Faber-Castell - Polychromos Artist Colored Pencils

Polychromos Artist Colored Pencils

Layer vibrant, lightfast color that resists fading for archival artwork

Professional illustration work demands pigments that won't fade when exposed to light. Polychromos pencils use lightfast oil-based cores that maintain color intensity for decades, meeting archival standards that matter for finished artwork and client commissions. The oil binder creates dense, saturated coverage that layers smoothly without the waxy buildup common in student-grade pencils.

Thick 3.8mm leads resist breakage under pressure, whether you're burnishing highlights or working bold strokes into textured paper. The formulation stays waterproof and smudge-proof once applied, essential for underlayers in mixed media or protecting finished details from handling. Colors blend beautifully through layering and burnishing techniques while maintaining their individual character.

Faber-Castell offers 120 colors in the Polychromos range, sold individually so you can build a working palette around colors you actually use. The California Cedar casing sharpens cleanly to precise points for botanical illustration, technical rendering, and any work where color permanence matters as much as initial application quality.

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white
101
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
cream
102
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
light yellow glaze
104
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
light cadmium yellow
105
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
cadmium yellow
107
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
dark cadmium yellow
108
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
dark chrome yellow
109
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
phthalo blue
110
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
cadmium orange
111
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
leaf green
112
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
dark cadmium orange
115
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
ultramarine
120
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
pale geranium lake
121
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
rose carmine
124
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
middle purple pink
125
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
permanent carmine
126
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
pink madder lake
129
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
medium flesh
131
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
magenta
133
each
$3.85
23%
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purple violet
136
each
$3.85
23%
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light ultramarine
140
each
$3.85
23%
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delft blue
141
each
$3.85
23%
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madder
142
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
bluish turquoise
149
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
helioblue-reddish
151
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
cobalt turquoise
153
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
cobalt green
156
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
dark indigo
157
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
deep cobalt green
158
each
$3.85
23%
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emerald green
163
each
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juniper green
165
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earth green yellowish
168
each
$3.85
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light green
171
each
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olive green yellowish
173
each
$3.85
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chrome green opaque
174
each
$3.85
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van dyck brown
176
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
walnut brown
177
each
$3.85
23%
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raw umber
180
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
dark Naples ochre
184
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
Naples yellow
185
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
burnt ochre
187
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
sanguine
188
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
Venetian red
190
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
Pompeian red
191
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
red violet
194
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
black
199
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
cadmium yellow lemon
205
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
middle cadmium red
217
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
deep scarlet red
219
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
dark red
225
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
cold grey II
231
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
cold grey IV
233
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
Prussian blue
246
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
indanthrene blue
247
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
mauve
249
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
dark phthalo green
264
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
pine green
267
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
warm grey II
271
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
warm grey V
274
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
burnt sienna
283
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
ivory
103
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
light chrome yellow
106
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
orange glaze
113
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
light cadmium red
117
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
scarlet red
118
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
light magenta
119
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
fuchsia
123
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
pink carmine
127
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
light purple pink
128
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
dark flesh
130
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
light flesh
132
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
crimson
134
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
light red-violet
135
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
blue violet
137
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
violet
138
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
cobalt blue
143
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
cobalt blue greenish
144
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
light phthalo blue
145
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
sky blue
146
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
middle phthalo blue
152
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
light cobalt turquoise
154
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
helio turquoise
155
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
hookers green
159
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
manganese violet
160
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
phthalo green
161
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
light phthalo green
162
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
grass green
166
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
permanent green olive
167
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
caput mortuum
169
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
may green
170
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
earth green
172
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
sepia
175
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
nougat
178
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
bistre
179
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
paynes grey
181
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
brown ochre
182
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
light yellow ochre
183
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
terracotta
186
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
cinnamon
189
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
