Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Finally!!!! A large box of pencils that are WAX BASED! I asked the vendor directly, because no one could tell me if these pencils are wax or oil based. They were very prompt in answering me. These pencils are a little bit harder than prismas. They are easy to blend and layer. So for about half the cost of Prismacolor, you can have a great day to day box of pencils that are much less prone to breakage. I know that I will worry much less about this set of pencils than the more expensive brands. The actual pallet of colors is wonderful. There are more pastel colors and brown shades than the afore mentioned Prismacolor pencils. One of the very unique things regarding these pencils is that they are Pantone colors. For any who dont know about Pantone colors, I will attempt to explain. Pantone is actually the official language of color. If you were asking someone to manufacture, say a shirt, for your company to sell; you could tell them that you wanted the shirts to be purple. That's almost like asking someone how many grains of rice are in a cup. There are hundreds of shades of purple. So, to solve this, we have Pantone colors. The vast majority of Pantone colors are not named, they are numbered. Now you can tell the company to make all the shirts in Pantone color #2593. Now there is absolutely no doubt regarding the color that you are referring to. I believe that in the entire box of 150 pencils, only four or five actually are named. The rest are numbered. This is the unique quality of these pencils. Because these pencils are based on the Pantone system, they are numbered, not named. With a little time, you should have no problem identifying each color by a number, instead of a name. For those of you having difficulty with sharpening pencils from some of the softer brands, the Master brand of pencils are your solution. You have a fantastic large pallet of colors that are less prone to breakage. They seem to be highly pigmented, and respond wonderfully. Have a great time with these pencils. Remember, they are slightly harder than Prismas, but other than that, respond wonderfully. These pencils would make an awesome gift for both anyone just beginning to use colored pencils or a professional artist. Have a most blessed day and color on! December 11, 2019 Update: because these are "budget friendly " pencils, I get the feeling that many people dont believe that these are actually an artist grade of pencils. So I am adding a few pictures that I have done with them. I hope this helps you to try these pencils. As you can tell, the more I used these pencils, the better my pictures got. Have a blessed day! UPDATE: FEBRUARY 2022 I just needed to replace my pencils with a new box. There is a huge difference from my original box. I'm actually very disappointed! The original pencils had Pantene numbers on each pencil. The Pantone numbers no longer exist on these pencils. The pencils have no color names but just are numbered from 101 - 250. This is really sad to me. If any of you really need those Pantone numbers for your work.......they no longer exist. Outside of missing the Pantone numbers, these are the same beautiful wax based pencils. Have a blessed day and color on!