Caran d’Ache LUMINANCE kleurpotlood 6901 Pencil

Caran d’Ache discovers the secret of light-loving colours and
invents Luminance 6901
Caran d’Ache, Maison de Haute Ecriture, is once more
emphasising its expertise in Colour by offering professionals the
Luminance 6901 colour pencil, a combination of the highest
lightfastness and the smoothness of a permanent lead. Two years
of research went into developing the formulation in the greatest
secrecy in the Geneva workshops. Luminance 6901 guaranteeing
professionals and artists the world over that their talent will
survive.
Luminance 6901 offers a
range of 76 permanent
colours whose leads
make no compromise
between lightfastness
and smoothness. Every
shade has been
formulated using finely-
ground pigments chosen
for their purity, intensity
and resistance to UV
rays.
The Luminance 6901
leads benefit from an
extreme softness which
enables obtaining subtle
mixings and gradations,
as well as blendings.
Caran d’Ache is the only brand to offer a set of 76 colours with 61 colours
classified in the best category (Lightfastness I) under standard ASTM D-6901. This
classification has been developed by the American Society for Testing and
Material, at the CPSA’s (Colored Pencil Society of America) request to determine
the lightfast colour of coloured pencils.
Caran d’Ache provides a highly qualitative answer to all creative professionals,
artists, architects, designers, stylists, art directors, interior designers…
They will appreciate the balance of the chromatic range, the technical features,
and the pure aesthetics and ergonomics of Luminance 6901 pencils.
Luminance 6901 pencils complete the range of Artists products from the Maison
Caran d’Ache offering professionals and artists the richness of expression of 3
complementary leads:
• the Luminance 6901 lead with strong coverage and strong mixing capacity for
intense applications, blending effects and in particular top quality burnishing
techniques.
• the Supracolor Soft water colour lead for washes and water colour effects in
mixed techniques.
• the Pablo lead, dry and permanent, for details, hatching technique and to
colour a number of media.
Cut from California cedar, Luminance 6901 colour pencils carry the FSC label, a
guarantee of logging that is environmentally-friendly and socially and
economically endurable.
Luminance 6901 pencils come in sets of 16, 38 and 76 pencils as well as in
separate colours.