Since its creation in the Caran d’Ache workshops in 1952, the Neocolor™ I water-resistant wax pastel has been a trailblazer in art education and creative media. Beloved by artists, designers, teachers, and students alike, this single pastel brings together heritage craftsmanship and versatile performance in one stick.

Key Features

• Water‑Resistant Wax Core: Crafted with high-quality permanent wax for lasting artwork that resists moisture. 

• Creamy Texture & Superior Coverage: Delivers rich, uniform colour across surfaces, with ease of blending and expansive layering. 

• Excellent Lightfastness: Pigments are highly resistant to fading, adhering to the Blue Wool Scale with ratings spanning H to HHH (up to 100 years of stability on selected shades). 

• Bright & Homogeneous Shades: Brilliantly pigmented hues with consistent intensity—ideal for vivid underpainting, overlays, and design work.

• Diameter Ø 8.65 mm: A robust stick size for comfortable handling and long-lasting use.

• Multi-surface Compatibility: Work across paper, cardboard, glass, wood, leather, fabric, stone, and more—plus encaustic techniques, rubbings, sgraffito, scraping, and encaustic painting.

• Swiss Made & Safe: Produced in Switzerland under rigorous quality standards, conforming to ASTM D4236, CE EN71, and Swiss “Swiss Made” certification.

Ideal For
Artists seeking a reliable, richly pigmented single pastel stick with professional-level performance—excellent for dry application as well as innovative techniques like sgraffito, overlays, and encaustic painting.