Castle Art Supplies72 Colored Pencils Set | Quality Soft Core Colored Leads for Adult Artists, Professionals and Colorists | Protected and Organized in Presentation Tin Box

This has a great variety of colors, probably more than I need. I also think the quality is good. They are smooth and feel pleasantly soft. Hold a point well. A few colors break when coloring or when trying to sharpen too much. They are so much less expensive than many others that I feel they are a great value, especially if you get them on sale.

I prefer coloring with colored pencils as opposed to gel. These pencils are packaged nicely in a metal tin and the colors are bright and beautiful. These pencils lead is smooth when applying.

I own two sets, one for work and one for home (I am a teacher). I have had these pencils for 3.5 years now. I am very happy to have chosen these pencils to get me into the world of colored pencils. I have made many, many drawings and also just colored in books and sketches with these, so I feel like I can speak to the pros and cons.Pros:- solid core and durable tips- MANY colors for blues and greens- Decent amount of yellows and light browns- Last a long time- They go on the paper well enoughCons:- Because of the type of pencil (and the decision to make the core and tips strong), they do not lay down like butter, despite the ad claiming that they do- There are way too few grey pencils- There are too few red pencils- There are too few medium brown pencilsFor what you are paying for, these are fantastic pencils. Generally, if you want durable core and tips for pencils, you are going to give up the buttery smoothness (which are found in pencils such as the Prisma Premieres). I would recommend buying a few grey pencils on the side, as well as a few reds in the colors that are lacking.With any colored pencils, you don't need hundreds of colors to achieve the result you want... but that's harder with pencils with a durable tip. It would have been nice to have a few more greys in both warm and cold shades, especially lighter greys. To my mind, there is only one vibrant "true" red here, which makes it rather sad for drawing in red colors.

I bought one for a friend and then bought a set for myself. Great quality. Soft and easy. Great results!!

Smooth and vibrant. My only complaint is the black colored pencil kept breaking. None of the others did.

Wonderfully packaged, great assortment of colors and higher quality lead that doesn’t break easily.

Have had these before and I am very happy with them.

So far they have been just what I was looking for. Have bought other Castle products and been very happy.