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	Artemis Natural Plant Dyed Pencils -- 10 Asst Colours Price: $35.99 IN STOCK Quantity in Basket: none
Artemis Natural Plant Dyed Pencils -- 10 Asst Colours These 10 exceptional pencils from Artemis, which are the same size as the Lyra colour giants, have leads coloured by natural plant base and are of very high quality. Only the best natural plant dyes and raw materials have been used to produce these unique plant-dyed crayons to give you an exceptional artistic experience. As with many of natures colours, so are these plant colours softly toned and aesthetically pleasing, inspiring the imagination while colouring, drawing and sketching. . Careful supervision ensures that all the plant colors retain their natural color, strength and aroma. You will hold in your hands a quality natural coloring pencil encased in the finest Cedar wood. The fragrance of which will intoxicate you if the colours do not. (I love working with mine! It's heavenly) The ten soft tints of primary and secondary colours are medium soft and agreeably mellow. They inspire the imagination and can be used for drawing and sketching. Plant-based colours are vivacious colours. They have a special relationship to sunlight; without it there is no chlorophyll. Unlike colours made from earth, minerals or metals, plant-based colours have a lively and emotive quality. This liveliness is evident in the fact that they are not just composed of one single colour, but also carry their complementary colour within them. Artemis Plant Colours are made from the parts of plants that contain colour such as leaves, flowers or resins and then filtered, dried, finely ground and precipitated with aluminium oxide. With the help of natural raw materials, the colours are processed in such a way that the emerging pigments have a crystalline colour effect that shines from within, thus retaining the light forces of the plant. Each single colour stands out due to its particular luminosity and colour intensity and transparency. Only the best natural plant dyes and raw materials have been used to produce these unique plant-dyed crayons to give you an exceptional artistic experience. As with many of natures colours, these plant colours are softly toned and aesthetically pleasing, inspiring the imagination. 10 Pencils are apprx.: 176 mm, diam. 10 mm (length: 6.89 inch, diam. 0.39 inch) lead diam. 0.24 inch 10 Colours : 01 yellow 02 orange 03 vermilion 04 Purple 05 violet 07 blue 08 green 09 brown 10 black 11 indigo natural Colours may vary due to the nature of the plants. Some of the plants that might be used are: Buckthorn berries, Madder root, Indigo plant, Mignonette and Catechu Acacia sap Imported from Europe CLICK ON PICTURE TO ENLARGE