Basic Description
Marco Raffine ® 7100 colored pencils are oil based pencils with a hexagonal barrel shape. They are sold in a maximum of 72 count sets.
Pros
- Pencils are light and comfortable to hold
- Hexagonal barrel means they are easy and comfortable to hold and won’t roll off a flat surface.
- Almost no pressure required to achieve good color coverage
- Vibrant colors
- Very smooth feel on paper when coloring
- Easy to sharpen to a point
- Great color range
- Good value for money
- Number of the color is printed on the pencil barrel
- Color of pencil is painted on the end of the barrel and is a good indicator of the color of the pigment
- Hard leads
Cons
- Nil
Price Range
- $$$ – typically AUD $20.01 – $50.00 / US $15.01 – $40.00 / £10.01 – £26.75 / €13.26 – €33.00
Conclusion / Recommendations
- A very good value for money pack of colored pencils with a great vibrant color range
- These pencils don’t require much pressure at all to get the best out of them so if you have any fine motor, hand or arm problems these may be a good option
- They layer and blend well without other blending tools
- These are great colored pencils and are reasonably priced for oil-based pencils.
- I find it hard to fault them and I recommend them for anyone who wants a great value pack of oil-based quality colored pencils that gives great results.