Talk:Colored pencil

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Major change needed...[edit]

"Unlike graphite and charcoal pencils, colored pencils’ cores are wax-based and contain varying proportions of pigments, additives, and binding agents.[1] Oil-based, water-soluble and mechanical colored pencils are also manufactured.

"Colored pencils can vary greatly in terms of quality and usability; concentration of pigments in the wax core, lightfastness of the pigments, durability of the colored pencil, softness of the lead, and range of colors are indicators of a brand’s quality and, consequently, its market price. Typically, water-soluble and oil-based colored pencils are considered to be a higher quality than their wax-based counterparts, but for many artists, these differences are a matter of preference."

This would be much better like this:

"Unlike graphite and charcoal pencils, colored pencils’ cores are wax- or oil-based and contain varying proportions of pigments, additives, and binding agents.[1] Water-soluble colored pencils are also available as well as colored leads for mechanical pencils.

"Colored pencils can vary greatly in terms of quality and usability; concentration of pigments in the core, lightfastness of the pigments, durability of the colored pencil, softness of the lead, and range of colors are indicators of a brand’s quality and, consequently, its market price. There is no general quality difference between wax/oil-based and water-soluble pencils, although water-soluble pencils tend to be less lightfast due to different binding agents."

This is based on www.wetcanvas.com as well as on my 30+ years of experience. May I...? Harjasusi (talk) 11:58, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I combined oil-based pencils with wax-based because there's absolutely no difference between their usability, they can be freely mixed and in fact many manufacturers don't even specify whether their pencils are oil- or wax-based. On the other hand water-soluble pencils are a different group (even though they can be used with wax/oil pencils too). I also added remarks about colour ranges and added pastel pencils. Harjasusi (talk) 08:08, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Where can I find them that coloured pencils in RSA stores Plan Thabang (talk) 12:36, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I grew up calling these "map colors" or "map pencils" Any sources for that? TuckerResearch (talk) 20:00, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Found one: Perry, K.; Weimar, H.; Bell, M.A. (2017). Sketchnoting in School: Discover the Benefits (and Fun) of Visual Note Taking. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4758-2733-0. Retrieved 2023-05-12. TuckerResearch (talk) 20:03, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]