KOH-I-NOOR TOISON D'OR 8554 Artist's Extra Soft Pastels (Pack of 24)

These pastels come in a well-packed cardboard box. The box is covered with an informative sleeve with the information about the product and the Koh-i-noor company. Inside the box you find an additional booklet about Koh-i-noor products. The pastels themselves sit in safe foam containers, which ensure that they are kept in place while transporting. These Extra soft pastels come in 48 amazing, vibrant colours, which can also be combined with Koh-i-noor's Gioconda soft pastel pencils (which also come in 48 colours) and hard and soft pastels, which come in more than 120 colours. The colour name and code can be found on each individual pastel. The colours are vibrant and easily blendable on both white and dark paper. In comparison to Koh-i-Noor's soft pastels these are indeed Extra soft and thus also a bit messier (which I love, but some might not). I absolutely love these pastens and hope they will come in a wider range of colours with time. I definitely recommend to try these!The colours in this set are as follows:01 Titanium white; 02 Chrome Yellow; 03 Dark Ochre; 05 Carmine Red; 06 Dark Violet; 07 Permanent Green; 09 Cerulean Blue; 10 Ultramarine Blue; 11 Caput Mortuum Light; 12 Ivory Black; 13 Zinc Yellow; 14 Light Ochre; 15 Persian Pink; 16 Chromium Green Light; 17 Metal Grey; 18 Paris Blue; 19 Light Violet; 20 Persian Red; 21 Naples Yellow; 22 Reddish Orange; 23 Indian Red; 24 Olive Green Dark; 26 Berlin Blue; 27 Ice Blue; 28 Light Orange; 30 Caput Mortuum Dark; 31 Hooker's Green; 32 Light Purple; 33 Pearl Grey; 34 Reddish Violet; 35 Light Grey; 36 Lemon Yellow; 37 Grass Green; 38 Emerald Green; 39 Olive Ochre; 40 Cadmium Orange; 41 Ultramarine Blue Light; 42 Ultramarine Blue Dark; 43 Van Dyck Brown; 44 Mouse Grey; 45 Fawn Brown; 46 Burnt Sienna; 48 Cobalt Blue; 51 English Red; 52 Medium Terracota; 86 Olive Green Light; 145 Dark Green; 170 Pyrrole Red.

These are lovely pastels. Initially I didn't want to get very soft pastels, as they are generally expensive and I didn't feel the need for them. There are so many different pastels available, with such a wide range of price points, that I have been able to use a range of cheaper products quite successfully. I'm just a beginner. However, after another order went a bit wrong, I looked again for a larger set of soft pastels and found these with good reviews.The box is larger than I expected, and the pastels are a good size. They do have the annoying plastic wrapper around each stick, which I haven't yet tried to remove. The box was well packaged and has a thin foam sheet and an extra cardboard layer over the tray of pastels, which is also foam.The pastels are beautiful to use. The softest ones I have tried. They don't seem overly crumbly, although I've only swatched them so far. The black and darkest blue seem harder than the others, which is a bit odd. Some of the sticks do have a few nibbles around the ends, presumably from packing, so I won't be smearing them on too vigorously - but I probably won't need to, as they're so very soft.There a good range of colours, with primaries, earth tones and greys, plus some secondaries including a good selection of greens.Very pleased with this set, and I'm sure they will add a lot to my work 😊

I bought these to use with my Rembrandt half sticks, which are on the firmer side of soft pastels. These are fabulous, so easy to use and feel luxuriously smooth. Contrary to other reviewers I actually like the wrappers. They are segmented so you can peel off just a small piece and use it like a crayon, or break them for wide strokes. You can see from my photo that they are not very crumbly and a couple of my favourites have been worn almost to a point! I think they are ridiculously cheap - working out at 50p each at today’s price. The colours are rich and bright, I just wish they did a larger set with some lighter tints. Perfect for beginners to try the extra soft pastels without breaking the bank and for more advanced artists to add to their collection.

These are amazingI had a 24 pack of these and put them in a grinder then in a pallet so I can use them like pan pastels as they are soft enoughI have tried some other brands but everything else seems so hardI'm so happy to get this large box I will be using them in the traditional way they blend so well

Wish I had saved my money. Very disappointed in these pastels after reading promising reviews on YouTube. It is just impossible to remove the labels without the pastels breaking. I would not have minded if it was in the middle but they are breaking at the quarter mark.I would return them but don’t see how I can after trying to use them.

What lovely, soft pastels and lovely colours. The packaging was totally appalling. I have had to codge something together from the packaging and throw away the rest but I know I will curse every time I use them. Not nice at all, which is a shame.

I bought the super soft pastels (48 in set) and I am not only impressed by the range of colours but also the depth of pigmentation and the creamy softness when they are applied. I can see myself using these a lot. I can highly recommend them.

Beautiful creamy pastels, best I have used so far. I find they blend well and not as dusty as others I have tried (I also like Daler Rowney equally). Sticks are paper covered so less mess on my hands. Although there is a good selection of colours, I do wish this brand made boxes with bigger selection of colours - at least 60 colours to give a bigger variety. I note there is a set of 120 in a wooden box but very costly. 120 set in a tin or cardboard box would be lovely!