Lightfast Pencils

Following extensive testing, we can confirm that all 100 colours in the Lightfast range are 100% lightfast, meaning they are lightfast for up to 100 years (under museum conditions).

Derwent Lightfast is an oil-based pencil with an opaque, vibrant laydown. It can be used with oil mediums to create paint-like effects. The oil-based core allows for amazing blending and layering possibilities.

There are 100 pencil colours in the Lightfast range, available as individual pencils, in tins or in wooden boxes.

Derwent Lightfast features an oil-based, opaque and vibrant coloured core, that is 100% lightfast. You can get smooth, velvety laydown of colour and when mixed with oil mediums, the pencil colour can behave more like an oil paint.

The Lightfast range is based on the same hues within the other Derwent ranges. However, due to the amount of pigment in the Lightfast range, the chroma is far richer and the colours will appear deeper than other colours with the same names in the other Derwent ranges.