Art Spectrum Soft Pastels provide the artist with colors that are pure, brilliant and intense, and remain that way. The very best pigments are selected and triple milled at maximum concentration to bring out the finest color and provide the rich, velvety bloom valued by pastellists. This method of production produces smoldering darks, brilliant and intense pure colors and a range of subtle and delicate tints. All Art Spectrum pure pigment pastels are free from heavy metals, asbestos or other toxic substances. Each pastel measures 70x12mm

The code of each color within the Art Spectrum range has a letter at the end of the code, indicating its shade: D = Darkest, N = Dark, V = Very Tinted, X = Extra Tinted, P = Pure Pigment, T = Tinted

This set of 15 darks has very good lightfastness throughout, except for Flinders Blue Violet 520D which is rated as good lightfastness. This set contains the following colors:

1 x Lamp Black 599P 1 x Cool Grey 582N 1 x Burnt Umber 552N 1 x Caput Mortuum 554N 1 x Pilbara Red 530N 1 x Raw Umber 550N 1 x Green Grey 574N 1 x Australian Light Green 576P 1 x Phthalo Green 570P 1 x Phthalo Blue 530N 1 x Ultramarine Blue 526N 1 x Prussian Blue 528D 1 x Flinders Blue Violet 520D 1 x Flinders Red Violet 517D 1 x Bordeaux 513N