This soft pastel set offers a great basic palette of colors to create various drawings with. The pastels come in convenient packaging with a plastic tray and cardboard sleeve to keep them neat and organized, so they are great to have in your studio or to take with you. Each set includes 12 pastels (100 White – 200 Yellow – 202 Deep Yellow – 398 Naphthol Red Light – 318 Carmine – 570 Phthalo Blue – 535 Cerulean Blue (Phthalo) – 617 Yellowish Green – 615 Emerald Green – 227 Yellow Ochre – 408 Raw Umber – 700 Black). Talens Art Creation soft pastels are soft dry pastels that you can use to draw in a picturesque manner. Soft pastels are made with high-quality pigments offering vivid and intense colors with a powdery, velvet finish. The pastels are easy to apply and blend. Easily mix colors using your fingers, a cotton bud or a brush. The handy square shape makes these pastels great for both large areas and fine details (using the point of the square). Soft pastels can be used on various surfaces, including paper and cardboard, as long as the surface has a bit of texture for the pigments to adhere to. Talens Art Creation also offers special pastel paper in different colors and structures to make sure you make the best out of these pastels. Sold as 3 sets for a total of 36 pastels. Recommended age 13+ years