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Vibrant Color Pencils Set: Our 48 colored pencils provide intense colors, perfect for adult coloring books, sketches, and mixed media designs. They are suitable for beginners and professionals.
Effortless Blending & Layering: Enjoy a smooth coloring experience with these coloring pencils for adults, known for their exceptional blending, layering, and color mixing capabilities.
Durable Art Pencils: Crafted for longevity, our colored pencils for adult coloring books feature robust, break-resistant cores. These highly pigmented sketch pencils work flawlessly every time.
Rich Spectrum of Colors: Embrace a wide array of colors to choose from, satisfying all your artistic needs. These artist pencils ensure diverse creations, making every project an adventure.
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Our mission is to provide high-quality and affordable art supplies for creators of all levels.

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Manufacturer	‎Arteza
Brand	‎ARTEZA
Item Weight	‎8.5 ounces
Product Dimensions	‎2.56 x 2.52 x 7.56 inches
Item model number	‎ARTZ-8202
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer	‎No
Color	‎Multicolor
Grip Type	‎Contoured
Pencil Lead Degree (Hardness)	‎4B
Material Type	‎Wood
Number of Items	‎48
Size	‎1 Count (Pack of 48)
Point Type	‎Fine
Line Size	‎0.3mm
Ink Color	‎Multicolor
Manufacturer Part Number	‎ARTZ-8202

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Customer Reviews	5,324 ratings 4.7 out of 5 stars
Best Sellers Rank	#27,641 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing (See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing) #211 in Drawing Pencils
Date First Available	April 18, 2018

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Customers find these colored pencils highly pigmented and perfect for adult coloring, with smooth, creamy lead that's soft enough to use as a highlighter. They are comfortable to hold with a triangular shape, blend and layer nicely, and are easy to use, making them suitable for both beginners and aspiring artists. Customers appreciate their quality and consider them good value for money, with one customer noting they offer a decent amount of shades for the price.

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190 customers mention "Color quality"172 positive18 negative

Customers praise these colored pencils for their smooth application and high pigmentation, making them perfect for adult coloring.

"Beautiful colors and easy to use on the pattern." Read more

"Beautiful pencils in a good variety of colors. Very rich and smooth." Read more

"Pencils are lightweight and colors are nice. I was hoping it to be a bit more pigmented...." Read more

"...The black is very pigmented the white is not as pigmented as prismacolor but hey these pencils are worth the money, I would definitely recommend..." Read more

141 customers mention "Quality"124 positive17 negative

Customers find these colored pencils to be of good quality and sturdy, with none arriving broken.

"Beautiful pencils in a good variety of colors. Very rich and smooth." Read more

"...The pencils are soft and have not broken on me - which I do appreciate." Read more

"...I was pleasantly surprised to discover that they are so creamy and rich and you don't have to press down hard to come up with a nice layer of color..." Read more

"...Also Arteza didn't leave "pencil shavings" and the points didn't break as easily as Shuttle art...." Read more

58 customers mention "Softness"51 positive7 negative

Customers appreciate the colored pencils' softness, describing them as smooth, creamy, and comfortable to hold, with the lead being soft enough to use as a highlighter.

"Beautiful pencils in a good variety of colors. Very rich and smooth." Read more

"...The pencils are soft and have not broken on me - which I do appreciate." Read more

"...to the quality I was pleasantly surprised to discover that they are so creamy and rich and you don't have to press down hard to come up with a nice..." Read more

"...I was very happy I chose these Arteza pencils. They are so creamy, making it easy to blend...." Read more

56 customers mention "Value for money"52 positive4 negative

Customers find these colored pencils offer good value for money, with one customer noting they provide a decent amount of shades for the price.

"...is not as pigmented as prismacolor but hey these pencils are worth the money, I would definitely recommend this pencils to anyone that is starting..." Read more

"...At the time I bought them for the price they were a good deal. That has since changed." Read more

"...ARE GOOD QUALITY AND COVER WELL BUT THE SURPRISING THING IS THE PRICE AFFORDABLE." Read more

"...pencils would be suitable to give to a young person, at a more reasonable price. I was skeptical about their quality until I received them...." Read more

37 customers mention "Blendability"33 positive4 negative

Customers appreciate how these colored pencils blend and layer nicely.

"...to press down hard to come up with a nice layer of color they blend very well...." Read more

"...They were soooo much better than shuttle art! They blended a lot better and sharpened better ...." Read more

"...They are so creamy, making it easy to blend. I even blend them with my Prismacolor and its works beautifully...." Read more

"...They're butter soft, layer well, and are WAY more pigmented and blendable than the Amazon brand colored pencils I bought in the tin...." Read more

34 customers mention "Ease of use"29 positive5 negative

Customers find these colored pencils easy to use, particularly suitable for beginners, with one customer noting they are convenient to handle and sharpen.

