Holbain Artist Colored Pencils 100 Colors? All my products are 100% Authentic. ? What are colored pencils? Colored pencils are made by kneading pigments with wax or oil and then drying the colored lead in a wooden shaft. Holbein Artist Colored Pencils are oil-based colored pencils made of finely selected pigments and softly molded to meet the high demands of professionals. As a coloring medium, they are fast and easy to apply one color after the other without staining the hand. Holbein Artist Colored Pencils. The coloring, softness, and smoothness of the colored pencils and their presence are sufficient to withstand as materials for authentic painting works, enabling expressions that are difficult to achieve with conventional colored pencils. Colored pencils cannot be mixed on a palette like paints. Therefore, color pencils are layered on top of each other to create color mixing effects. Colored pencils with high purity pigments can create subtle color effects by layering colors on top of each other. We do not mark merchandise values below value or mark items as “gifts” – Japan, US and International government regulations prohibit such behavior. About Importer’s Obligation. Thank you for your understanding.