The new Caran d'Ache Luminance Portrait box set

The new Luminance Portrait set from Caran d'Ache

20/7/2020

For anyone who uses the Caran d'Ache Luminance pencils, the company has released 24 new colours! You can buy individual pencils or purchase 20 of the colours in a box set called the 'Portrait assortment'

These pencils have been available to 'pre-order' for a while, but online stores, are now receiving stock and getting them sent out to everyone. My set appeared on Saturday morning (18.07.20) and I have to admit to being very excited upon opening the box.

For me, the Luminance pencils are THE best pencils I have used and I really appreciate that Caran d'Ache have extended the colour palette from 76 to 100. I suspect this was a reaction to Derwent releasing their first, fully lightfast pencil range last summer, which had 100 colours. For anyone interested, I have both ranges. The Luminance pencils are my regular 'go to' pencils as they are a little firmer than the Derwent Lightfast, and I am able to create finer details with them, but both ranges offer different colour palettes and having a larger choice is always a bonus.

The two darker tones, Indanthrone Blue and Dark Indigo will make a more natural replacement for the black pencil, but as the majority of my own work includes pets and portraits, having additional browns and pinks added to the palette is excellent. My current favourite colours are Burnt Ochre 10% and Burnt Sienna 10%, which I use on almost every portrait, so the introduction of the Herculanum Red, Violet Pink and Dark Flesh 40% are most welcome!

4 new colours in the caran dache luminance coloured pencils

Above are the four new colours not included in the Portrait set. Personally, I think that Caran Dache should have created the Portrait set and include all 24 colours as they are just as important as all the other colours. I also wish they had included an extra grey for the 'eye colour selection', but as I use the greys more than most other colours, I could never have enough choice!

Have you got yours yet? Do let me know what your favourite, or most used colours are, and which new colours you are most excited about!

You can view our Luminance article by clicking the link below.

Read the Caran d'Ache Luminance pencil review and see what these pencils can achieve

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Oana

3/12/2020 11:30:26 am

Hi, I got all the new ones too except for 135 which didn't convince me on the supplier's website. After seeing your review I might go get that one too.
My favourites so far are 713 and 581 as Caran D'Ache didn't have anything even remotely similar and I had to constantly scour other brands. The whole new set is just fantastic, the electric blue and orange are as vivid as paint. Colour me impressed.
There is just one issue with 523 Indian yellow, I am not sure if my pencil's lead has not been mixed properly or it's how it's supposed to be. I can see the bits of red pigment mixed in with the yellow. The pencil is also quite scratchy. Strangely enough I like it, it makes for instant curry texture, and it works perfectly for my botanicals, however I doubt it was intentional.
I love their alternative to black in 639 Dark Indigo, it does require a learning curve though as a little goes a long way.
The dusty pinks 094 and 583 work like a charm for portraits, not so much for botanicals, I find them creamy and a pleasure to work with.
Their collection is almost complete now, it's just missing a baby pink, like the Supracolor 081 Pink. Also they need a real lilac, the Manganese Violet 112 comes close but not yet there. I wonder why they don't have these yet. The japanese brands have perfected them long ago.

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