"Beautiful colors and easy to use on the pattern." Read more

"...Plenty of color choices but not overwhelming. I would recommend them to a friend." Read more

"...Upright container is sturdy, convenient and saves space. Delivered on time." Read more

"I really like these! They're not super hard and always sharpen up nicely...." Read more

27 customers mention "Ease of grip"27 positive0 negative

Customers find the colored pencils easy to hold, particularly noting the triangular shape and comfortable grip.

"...They have a triangular shape and he feels comfortable when I hold them in my hand however when I lay them on my bed to count them because I felt as..." Read more

"...Color array is glorious, and they are triangular which is easier to hold, and they don't roll away from you on the table...." Read more

"The triangle shape is softly rounded. I think my granddaughter will like this. Lead seems soft enough to achieve deep colors...." Read more

"...they fit in your hand well...." Read more

22 customers mention "Drawing ability"22 positive0 negative

Customers find these colored pencils excellent for drawing, with one mentioning they are great for detailed work and another noting they are perfect for picky preschool artists.

"...It's a good range of color and they aren't waxy at all, even after many layers...." Read more

"These worked well especially for the price. Great starter set for aspiring artist...." Read more

"These are outstanding creamy, wax pencils! The are Every bit as good as other brands that are more costly!..." Read more

"...The medium lead and the Verithin smaller lead are great for detailed work or drawing...." Read more

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Bridget Gray
Beautiful colors
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2025
Size: 1 Count (Pack of 48)Verified Purchase

Beautiful colors and easy to use on the pattern.

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beautiful colors
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2025
Size: 1 Count (Pack of 48)Verified Purchase
Beautiful pencils in a good variety of colors. Very rich and smooth.

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Danyel C
My Favorite Colored Pencils
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2024
Size: 1 Count (Pack of 48)Verified Purchase
They are the only colored pencils I ever purchased that I have nothing bad to say about! They are the only colored pencils I use and I am very reluctant to try anything else because I would hate to be disappointed if they weren't up to par.

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Vino
Not as pigmented as I was hoping for.
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
Size: 1 Count (Pack of 48)Verified Purchase
Pencils are lightweight and colors are nice. I was hoping it to be a bit more pigmented. I am using this to practice blending and do have to go back and forth quite a bit to get some bold and intense colors. The pencils are soft and have not broken on me - which I do appreciate.

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Frances Schmidt
Perfect for those with grip issues.
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2024
Size: 1 Count (Pack of 48)Verified Purchase
I've bought these over and over for an elderly friend who has issues holding regular pencils well enough to color with. Highly recommend!

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Boss Lady
Love them!.
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2019
Size: 1 Count (Pack of 48)Verified Purchase
I got my color pencils today and the first impression that I got from them when I open then was that the colors were very vibrant I like the way that they are sharpened. They have a triangular shape and he feels comfortable when I hold them in my hand however when I lay them on my bed to count them because I felt as they were not 48 pencils. They were all there none missing, anyways when I started counting them there were two or three pencils the had weird looking piece of something dry stuck to them I'm not sure what it is I cannot even describe it but I got the impression as if whoever put them on the little tube didn't have their hands clean or maybe these were used not sure.

However when it comes to the quality I was pleasantly surprised to discover that they are so creamy and rich and you don't have to press down hard to come up with a nice layer of color they blend very well. The black is very pigmented the white is not as pigmented as prismacolor but hey these pencils are worth the money, I would definitely recommend this pencils to anyone that is starting to draw and color or Someone that loves to color using coloring books. I draw and color as my hobby and I'm planning on doing a YouTube channel and I will definitely be buying Arteza in the future.

Please don't send me dirty pencils 👍❤️.

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Love them!.

Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2019
I got my color pencils today and the first impression that I got from them when I open then was that the colors were very vibrant I like the way that they are sharpened. They have a triangular shape and he feels comfortable when I hold them in my hand however when I lay them on my bed to count them because I felt as they were not 48 pencils. They were all there none missing, anyways when I started counting them there were two or three pencils the had weird looking piece of something dry stuck to them I'm not sure what it is I cannot even describe it but I got the impression as if whoever put them on the little tube didn't have their hands clean or maybe these were used not sure.

However when it comes to the quality I was pleasantly surprised to discover that they are so creamy and rich and you don't have to press down hard to come up with a nice layer of color they blend very well. The black is very pigmented the white is not as pigmented as prismacolor but hey these pencils are worth the money, I would definitely recommend this pencils to anyone that is starting to draw and color or Someone that loves to color using coloring books. I draw and color as my hobby and I'm planning on doing a YouTube channel and I will definitely be buying Arteza in the future.

