colored pencil

Tinted wooden drawing

A colored pencil is a drawing instrument with a pigmented wax or oil-based core inside a wooden casing, used for artwork, illustration, and coloring.

Unlike graphite pencils, colored pencils come in a wide range of hues: She sketched the landscape in colored pencil.

The term distinguishes them from ordinary pencils, which produce gray marks.

color

hue

Color's specific character

value · tone · pigment · vibrant · pastel · earth tones · warm · cool · complementary · analogous

medium

drawing

Marks forming a picture

blending · layering · rendering · crosshatching · burnishing · stippling · linework · hatching · gradation · pigment

supplies

sharpener

Device restoring cutting edges

sketchbook · fixative · extender · holder · set · tin · roll · swatch · Prismacolor · Faber-Castell

artwork

portrait

Artistic depiction of someone

wildlife · fantasy · realism · hyperrealism · mandala · illustration · fan art · concept art · commission · gallery

education

classroom

Educational instruction space

craft · back-to-school · creativity · beginner · student · learning · Crayola · practice · worksheet · art therapy

Categories
Opposites
medium type

colored pencilmarker

Something that signals location

paint · oil paint · ink · airbrush · spray paint

color vs monochrome

colored pencilgraphite pencil

Carbon-core writing implement

lead pencil · pencil · drawing pencil · mechanical pencil · charcoal pencil

permanence/erasability

colored pencilpermanent marker

Pen with lasting ink

tattoo ink · indelible ink · pen · engraving · carving

Family

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Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G