso.com
A count of all the colours available in the range of Derwent Procolour coloured pencils.

The bar chart below represents 72 pencils. 6 are neutral, 3 are metallic, and 63 are colours that belong to the colour wheel colour families.

This post is part of a series in which provide closer look at the coloured pencils in my art and craft stash for your information. You can refer to this disclaimer to see how the analysis was done to decide on colour pencil colours.

Derwent Procolour All colour bar chart - Artnitso.com
A count of all the colours available in the Derwent Procolour range of coloured pencils.

The colour wheel colours

The 12 colour wheel family colours available in the set are shown clockwise below:

Derwent Procolour Colour Wheel pie chart - Artnitso.com
A count of all the colour wheel colours in the Derwent Procolour range of coloured pencils.

The Colour Wheel Clock

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

Clock Position Colour Family
12.00 Red
1.00 Red-Orange
2.00 Orange
3.00 Orange-Yellow
4.00 Yellow
5.00 Yellow-Green
6.00 Green
7.00 Green-Blue
8.00 Blue
9.00 Blue-Violet
10.00 Violet
11.00 Violet-Red
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Of the colour wheel colours, the make up of each 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 o’clock

Starting with red at the 12.00 o’clock position, the image below shows that the coloured pencil set of 72 includes two red colour family pencils.

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Colour swatches of the two Derwent Procolour pencils that belong to the red colour family on the colour wheel.

Red-Orange – 1.00 o’clock

The next colour family group is red-orange at 1.00 o’clock. This shows that the coloured pencil set of 72 includes ten red-orange colour family pencils.

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Colour swatches of the ten Derwent Procolour pencils that belong to the red -orange colour family on the colour wheel.

Orange – 2.00 o’clock

The next colour is orange at 2.00 o’clock. The coloured pencil set of 72 includes two orange colour family pencils.

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Colour swatches of the two Derwent Procolour pencils that belong to the orange colour family on the colour wheel.

Orange-Yellow – 3.00 o’clock

Orange-Yellow sits at the 3.00 o’clock position. The image below shows that the coloured pencil set of 72 includes three orange-yellow colour family pencils.

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Colour swatches of the three Derwent Procolour pencils that belong to the orange-yellow colour family on the colour wheel.

Yellow – 4.00 o’clock

At 4.00 o’clock sits Yellow. The coloured pencil set of 76 includes five yellow colour family pencils.

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Colour swatches of the five Derwent Procolour pencils that belong to the yellow colour family on the colour wheel.

Yellow-Green – 5.00 o’clock

Yellow-Green sits at 5.00 o’clock. the image below shows that the coloured pencil set of 72 includes six yellow-green colour family pencils.

Derwent Procolour Yellow-Green - Artnitso.com
Colour swatches of the six Derwent Procolour pencils that belong to the yellow-green colour family on the colour wheel.

Green – 6.00 o’clock

The colour family of green sits at 6.00 o’clock. The coloured pencil set of 72 includes four green colour family pencils.

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Colour swatches of the four Derwent Procolour pencils that belong to the green colour family on the colour wheel.

Green-blue – 7.00 o’clock

Green-blue sits at the 7.00 o’clock position. The image below shows that the coloured pencil set of 72 includes four green-blue colour family pencils.

Derwent Procolour Green-Blue - Artnitso.com
Colour swatches of the four Derwent Procolour pencils that belong to the green-blue colour family on the colour wheel.

Blue – 8.00 o’clock

Blue is at the 8.00 o’clock position. The coloured pencil set of 72 includes eight blue colour family pencils.

Derwent Procolour Blue - Artnitso.com
Colour swatches of the eight Procolour pencils that belong to the blue colour family on the colour wheel.

Blue-Violet – 9.00 o’clock

Blue-violet sits at 9.00 o’clock. the image below shows that the coloured pencil set of 72 includes five blue-violet colour family pencils.