Please don't send me dirty pencils 👍❤️.

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Natalie Shannon
Perfect for adult coloring. Great value.
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2021
Size: 1 Count (Pack of 48)Verified Purchase
I am new to adult coloring. I am not an artist, just color for stress relief. I originally bought the budget pencils from Shuttle art. The set had 174 colors. I used those for awhile. Then I started running out of frequently used colors. (Sky blue, ocean blue, red) Shuttle art doesn have open stock. None of the common budget brands have open stock. I looked up Prismacolors and they were way out of my budget! This brand is for "serious artists." I looked up Arteza and they had open stock. In all the colors I needed. I bought a few pencils, (which have 3 in a pack!!) And fell in love with them. They were soooo much better than shuttle art! They blended a lot better and sharpened better . The colors are much more vibrant than other budget brands. Also Arteza didn't leave "pencil shavings" and the points didn't break as easily as Shuttle art. In my opinion, Arteza is perfect for adult coloring. Both the watercolors and regular pencils are amazing. I bought the 48 set for both. I will buy the 120 sets when these run out.

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GnomeOnTheRange
Well made
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2024
Size: 1 Count (Pack of 48)Verified Purchase
Quite comparable to that other brand! Smooth on the page, the right weight, all good!

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joelle
bon produit
Reviewed in France on August 5, 2023
Size: 1 Count (Pack of 48)Verified Purchase

ces crayons me font penser à la colorisation aux Faber catell polychromos, mais ceci est mon ressenti personnel après avoir fait un coloriage. les couleurs se fondent bien entre-elles , le travail en couche par couche se fait sans effort et le résultat est superbe.
pour moi ces crayons sont vraiment une bonne découverte, dommage qu'il n'y est que 48 couleurs, une gamme plus étendu serait la bienvenue.
a tester si vous aimez les polychromos.

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Karla
Muy buenos colores
Reviewed in Mexico on January 15, 2024
Size: 1 Count (Pack of 48)Verified Purchase
Justo lo que esperaba. Estoy retomando mi dibujo en lápices de color y me fue muy bien con ellos esta primera vez que los usé.

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Karla

Muy buenos colores

Reviewed in Mexico on January 15, 2024
Justo lo que esperaba. Estoy retomando mi dibujo en lápices de color y me fue muy bien con ellos esta primera vez que los usé.

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Arteza Colouring Pencils Set
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2020
Size: 1 Count (Pack of 48)Verified Purchase
Bought as a birthday present for a four year old in January.
Since then have been used continuously for colouring and have lasted well
Pencils are easy to grip and each one is labelled as to its colour. Also they are easy to sharpen and don't break that easily. A being used by a child you can press quite hard when colouring in with no ill effect.
They are more expensive than other makes but the additional expense is worth it.
The cardboard tube they come in is also handy for keeping the pencils together.

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Tracy S.
Wonderful budget pencils for the serious colourist!
Reviewed in Australia on October 21, 2024
Size: 1 Count (Pack of 48)Verified Purchase
I use pencils mainly for designing quilts, sketching and doodling, even proper colouring - the latter I have been enjoying more of recently - it’s so mentally relaxing!

My pencils desperately need updating: I
have about a quarter of the pencils left of a 20 year old full set of much loved and used Derwent Studio, a full set of Marco Raffine with most well used, a handful of PolyChromo and also Lyra Rembrandt. I also have lots of Crayola left over from the kids primary school days!

The Derwent are wonderful but can be a bit hard for shading. The colours are fantastic. The Raffines are fine, although I have found the colour texture isn’t consistent. Also, the wood can crack and the lead can break easily when sharpening - but I have had them for ten years or more and they have been dropped on tiled floors more than once so that’s probably not a fair criticism! The Polys are so rich - but wow they are soft and I go through them so quickly! The Lyra Rembrandt are dry and more chalky than any of them - a feature I love for colouring large areas like skies, but I also go through them quickly. Crayola is Crayola, as far as kids pencils go they are great but I only use them if I don’t have a colour I need in another brand because they can be hard and scratchy.

Well, times have changed since I bought a full set of premium pencils - adult colourists are now paying hundreds for artist grade pencils! For what I use pencils for I do not need a full set of Primsa or Polys, but I enjoy nice pencils and can feel the difference.

There’s a dizzying array of pencils on Amazon, so I resorted to YouTube reviews to narrow down some good but not top-of-the-range choices, and hopefully try out a few different brands.

Arteza come highly rated for a budget pencil. They make several “levels” of pencils - these are the “classic,” there’s also the more expensive versions as shown on the packaging.

