The interactive colour chart below shows the non-lightfast coloured pencils in the Prismacolor Premier coloured pencil range. These are the pencils with a lightfast rating of III, IV or V. As Prismacolor Premier pencils don't have lightfast ratings listed on the individual pencils, the ratings for each pencil has been identified from the Prismacolor colour chart. This disclaimer explains how the colour analysis was done. A recent blog post provided a closer look at the 65 non-lightfast … [Read more...]
Lightfast Prismacolor Premier Interactive Colour Chart
The interactive colour chart below shows only the lightfast Prismacolor Premier coloured pencils. These are the pencils with a lightfast rating of I or II. As the Prismacolor Premier pencils do not have lightfast ratings listed on the actual pencil, the ratings for each pencil has been identified from the Prismacolor colour chart. This disclaimer explains how the colour analysis was carried out. A recent blog post provided a closer look at the 85 lightfast Prismacolor Premier pencils. … [Read more...]
Prismacolor Premier Interactive Colour Chart
Quickly sort and search through the Prismacolor Premier's coloured pencil range by using the interactive colour chart below. Find each pencil’s colour wheel family, pencil name, pencil number and lightfast rating. A colour swatch for each coloured pencil is also provided. A recent blog post provided a closer look at the colour family colours and neutral colours available in the Prismacolor Premier coloured pencil range. This interactive colour chart is to help you quickly find the … [Read more...]
The 65 non-lightfast Prismacolor Premier pencils
We're continuing to explore the coloured pencil sets from our post comparing oil-based and wax-based coloured pencils. Following our analysis of the lightfast pencils in the Prismacolor Premier range, this post looks at the range's non-lightfast coloured pencils. Lightfast ratings III, IV and V are considered to be non-lightfast. We recently had a closer look at the 150 coloured pencils in the Prismacolor Premier range. We found that of that range, 25 have a lightfast rating of … [Read more...]
The 85 lightfast Prismacolor Premier pencils
We recently had a closer look at the 150 coloured pencils in the Prismacolor Premier range. We found that of that range, 59 have the hightest lightfast rating of I, and 26 have the next highest lightfast rating of II. This means that the pencil range has a total of 85 lightfast coloured pencils. The pencil names and numbers are highlighted on the pencil. However, the lightfast rating is not. This rating was listed separately on the Prismacolor Premier color chart, and were … [Read more...]
Prismacolor Premier Coloured Pencils – a closer look
The Prismacolor Premier coloured pencils range holds 150 pencils. 85 are lightfast with ratings of I or II, and 65 are non-lightfast with ratings of III, IV or V. 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 … [Read more...]