Indian red
192
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
burnt carmine
193
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
deep red
223
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
alizarin crimson
226
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
cold grey I
230
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
cold grey III
232
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
cold grey V
234
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
cold grey VI
235
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
gold
250
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
silver
251
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
copper
252
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
caput mortuum violet
263
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
permanent green
266
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
green gold
268
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
warm grey I
270
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
warm grey III
272
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
warm grey IV
273
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
warm grey VI
275
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
chrome oxide green fiery
276
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
chrome oxide green
278
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
burnt umber
280
each
$3.85
23%
$2.96
arylide yellow
202
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
perinone orange
210
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
pyrrole red
211
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
thulite reddish
213
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
quinacridone magenta
325
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
Tyrian purple
339
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
fra angelico blue
150
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
dark ultramarine violet
350
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
aquamarine blue
348
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
lazardite green
204
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
Bohemian green earth
372
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
green jasper
261
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
red jasper
286
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
golden ochre
285
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
thulite yellowish
215
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
light zircon red
216
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
thulite brownish
214
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
slate green
238
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
amethyst grey
337
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
serpentine grey
237
each
$3.84
22%
$2.96
SKU: 13301
color: White
Color Code: 101
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13303
color: Cream
Color Code: 102
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13306
color: Light yellow glaze
Color Code: 104
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13307
color: Light cadmium yellow
Color Code: 105
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13308
color: Cadmium yellow
Color Code: 107
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13317
color: Dark cadmium yellow
Color Code: 108
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13320
color: Dark chrome yellow
Color Code: 109
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13321
color: Phthalo blue
Color Code: 110
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13324
color: Cadmium orange
Color Code: 111
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13329
color: Leaf green
Color Code: 112
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13338
color: Dark cadmium orange
Color Code: 115
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13340
color: Ultramarine
Color Code: 120
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13343
color: Pale geranium lake
Color Code: 121
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13344
color: Rose carmine
Color Code: 124
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13347
color: Middle purple pink
Color Code: 125
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13354
color: Permanent carmine
Color Code: 126
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13356
color: Pink madder lake
Color Code: 129
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13360
color: Medium flesh
Color Code: 131
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13365
color: Magenta
Color Code: 133
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13370
color: Purple violet
Color Code: 136
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13375
color: Light ultramarine
Color Code: 140
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13376
color: Delft blue
Color Code: 141
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13378
color: Madder
Color Code: 142
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13379
color: Bluish turquoise
Color Code: 149
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13382
color: Helioblue reddish
Color Code: 151
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13413
color: Cobalt turquoise
Color Code: 153
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13417
color: Cobalt green
Color Code: 156
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13460
color: Dark indigo
Color Code: 157
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13461
color: Deep cobalt green
Color Code: 158
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13463
color: Emerald green
Color Code: 163
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13466
color: Juniper green
Color Code: 165
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13473
color: Earth green yellowish
Color Code: 168
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13476
color: Light green
Color Code: 171
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13482
color: Olive green yellowish
Color Code: 173
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13483
color: Chrome green opaque
Color Code: 174
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13484
color: Van dyck brown
Color Code: 176
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13492
color: Walnut brown
Color Code: 177
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13493
color: Raw umber
Color Code: 180
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13495
color: Dark naples ochre
Color Code: 184
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13497
color: Naples yellow
Color Code: 185
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13503
color: Burnt ochre
Color Code: 187
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13504
color: Sanguine
Color Code: 188
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13505
color: Venetian red
Color Code: 190
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13508
color: Pompeian red
Color Code: 191
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13510
color: Red violet
Color Code: 194
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13511
color: Black
Color Code: 199
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13512
color: Cadmium yellow lemon
Color Code: 205
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13514
color: Middle cadmium red
Color Code: 217
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13515
color: Deep scarlet red
Color Code: 219
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13517
color: Dark red
Color Code: 225
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13518
color: Cold grey ii
Color Code: 231
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13522
color: Cold grey iv
Color Code: 233
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13527
color: Prussian blue
Color Code: 246
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13528
color: Indanthrene blue
Color Code: 247
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13537
color: Mauve
Color Code: 249
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13540
color: Dark phthalo green
Color Code: 264
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13541
color: Pine green
Color Code: 267
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13555
color: Warm grey ii
Color Code: 271
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13557
color: Warm grey v
Color Code: 274
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 13559
