Schmincke: Soft Pastel Sets

At the source of colour - best artist pigments with minimal binder

Working with Schmincke pastels leads you back to the origin of colour. Our round sticks consists only of the finest artists’ pigments (without chalk!) and a minimum amount of binder. The binder content is so small that the medium-find ground pigments only just achieve a stable bond.

Pastels from the manufacture

The unusual formulation which guarantees a unique strong colour application, also requires an equally unique production process: traditional craftsmanship. In this traditional and time-consuming process, screw presses are used first to shape the pre-kneaded dough into round strands which are afterwards removed by hand and cut into the right length in wire-strung frames. The sticks are still damp and are left to air dry for 8 days before they are individually labelled by hand.  
Due to the particularly fine formulas, machine production of our pastels is not possible - the precious sticks could break.

Each pastel is covered in an information sheet that denotes its colour name, number and grade of graduation:

B - the black graduation
D - the pure colour
H - the darkest white graduation
M - the medium white graduation
O - the lightest white graduation

These sets provide artists with an excellent range of Schmincke Soft Pastel Sets. Whether you just want an introduction to the range, specific hues or even want the entire range, Schmincke offer a wide range of sets for every type of pastel artist.

Starter Set of 10 Pastels

Portrait Set of 15 Pastels

The complete range of colours begins with pure colours; from each of these pure colours come additional shades, one with added black and three with increasing additions of white added to lighten the colour. A range of neutral greys, a cold black, extra dark colours, and metallic colours round out the palette. 

• Permanent Yellow 1 Lemon (002D)
• Gold Ochre (014D)
• Gold Ochre (014O)
• Flesh Ochre (016O)
• Burnt Sienna (018H)
• Pozzuoli Earth (021H)
• Pozzuoli Earth (021O)
• English Red (022D)
• Vandyck Brown (036B)
• Walnut Brown (038B)
• Vermillion (040H) 
• Rose Madder (047B)
• Bluish Violet (057D)
• Bohemian Green (083H)
• Greenish Grey 1 (093M)

Assorted Set of 30 Pastels

• Permanent Yellow 2 Light (003 D)
• Permanent Yellow Deep (004 D)
• Orange Light (010 D)
• Permanent Orange (005 D)
• Permanent Red Pale (042 D)
• Scarlet (041 D)
• Permanent Red Deep (044 B)
• Madder Lake (045 B)
• Quinacridone Violet (048 B)
• Purple No.1 (049 H)
• Prussian Blue (066 D)
• Ultramarine Blue Deep (063 D)
• Cobalt Blue Tone (064 D)
• Bluish Green (068 D)
• Cold Green No.1 (080 B)
• Leaf Green No.2 (073 D)
• May Green (077 B)
• Olive Green No.1 (085 D)
• Olive Green Deep (087 B)
• Leaf Green Deep (070 B)
• Neutral Grey (098 O)
• Cobalt Blue Tone (064 O)
• Grey Blue No.1 (091 D)
• Cold Grey (095 B)
• Vandyke Brown (036 B)
• Burnt Green Earth (033 D)
• Gold Ochre (014 D)
• Ochre Light (013 O)
• Flesh Ochre (016 O)
• Caput Mortum Pale (023 O)

Assorted Set of 60 of Half Stick Pastels

• Permanent Yellow 1 Lemon (002 O)
• Vanadium Yellow Light (009 D)
• Permanent Yellow 3 Deep (004 D)
• Orange Light (010 D)
• Orange Deep (005 H)
• Permanent Red 1 Pale (042 D)
• Permanent Red 1 Pale (042 M)
• Permanent Red 3 Deep (044 D)
• Permanent Red 3 Deep (044 B)
• Carmine Red (046 D)
• Rose Madder (047 D)
• Rose Madder (047 O)
• Madder Lake (045 B)
• Quinacridone Violet (048 B)
• Quinacridone Violet (048 D)
• Deep Violet (059 H)
• Bluish Violet (057 O)
• Ultramarine Deep (063 O)
• Cobalt Blue Hue (064 M)
• Cobalt Blue Hue (064 O)
• Greenish Blue (065 O)
• Grey Blue 1 (091 O)
• Ultramarine Light (062 M)
• Ultramarine Light (062 H)
• Ultramarine Light (062 D)
• Delft Blue (600 D)
• Cerulean Blue (690 H)
• Cobalt Turquoise (650 H)
• Cobalt Turquoise (650 D)
• Greenish Blue (065 D)
• Deep Violet (059 D)
• Prussian Blue (066 D)
• Phthalo Blue Deep (061 D)
• Bluish Green (068 B)
• Light Green (071 D)
• May Green (077 B)
• May Green (077 M)
• Gold Ochre (014 O)
• Brown Ochre (032 H)
• Burnt Green Earth (033 D)
• Vandyck Brown (036 D)
• English Red (022 D)
• English Red (022 O)
• Caput Mortuum Pale (023 H)
• Caput Mortuum Pale (023 O)
• Caput Mortuum Deep (024 O)
• Burnt Sienna (018 O)
• Neutral Grey (098 O)
• Neutral Grey (098 L)
• Sepia Brown (037 O)
• Grey Violet (090 O)
• Grey Violet (090 H)
• Grey Violet (090 B)
• Grey Blue 1 (091 H)
• Cold Grey (095 O)
• Greenish Grey 2 (094 B)
• Black (099 D)
• White (001 D*)
• Silver (894 D)
• Gold (893 D)