The PanPastel Colour range includes tints, shades, extra darks and pure colours.
Sometimes we are asked what’s the difference between tints, shades and extra darks. So here is a brief explanation:
PanPastel Ultra Soft Artist's Pastel Colour Set. Pan Pastel colours are genuine artists' quality pastels uniquely packed in a pan format. They were developed so that artists can easily lift apply and control pastel colour-just like true painting. The pan format holds the colour like paint for easy application.
Each Pan Pastel is loaded with the highest quality artists' pigments and have a rich ultra-soft and low dust formulation. All of the professional-quality colours have excellent light-fastness are fully erasable and compatible with traditional pastel sticks surfaces conventional fixatives and other artists' colours.
Each PanPastel 5 x Color Set contains:
The PanPastel Colour range includes tints, shades, extra darks and pure colours.
Sometimes we are asked what’s the difference between tints, shades and extra darks. So here is a brief explanation:
PURE COLORS
PanPastel pure colours (masstone) refer to colours with pure pigment which have not been mixed with black or white.
220 =Colour No. 220.5 = Pure Colour (masstone)
TINTS
Tints are the pure colours mixed with white.
220.8 =Tint (Pure Colour + White)
SHADES
Shades are the pure colour mixed with black.
220.3 = Shade (Pure Colour + Black)
These pre-mixed colours offer artists ready to use, consistently mixed, tints, shades, and extra darks.
The reference numbers we use for each colour, as well as the colour name indicates which type of colour it is. Summary of colour references:
220 =Colour Reference No.
220.5 = Pure Colour (Masstone)
220.7/.8 =Tint (Pure Colour + White)*
220.3 = Shade (Pure Colour + Black)
220.1/.2= Extra Dark (Pure Colour + More Black)**
