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Crayola 50ct Long Colored Pencils | 
| Brand: Crayola
Category: Toy
List Price: $12.99
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 784
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 4 - 15 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0.6 x 7.3 x 8.3
MPN: 68-4050
Model: 68-4050
UPC: 071662040505
EAN: 0490810406497
ASIN: B00000J0S3
Release Date: September 19, 2009
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| • | Need for school | | • | Brand you can trust | | • | Contains 50 bright intense colors | | • | Pre-sharpened long pencils that are strong and durable |
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Product Description
Crayola Colored Pencils come in a super spectrum of 50 vivid colors. These pre-sharpened pencils are thick and strong perfect for all of your coloring needs. The smooth colors are perfect for color mixing and blending that is perfect for every artist's needs. Crayola pencils are made from reforested wood and contain no tropical rain forest wood. Each pencil measures 7 long. Conform to ASTM D4236. Made in Brazil.
Editorial Review
Around the time children enter kindergarten, they begin to explore the art of small-scale, detailed drawing. While parents and teachers never want to discourage big and bold art, colored pencils are an ideal tool for children to use to satisfy their urge to draw smaller, intricate shapes. A set such as this one, with 50 different colors, also gives children the chance to explore the world of color. They can carefully fill in the blotchy markings of a calico kitten or precisely form each blade of grass--maybe trying a combination of yellow-green, pine, and jade. Older artists will appreciate the generous assortment of vibrant colors as well as the convincing metallic shades of silver and gold. Although most colors are true to their labels, a few don't deliver. For example, the pale rose leans more toward an antique, dusty rose, and the taupe is just a shade dark. But overall this is a great set of colored pencils, appropriate for any household.
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 Surprisingly Good! Really! December 1, 2009
Ray
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I recently picked up a set of these colored pencils "on a lark" to use as supplemental to my other, more expensive sets, and was pleasantly surprised - no, nearly shocked - at their quality and performance. It's not that they are better than the best Koh-i-noor or Prismacolor pencils (because they aren't), but the truth is that, for their price, they are very difficult to beat. But price alone is not the determinant factor here: if a colored pencil is cheap but performs poorly, then there is no point in picking it up. But what I quickly discovered with these Crayola pencils is that not only are they inexpensive (they break down to only about 20 cents per pencil, compared to anywhere from $1 to $4 per pencil for the more expensive brands), but they perform exceptionally well, to boot.
What do I mean by "perform exceptionally well?" Let me break it down to a short list so I can clearly present what I discovered with these pencils:
1. The pencils have a generally good laydown of color, with the caveat of the few colors that don't work well (true also of my most expensive colored pencils, I must say). Laydown is smooth and uniform, with bright, rich color.
2. The pencils sharpen very well, with ease of cutting through the wood casing and with the color lead core supporting a very fine point when desired.
3. The lead core seems generally resistant to breakage (a problem that can occur with most pencils, even the most expensive).
4. The pencils are physically light.
5. The set comes in 50 colors, which is a great size for lots of drawing without committing to large collection sizes.
Are these pencils as good as the best Swiss, French, and German colored pencils? No. But they are close, and actually much closer than one would ever think, given that these are marketed as kid's pencils. The price is right, the colors are great, and the performance is really good. How can you go wrong? Five stars for price, five stars for color selection, and four stars for performance.
Super Spectrum of Color-Colored Pencils (50-count). December 5, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This set is great! People here talk about how great this set is for young kids, but I am 15 and I think this set is wonderful! My friend uses them all the time, and the results she gets are wonderful. I doubt she could live without them!
yay November 13, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
hey, they're colored pencils from crayola, what more can you say? they work well, they let a child be creative, and there's lots of colors to play with. good set of art supplies.
Awesome! January 20, 2008
Jasmine Rodriguez (somewhere in this life)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Superiour quality and such a wide assortment of hues! my daughter loves it and so do I! Great product, will buy again.
50 colors! how can you go wrong! November 18, 1999
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
this box of colored pencils range from every color in the rainbow and the ones inbetween. there also are some perks like gold and silver... hurrah for creativity!
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