Derwent Procolour Blue-Violet - Artnitso.com
Colour swatches of the five Derwent Procolour pencils that belong to the red colour family on the colour wheel.

Violet – 10.00 o’clock

Violet sits at the 10.00 o’clock position. The image below shows that the coloured pencil set of 72 includes eight violet colour family pencils.

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Colour swatches of the eight Derwent Procolour pencils that belong to the violet colour family on the colour wheel.

Violet-Red – 11.00 o’clock

Violet-Red sits at the 11.00 o’clock position. The coloured pencil set of 72 includes six violet-red colour wheel colour family colours.

Derwent Procolour Violet-Red - Artnitso.com
Colour swatches of the six Derwent Procolour pencils that belong to the violet-red colour family on the colour wheel.

Colour wheel colour family – Summary

As you can see from the above images, the Derwent Procolour pencil range has pencils in all the colour family colours. Red-orange has 10 pencils in that colour family, with violet and blue colour families both holding 8 pencils each in their colour families (see bar chart below). However, red, orange and orange-yellow both hold less than four pencils each. This being Red (2 pencils), Orange-Yellow (3 pencils) and Orange (2 pencils).

Derwent Procolour Colour Wheel bar chart - Artnitso.com
A bar chart showing a count of all the Derwent Procolour pencils that belong to colour wheel colour families.


Colour Wheel Colour Harmony Products
We have created products about Colour Wheel Colour Harmony. Use these products to help you create lists of your art and craft supplies, sorted into colour families. Use it to for your Derwent Procolour pencils. You can find information about them here.

Neutral Colours

Of the set of 72 coloured pencils – six are neutral, and has three metallic pencils. These are shown clockwise in the image below.

Derwent Procolour Neutrals and Metallic pie chart - Artnitso.com
A pie chart showing a count of all the neutral and metallic colours in the Derwent Procolour range of 72 coloured pencils.

The breakdown of these pencils are as follows. First there are the three metallic colours.

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Colour swatches of the three Derwent Procolour pencils that are metallic.

Next is one neutral-black pencil.

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Colour swatch of the one Derwent Procolour pencil that is neutral-black.

Next are two neutral-warm beige pencils.

Derwent Procolour Neutral - Warm Beige - Artnitso.com
The two neutral-warm beige coloured pencils available in the 72 Derwent Procolour range.

Next is one neutral-cool beige pencil.

Derwent Procolour Neutral - Cool Beige - Artnitso.com
The one neutral-cool beige coloured pencil available in the 72 Derwent Procolour range.

Neutral-cool grey follows with one pencil.

Derwent Procolour Neutral - Warm Beige - Artnitso.com
The one neutral-cool grey coloured pencil available in the 72 Derwent Procolour range.

Finally, white is the final neutral colour with one pencil.

Derwent Procolour Neutral - White - Artnitso.com
The one neutral-white coloured pencil available in the 72 Derwent Procolour range.

The bar chart below shows the breakdown of the set’s metallic and neutral colours.

Derwent Procolour Neutrals and Metallic bar chart - Artnitso.com
A bar chart showing neutral colours available in the 72 Derwent Procolour pencil range.

As you can see, the Derwent Procolour coloured pencil set and range is made up of a variety of colours, metallics and neutrals.

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

Lightfastness

The Derwent Procolour lightfast rating ranges from 1 (being the lowest lightfast rating) up to 8 (being the highest lightfast rating).

Of this 72 pencil set, the Derwent Procolour manufacturer’s colour chart states pencils with a lightfast rating of 6 and above to be highly lightfast. Therefore, of the 72 pencil set, 32 are have fair to moderate lightfastness, 37 are highly lightfast, and 3 are on the cusp of being of being highly lightfast (with a rating of 5 or 6).

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 see how your pencil perfoms on the papers that you use for your drawings.

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

If you’ve made 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 device.

Join our email list and immediately access a library of slim interactive colour charts (including Procolour).


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