colored pencils

Pigmented wooden writing implements

Colored pencils are drawing instruments with pigmented wax or oil cores encased in wood, used for coloring, shading, and illustration.

Unlike graphite pencils, they come in a wide range of hues: She grabbed her colored pencils and started sketching the sunset.

The singular colored pencil refers to an individual implement.

drawing

sketch

Hasty informal drawing

shade · render · depict · trace · scribble · hatch · crosshatch · blend · layer · fill

colors

pigment

Color-imparting material

  • hueColor's specific character
  • tintFaint color addition
  • shadeDarkness from blocked light

tone · saturation · vibrant · pastel · neon · fluorescent · earth tones · primary · secondary · warm

techniques

blending

Combining into uniformity

crosshatching · shading · stippling · gradation · lifting · sgraffito · underpainting · glazing · feathering · impressing

supplies

Prismacolor

Colored pencil manufacturer

sharpener · eraser · paper · sketchbook · tin · set · pack · storage case · extender

school

classroom

Educational instruction space

teacher · art class · notebook · worksheet · project · craft time · backpack · desk · kindergarten · elementary

Categories
Opposites
marking medium

colored pencilsmarkers

Pens with porous tips

crayons · paints · watercolors · oil paints · charcoal

color vs. monochrome

colored pencilslead pencils

Drawing tools with graphite cores

charcoal pencils · mechanical pencils

artistic precision

colored pencilspaintbrushes

Tools for applying paint

sponges · airbrush · palette knives · rollers · finger paints

Family

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Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G