PrismacolorPremier Colored Pencils 24/Pkg-Verithin

The quality and durability

The color laydown is great. Holds a point for small spaces. Just as advertised

Beautiful colors

I had read some reviews on another site and quiet a few buyers complained about the tip shattering when sharpened. Because I had read this, I took my time and used 3 steps with 2 sharpeners (one a two-hole). I gradually twisted the tips into each of the sharpeners; going slow and feeling for a good place to stop and continue on to the second, the the third step. Sounds a bit much, but you're going to pay the extra for a good set of pencils (good for detail work), then taking caution is really not that much. All my tips sharpened just fine with no shattering/breakage.

I have used prismacolor in the past, after buying colored pencils.... No more.Quality has deteriorated, leads breaking while sharpening to the extent most of the pencil had broken away.Faber-Castell has constantly provided quality, durability, most important... Dependability. I would rather pay more for derwent and faber castell.

I like the color choices. They seem more muted than other color pencils I have, but that's fine. They are subtle. The box they came in was something else. Maybe you have to be smarter than the box, but I could not get the box opened without tearing it. Maybe it's just me. But I like these pencils.

I had trouble with the colored pencil lead. They continued to break as I sharpened them! A few ended up half their size before I could use them!

Color is applied nicely on paper