Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 Pencil Sets

Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901™ Colour Pencils are professional artist-grade coloured pencils designed to deliver exceptional colour intensity, blending performance, and industry-leading lightfastness.

Featuring curated colour selections of Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901™ Colour Pencils, designed to cover lifelike skin tones, complex neutrals, and deep darks essential for fine art. Every shade has been formulated using finely ground pigments chosen for their purity, intensity, and UV resistance.

The creamy pencils offer excellent coverage and mixing capacity allow for intense applications, blending, and burnishing, while extreme softness enables subtle blending and graduations. Perfect for artists seeking professional-quality results, the Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901™ Colour Pencil Sets are ideal for detailed illustrations, ultra-realistic drawings, portraits, botanicals and fine-art works. They can also be used alongside other Caran d'Ache drawing media for mixed techniques and underpainting.

Luminance 6901™ Colour Pencil Set 12

• is a great introductory palette covering primary and secondary basics.
• Colours include: White 001, Lemon Yellow 240, Orange 030, Permanent Red 061, Anthraquinoid Pink, Prussian Blue 159, Phthalocyanine Blue 162, Light Cobalt Blue 661, Grass Green 220, Spring Green 470, Perylene Brown 585, Noir Black 009

Luminance 6901™ Colour Pencil Set 20

• provides a versatile colour palette to create a variety of artwork from landscapes, florals, still life and vivid abstract art with all 20 colours rated at the highest lightfast rating of LFI.
• Colours include: White 001, Black 009, Orange 030, Yellow Ochre 034, Permanent Red 061, Russet 065, Burnt Sienna 069, Manganese Violet 112, Prussian Blue 159, Phthalocyanine Blue 162, Grass Green 220, Lemon Yellow 240, Spring Green 470, Slate Grey Graphite 495, Raw Umber 548, Anthraquinoid Pink 571, Perylene Brown 585, Light Cobalt Blue 661, Dark Sap Green 739, Golden Bismuth Yellow 820.

Luminance 6901™ Colour Pencil Set 40

• provides an excellent balance of earth, cool and warm tones, vibrant primaries and deep shadows. Perfectly suited for realistic wildlife, pet portraits, lush botanical illustrations and classic still life artworks. 34 of the set achieving LFI (the highest standard possible rating) and the remaining 6 LFII rating.
• Colours include: Whites & Greys: White 001, Silver Grey 004, French Grey 70% 808, Slate Grey 495, Payne's Grey 70% 508, Black 009
  Yellows & Oranges: Lemon Yellow 240, Golden Bismuth Yellow 820, Orange 030, Yellow Ochre 034, Brown Ochre 037, Naples Ochre 821
  Reds & Purples: Permanent Red 061, Scarlet 070, Purplish Red 350, Anthraquinoid Pink 571, Manganese Violet 112, Violet 120, Violet Brown 120.
  Blues & Greens: Phthalocyanine Blue 719, Prussian Blue 159, Light Cobalt Blue 661, Genuine Cobalt Blue 662, Turquoise Blue 171, Spring Green 470, Grass Green 220, Moss Green 225, Dark Sap Green 739, Malachite Green 180
  Earths: Russet 065, Burnt Sienna 069, Burnt Sienna 10% 862, Burnt Ochre 077, Burnt Ochre 10% 872, Raw Umber 548, Cassel Earth 046, Green Ochre 025, Olive Yellow 015, Perylene Brown 585.

Key features:

• Round cedar wood body with end casing matching the colour of the lead
• Light resistance complies with highest international standards for light resistance in coloured pencils (ASTM D6901)
  • 14 colours rated LFI
  • 6 colours rated LFII maintaining their colour intensity for up to 100 years
• A permanent creamy lead - oil/wax blend
• 3.8mm diameter for clean and accurate lines
• Maximum covering power
• Made in Switzerland.

Recommended Surfaces:

It is recommended to use heavyweight archival papers with a fine to medium tooth with Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901™ Colour Pencil to ensure the surface has just enough tooth to grip the creamy lead. A hot pressed watercolour paper (HP) is ideal. For precise photorealistic artwork consider a good quality bristol vellum paper which will provide an excellent flat foundation for the rich pigments in the range. Toned papers offer a subtle texture, providing a neutral background that makes highlights pop and allow you to achieve shadows and depth quicker than a white paper.

Range: Luminance
Pack size: Set
Application: Drawing, Illustration
Product type: Pencil