color: Burnt sienna
Color Code: 283
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60132
color: Ivory
Color Code: 103
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60145
color: Light chrome yellow
Color Code: 106
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60152
color: Orange glaze
Color Code: 113
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60161
color: Light cadmium red
Color Code: 117
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60166
color: Scarlet red
Color Code: 118
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60287
color: Light magenta
Color Code: 119
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60290
color: Fuchsia
Color Code: 123
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60291
color: Pink carmine
Color Code: 127
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60293
color: Light purple pink
Color Code: 128
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60295
color: Dark flesh
Color Code: 130
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60296
color: Light flesh
Color Code: 132
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60299
color: Crimson
Color Code: 134
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60351
color: Light red violet
Color Code: 135
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60352
color: Blue violet
Color Code: 137
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60353
color: Violet
Color Code: 138
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60354
color: Cobalt blue
Color Code: 143
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60355
color: Cobalt blue greenish
Color Code: 144
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60356
color: Light phthalo blue
Color Code: 145
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60357
color: Sky blue
Color Code: 146
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60358
color: Middle phthalo blue
Color Code: 152
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60359
color: Light cobalt turquoise
Color Code: 154
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60361
color: Helio turquoise
Color Code: 155
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60362
color: Hookers green
Color Code: 159
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60364
color: Manganese violet
Color Code: 160
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60365
color: Phthalo green
Color Code: 161
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60366
color: Light phthalo green
Color Code: 162
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60367
color: Grass green
Color Code: 166
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60368
color: Permanent green olive
Color Code: 167
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60369
color: Caput mortuum
Color Code: 169
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60371
color: May green
Color Code: 170
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60372
color: Earth green
Color Code: 172
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60374
color: Sepia
Color Code: 175
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60375
color: Nougat
Color Code: 178
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60378
color: Bistre
Color Code: 179
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60379
color: Paynes grey
Color Code: 181
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60382
color: Brown ochre
Color Code: 182
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60383
color: Light yellow ochre
Color Code: 183
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60386
color: Terracotta
Color Code: 186
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60387
color: Cinnamon
Color Code: 189
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60389
color: Indian red
Color Code: 192
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60390
color: Burnt carmine
Color Code: 193
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60392
color: Deep red
Color Code: 223
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60394
color: Alizarin crimson
Color Code: 226
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60395
color: Cold grey i
Color Code: 230
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60396
color: Cold grey iii
Color Code: 232
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60397
color: Cold grey v
Color Code: 234
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60398
color: Cold grey vi
Color Code: 235
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60410
color: Gold
Color Code: 250
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60411
color: Silver
Color Code: 251
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60412
color: Copper
Color Code: 252
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60414
color: Caput mortuum violet
Color Code: 263
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60415
color: Permanent green
Color Code: 266
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60416
color: Green gold
Color Code: 268
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60417
color: Warm grey i
Color Code: 270
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60418
color: Warm grey iii
Color Code: 272
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60419
color: Warm grey iv
Color Code: 273
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60421
color: Warm grey vi
Color Code: 275
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60422
color: Chrome oxide green fiery
Color Code: 276
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60424
color: Chrome oxide green
Color Code: 278
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 60425
color: Burnt umber
Color Code: 280
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04570
color: Arylide yellow
Color Code: 202
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04571
color: Perinone orange
Color Code: 210
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04572
color: Pyrrole red
Color Code: 211
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04573
color: Thulite reddish
Color Code: 213
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04576
color: Quinacridone magenta
Color Code: 325
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04577
color: Tyrian purple
Color Code: 339
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04578
color: Fra angelico blue
Color Code: 150
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04579
color: Dark ultramarine violet
Color Code: 350
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04580
color: Aquamarine blue
Color Code: 348
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04581
color: Lazardite green
Color Code: 204
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04583
color: Bohemian green earth
Color Code: 372
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04584
color: Green jasper
Color Code: 261
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04618
color: Red jasper
Color Code: 286
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04620
color: Golden ochre
Color Code: 285
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04621
color: Thulite yellowish
Color Code: 215
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04623
color: Light zircon red
Color Code: 216
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04644
color: Thulite brownish
Color Code: 214
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04682
color: Slate green
Color Code: 238
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04884
color: Amethyst grey
Color Code: 337
unit: Each
$2.96each
SKU: 04885
color: Serpentine grey
Color Code: 237
unit: Each
$2.96each
Drawing and Illustration

Drawing and Illustration Purchase Guide

Drawing and Illustration Materials

Calligraphy Inks - Specialized inks for calligraphy and pen work. Includes traditional sumi ink, colored calligraphy inks, and metallic formulations for decorative writing.

Markers - Professional markers including alcohol-based, water-based, and pigment markers. Perfect for illustration, design work, and mixed media projects.

Pastels - Soft pastels, oil pastels, and pastel pencils for vibrant color work. Excellent for blending and creating rich, textured drawings.

Pencils - Graphite pencils in various hardness grades, colored pencils, and specialty drawing pencils for different techniques and surfaces.

Pens - Technical pens, fountain pens, and specialty drawing pens for precise line work and detailed illustrations.

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