Polychromos - Faber Castell- Conclusions and present for download

For months now I have been planning to publish this review regarding Fabrick Castell's Polychromos line, and finally, now, I have managed to finish it. In a way, I think it was good even my little ( small ? / Laughs) delay, since I have already been able to use my palette in many works and I am absolutely sure that they are the best crayons there are. Want to know why? So come on.

Polychromos is Faber Castell's professional color pencil line. They come with the proposition of being permanent, resistant to water, not to vanish and have very resistant tips. After a year of use, I can confirm all this. In fact, the tips are so sturdy, that they never broke when falling to the floor (and unfortunately I let that happen often). This also makes them very easy to aim with a stylus, since, along with soft wood, it is not necessary to apply force that could cause the tip to break.

Polychromos x Albrecht Dürer

The colors are the same, by nomenclature, as the pallets Albrecht Dürer (AD). As of the latter I have only 36, I can not compare all, but I can already have a concrete idea of ​​the comparison between colors. Polychromoshave very vibrant colors, easy to apply, but they are not as pigmented as AD watercolors. The following image has some examples:

Still, Polychromos offer excellent coverage, especially from the second layer of color . And my favorite part: it accepts infinite layers , and the color continues to merge perfectly with the ones below. Of courseinfinite is a figurative way of speaking, but so far, in all my works, I have been able to apply many layers myself .Even when the area seems saturated, in which a school pencil would have no more effect, it is possible to apply colors with traces in medium pressure.

In my paintings with crayons, I like to completely erase (or as much as possible) the texture of the paper .The most efficient way to do this is obviously using a plain paper. But still, depending on the pressure used, the characteristic texture of painting with pencil appears. Therefore, I always try to use more than one layer in all areas of the drawing, and, as I get closer to the result I want, I apply the last layer with greater pressure, to completely close all the small white spaces that could still be there.

esistance to light

The lightfastness classification of Faber-Castell pencils is as follows:

*** = Maximum resistance. It means that the color of the painting lasts 100 years or more without fading.
** = Very good resistance. Lasts 25 years or more without fading.
* = Good resistance. Lasts 5 years or more without fading.

The vast majority of Polychromos are classified with maximum resistance (***), which are 102 of them.Only 2 are rated with resistance of only 5 years or more, which are the colors # 119 Light Magenta , and # 155 Manganese Violet .

Next, I put Faber Castell's entire table in pdf, from the original site of the brand , with the spaces to paint the table of colors (this makes it much easier to paint the drawings).

Conclusions and present for download

I will reaffirm what I said at the beginning of this review: Polychromos are the best colored pencils in the world . I've tested several brands, and those are undoubtedly the ones that made me more satisfied with the result (and I'm a boring person). I bought the 60 color palette and maybe one day I won as a gift invest in one of 120. But, at the moment, the 60 colors are more than enough; even because it contains some nuances that I do not use (and I think I'll never use it), and I even replaced them with single colors that I ordered from the palette of 120.

As I use them VERY much, my favorite colors are already very small, but for this very reason I took the opportunity to order 3 to 5 units of each one. I even recommend buying single pencils on international websites, because the price here in BR is exorbitant.

And also, I changed the color chart pattern I introduced in my first reviews. I did something more functionalnow, which can be downloaded, printed and painted according to the colors you have. They were small, but it's just a quick reference that should fit in the box (it has to fold once).