Polychromos colored pencils are part of a unique color-matching system that defines Faber-Castell Art & Graphic Products. Barrels are premium California cedar wood with SV (secure-all) bonding to strengthen the lead and help prevent breakage. 3.8mm leads are break-resistant, water-resistant, smudgeproof and provide permanent rich color.Each pencil features the highest quality pigments for unsurpassed resistance to fading. Color lays down smooth and is easily blended for layered effects, highlights and transitions. All sets are housed in sturdy metal tins. Pencils are pre-sharpened.60 Polychromos Pencils in a metal tin.Colors included: black, bluish turquoise, burnt ochre, burnt siena, cadmium orange, cadmium yellow, cadmium yellow lemon, chrome green opaque, cobalt green, cobalt turquoise, cold grey II, cold grey IV, cream, dark cadmium orange, dark cadmium yellow, dark chrome yellow, dark indigo, dark Naples ochre, dark phthalo green, dark red, deep cobalt green, deep scarlet red, Delft blue, earth green yellowish, emerald green, helioblue-reddish, indianthrene blue, juniper green, leaf green, light cadmium yellow, light ochre, light ultramarine, light yellow glaze, madder, magenta, mauve, medium flesh, middle cadmium red, middle purple pink, olive green yellowish, pale geranium lake, permanent carmine, phthalo blue, pine green, pink madder lake, Pompeian red, Prussian blue, purple, purple violet, raw umber, rose carmine, sanguine, ultramarine, Van Dyck brown, Venetian red, walnut brown, warm grey II, warm grey V, white.