The pencil
The
Japanese company also has another colored pencil named Polycolor. This is a
review of the Pericia.
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| A Mitsubishi Pencil non the less |
This is one of, if not the best one when it
comes to reading abilities. The names are written quite large in white (non
reflective) on a dark (brownish) color. The pencil is round and quite thick. They
are oil-based, something not so common.
Characteristic
I love
these pencils. They are among the softest pencils you can find.
They are an excellent choice if you want to
draw on a colored paper. Even on black paper they give (depending on the
pigment of course) opaque vibrant colors.
It is hard to find a more opaque pencil; even the yellow is opaque
enough to cover an area on black paper without turning green.
Unique and creative
You can
choose between two different kinds of boxes. I have one of them, (and crave the
other). It not like other brand, where you choose a simpler one or a more
luxurious one, they are simply two different ones. The one I have is a leather
imitation in brown, the other option are a wood and metallic box.
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| Different and beautiful leather case for there 36 colors |
Availability
They are
not (at least not from Europe) available in open stock. You can however buy a
smaller set of 12 or 24 (and of course 36).
Limited colors
Their
larges set is 36, and that makes me so sad! With so few colors (I don't know of
a smaller set of artist quality colored pencils) there will always be colors to
miss, however, when I draw a drawing, and only use Pericia, I marvel over how
well the set works. You have all the basic colors and it is easy to layer them
to create the colors you might need.
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| Beautiful colors |
Lightfastness
I have done
an own lightfastness test on the Pericia. CPSA has not tested Pericia (nor any
other Japanese brands) so I am left with my own unprofessional test result. It
was five colors that had lightfastness problems. The cobalt blue, gold ochre, brown ocher, apple green and brick red.
Especially the brick red made me
unhappy, because I love that color.
More information about Unis lighfastness is available here: http://markersguild.blogspot.se/2015/08/lightfastness-for-colored-pencils.html
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| Uni Pericia color chart |
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| Uni Pericia Mitsubishi |
Thanks for this review! How do these pencils compare to Luminance?
SvaraRaderaI am happy you like the review! Luminance have of course the lightfastness going for them which Pericia don´t, but they are even softer then Luminance. Then again Pericia has so few colors available, Luminance has twice as much colors. But I love these pencils and highly recommend them if lightfastness isn´t to important.
RaderaThank you so much for replying to me! I have a gift card to a shop where these pencils are sold and was curious about them as I had never heard about them before. I work mostly on tan and darker papers so the fact that you mentioned how opaque they are really interests me. Thank you so much for all this information!
RaderaThe lightfastness of colored pencils is how well the color stays on paper over a long period of time without fading. I doubt anything I ever color will end up in an art gallery so lightfastedness is never important to me lol I'm curious though as to what you think lightfast means and how you could test for it? The only test is time. Unless you're the creator and know what chemicals are used to make the pigment
SvaraRadera