Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils are valued for their soft, smooth, vivid colours and maximum light fastness by artists around the world. Faber Castell create a buttery smooth pencil that can be easily blended for layered effects, highlights, and transitions. Their break resistant, water resistant, smudgeproof 3.8 mm leads are encased in premium cedar wood with a special bonding to resist breakage while providing sharp, fine lines and permanent, rich colour. These oil based pencils exhibit a richness of colour and smoothness that is unparalleled by any other brand, without the ugly wax bloom that develops with other wax based pencils.