Well, these are just lovely!

They are buttery, rich, smooth, and seem to layer and blend easily with my other brands. (I like my pencils in order of colour instead of brand because every brand has its uses!)

They smudge more than my Derwents and hold a point better than the Poly.

They are so good I have to wonder if the “premium” and “pro-series” ones are much better or are just more expensive because they are more resistant to fading in a museum setting…?

Anyway, I still have a couple of more brands I would love to try as they come on sale, but in the meantime I am more than happy with these and completely and thoroughly recommend them for any adult colourist - if you’ve got any young artistically inclined family members these would be a wonderful gift for them!

I will have to swatch all my pencils and think about what colours I need and what brands will work best in my collection - oh happy days!

Happy Colouring!

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Wonderful budget pencils for the serious colourist!

Reviewed in Australia on October 21, 2024
I use pencils mainly for designing quilts, sketching and doodling, even proper colouring - the latter I have been enjoying more of recently - it’s so mentally relaxing!

My pencils desperately need updating: I
have about a quarter of the pencils left of a 20 year old full set of much loved and used Derwent Studio, a full set of Marco Raffine with most well used, a handful of PolyChromo and also Lyra Rembrandt. I also have lots of Crayola left over from the kids primary school days!

The Derwent are wonderful but can be a bit hard for shading. The colours are fantastic. The Raffines are fine, although I have found the colour texture isn’t consistent. Also, the wood can crack and the lead can break easily when sharpening - but I have had them for ten years or more and they have been dropped on tiled floors more than once so that’s probably not a fair criticism! The Polys are so rich - but wow they are soft and I go through them so quickly! The Lyra Rembrandt are dry and more chalky than any of them - a feature I love for colouring large areas like skies, but I also go through them quickly. Crayola is Crayola, as far as kids pencils go they are great but I only use them if I don’t have a colour I need in another brand because they can be hard and scratchy.

Well, times have changed since I bought a full set of premium pencils - adult colourists are now paying hundreds for artist grade pencils! For what I use pencils for I do not need a full set of Primsa or Polys, but I enjoy nice pencils and can feel the difference.

There’s a dizzying array of pencils on Amazon, so I resorted to YouTube reviews to narrow down some good but not top-of-the-range choices, and hopefully try out a few different brands.

Arteza come highly rated for a budget pencil. They make several “levels” of pencils - these are the “classic,” there’s also the more expensive versions as shown on the packaging.

Well, these are just lovely!

They are buttery, rich, smooth, and seem to layer and blend easily with my other brands. (I like my pencils in order of colour instead of brand because every brand has its uses!)

They smudge more than my Derwents and hold a point better than the Poly.

They are so good I have to wonder if the “premium” and “pro-series” ones are much better or are just more expensive because they are more resistant to fading in a museum setting…?

Anyway, I still have a couple of more brands I would love to try as they come on sale, but in the meantime I am more than happy with these and completely and thoroughly recommend them for any adult colourist - if you’ve got any young artistically inclined family members these would be a wonderful gift for them!

I will have to swatch all my pencils and think about what colours I need and what brands will work best in my collection - oh happy days!

Happy Colouring!

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Ottimi morbidi
Reviewed in Italy on October 1, 2021
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Mi sono piaciuti tantissimo io coloro book di Art therapy, volevo qualcosa di professionale, e arteza é una sorpresa molto piacevole sono morbidi, si possono sfumare (non sono acquarelllabili) ma ottimi per i piccoli
particolari. Sono 48 ma ci sono bellissime nuance il lime green è ad esempio un colore pieno coprente o il Jasmine yellow giallo chiarisimo che sulla carta bianca riesce a risaltare Soddisfattissimo il pacco è arrivato integro e soprattutto nessuno di queste è risultata rotta. Il fusto è laccato e triangolare Mi sento di consigliarli prodotto USA made PCR

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Ottimi morbidi

Reviewed in Italy on October 1, 2021
Mi sono piaciuti tantissimo io coloro book di Art therapy, volevo qualcosa di professionale, e arteza é una sorpresa molto piacevole sono morbidi, si possono sfumare (non sono acquarelllabili) ma ottimi per i piccoli
particolari. Sono 48 ma ci sono bellissime nuance il lime green è ad esempio un colore pieno coprente o il Jasmine yellow giallo chiarisimo che sulla carta bianca riesce a risaltare Soddisfattissimo il pacco è arrivato integro e soprattutto nessuno di queste è risultata rotta. Il fusto è laccato e triangolare Mi sento di consigliarli prodotto USA made PCR

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ARTEZA Colored Pencils, 48 Soft Color Pencils, Highly-Pigmented, Wax-Based Coloring Pencils for Artists, and Beginners

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