KALOUR Premium Colored Pencils,Set of 120 Colors,Artists Soft Core with Vibrant Color,Ideal for Drawing Sketching Shading,Coloring Pencils for Adults Beginners

Update: The more I use them, the better I like these pencils. I am having no difficulty getting 5 layers down and they blend well. I purchased a small set of Prismacolors just to see what the fuss was about and honestly find the differences between the Kalour and Prismacolors to be insignificant for a beginner like me. Also purchased the Starjoy Gold and found that while the pigments are vivid and they have a great range of hues, the cores are hard as a rock which I do not like - I am using them for outlines and sketching but really find them difficult to use. Alternatively, these Kalour pencils are a joy to use. At some point I will likely buy a larger set of them in a tin (best thing about the Starjoy is the tin they come in - love it!) FYI, apparently the Kalour pencils are made by Brunfuner and seem to be the same as the Brunfuner round oil based colored pencils. Apparently, all colored pencils contain oil and wax and are referred to by which they have more of, so not sure why the Kalour are listed as wax and the Brunfuner as oil. These same pencils are apparently also sold under the brand names Soucolor, Shuttle Art, Southsun, Womoxe and maybe more. Under the Brunfuner name, they get consistently good reviews and I can see why. May try some of the Brunfuner square colored pencils at some point as they are supposedly better than the round ones, but since they are the same hues as my current Kalour set, I will likely wait on that. May still try the Arrtx at some point, but concerned now that they may not be soft enough for me. Borrowed some Arteza and found them almost as hard as the Starjoy - ugh. Orig Review: No broken cores on my set, except for some pencils I dropped myself. These are wax-based so I carefully heated the pencils I dropped (used method on youtube for prismacolors) and that melted the cores enough to repair the breaks and does not seem to have damaged anything. Cores are soft, which I like - makes color easier to lay down, but harder to get precise details, which is the case for all soft cores. They lay down and blend easily and have a very good range of colors. Color names and numbers are on the barrels - yay! A few colors (5 or so) look like duplicates of others to me, or nearly the same. Some of the barrel colors do not match the core colors, and some color names are not matched to traditional colors for that name, but I see that sort of weirdness in just about all color pencil sets these days. Fortunately there is a good swatch chart included (which was much appreciated - thanks!) and I did receive all colors on the swatch chart, plus blender, white acrylic pen and sharpener. I have had no issues sharpening. Not professional quality - from reviews appears these do not blend or layer as well as prismacolors or polychromos and are not lightfast - but these cost a fraction of those brands. I am no expert, but these seem quite good to me. I have heard the Arrtx set may be better than these (also wax based), but they cost more than 2x what these do, which seemed a lot to me - may be better to buy Prismacolors at that price point. I have also heard the Starjoy colored pencils may be superior to these - those are oil based, sell at a similar price point to these and also have a wide range of colors. I have ordered a set of the Starjoy pencils and a small set of Prismacolors to try out and, at some point, may try a small set of the Arrtx. FYI, these Kalour pencils are sold by several sellers under various brand names - check youtube reviews to avoid buying duplicate sets, lol. At the time of my purchase, these were the best reviewed wax-based pencils with a wide color range under $25.

For the price this is a wonderful set of colored pencils. I'm not an artist but love to draw and these are perfect for me. Good selection of colors and they blend well using a colorless blending pencil. When I sharpen these they have never broken. I do use an electric pencil sharpener. I've had these for months and I still see them as the perfect pencil for me.

Worth the purchase and comes with a blending pencil. Many colors and flows naturally on paper. Great for art or schoolwork.

I'll admit, I'm a newbie to adult coloring pencils. I chose this particular set of Kalour wax based pencils because they were a few dollars less than the 120ct set that came in a tin. I like how smoothly they put color on paper. It's easy to make the color more solid and bold on the paper with little effort. The colors are vibrant. But, if I had to do it over I'd have paid a little more and gone with the Kalour set that came in a tin. That set came with the color reference chart, and the pencils are a lot easier to sort being they're in trays. With this set, I had to write out my own reference chart, and if you want to organize these pencils you'll have get a case to keep them in.

Love them the blender pencil is awesome and I love the sharpener it came with . Nice to grip easy to use good material good thickness would be a great birthday or early Christmas gift. Love the color chart .

These are great for adult coloring. Pigment, durability and quality without spending too much. Great value!

I got these to try them out. I previously use Crayola and shuttleart colored pencils but I found myself having to use alot of pressure. After alot of research the theory was these were a budget friendly option for those that couldnt afford prisma colored pencils. Overall i'm impressed, sometimes the tip breaks with very little pressure but honestly that doesn't phase me. The color comes out gorgeous anf when burnishing or blending it does the job. I still use my shuttle art colored pencils because some shades I am needing are not the correct version I need but it does offer a variety of colors that my other set doesnt have. The size of the pencil does get shorter faster but that is to be expected.

Bellissimi colori, mi sto trovando bene.

Fabulous colouring pencils! Better than some of my more expensive ones, I'm so glad I ordered them. They've not broken once, they colour fabulous and blend to perfection

Het zijn geen Faber Castel polychromos en ook geen Derwent maar je kan er verder aardig mee kleuren.

Bisher tolle Buntstifte. Sehr weiche Mine - errinert mich and Prismacolor. Farben lassen sich einfach verblenden und layern. Bisher habe ich auch noch keine gebrochene Minen gehabt. Die Farben selber sind sehr gut pigmentiert.Tolles Preis/Leistungsverhaeltnis

Pour mes coloriage impeccable