Blackwing Colors 24 Pencils
Blackwing's coloured pencils in the full 24-colour set — the same incense-cedar barrel as their graphite pencils, with a soft Japanese wax core instead.
That core is what separates these from ordinary colouring pencils: it lays down densely and blends rather than scratching at the paper. The barrel is semi-hexagonal, so it sits in the hand without rolling off the desk, and it carries the silver ferrule the brand is known for. The eraser is a sand eraser, slightly abrasive, because an ordinary rubber will not lift coloured pencil at all.
Key Features
- Material: Genuine incense-cedar
- Core: Soft, smooth Japanese wax colour core
- Design: Semi-hexagonal barrel
- Ferrule: Blackwing silver
- Eraser: Sand eraser, semi-abrasive, for coloured pencil
- Set includes: 24 colours — Pink, Red, Yellow, Orange, Light Green, Green, Light Blue, Blue, Violet, Brown, Black, Silver, Rose, Cinnamon, Espresso, Turquoise, Gold, White, Forest Green, Goldenrod, Royal Blue, Purple, Peach and Red Orange
- Made in: Japan
Trade notes
The sand eraser is the detail nobody else offers and the one that wins the sale against a more established colouring pencil brand — make sure it is said. Reaches an art customer rather than the usual Blackwing graphite buyer, so it can sit in two places in store. The 24 is the set to carry; the smaller sets undersell the range of colour.