an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message prismacolor type subsidiary industry stationery predecessor berol founded 1938 headquarters oak brook il united states area served north america products pencils art materials parent newell brands website www.prismacolor.com prismacolor is a brand of professional artists supplies originated by berol in 1938 and now manufactured by newell brands . among the items in the prismacolor line are colored pencils art stix pastels watercolors and alcohol based permanent art markers . contents 1 berol 2 colored pencils 3 markers 4 charcoal 5 pastel 6 products 7 references 8 external links berol edit the eagle pencil company founded in the 1800s in yonkers new york on john street . after 5 years daniel berozlzheimer s son henry purchased the city s first iron framed building for the new factory . the company produced pens pencils pen holders and erasers . in 1897 the london branch confirmed the policy of selling manufactured goods with high quality . over the years the company changed focus and goods . in 1952 margros ltd was founded by mr p.g.hooley who invented powdered colour and sold it directly to schools . business grew such that the owners were unable to finance operations adequately and the company was sold to eagle pencil company in 1967 . 1 the company which later became osmiroid international was started in 1824 by james perry who joined his brother in the pen making business . 1 in 1989 the company was bought by berol ltd. the newell company joined forces with berol on november 2 1995 . the merging of the two companies made berol a branch of the sanford corporation . 1 colored pencils edit one of prismacolor s main products are their colored pencils . they can be bought in sets from 12 to 150 pencils and are typically cheaper when purchased in bulk . prices vary but they are usually around 1.50 to 2.00 per pencil . they have a color matching 8mm hexagonal barrel and are typically packaged in a plastic or tin case . the wax core is 5mm in diameter . 2 prismacolor colored pencils are made with a soft wax that tends to break easily . softer lead tends to break easier when a pencil is sharpened . with prismacolored colored pencils a common trend is to microwave them . 3 microwaving a colored pencil helps to heat up the cold and brittle lead within it . prismacolor currently offers a range of 150 colors and a variety of blending products to blend colors together in an artwork . the blender pencil is a clear colorless wax pencil used overtop of the colored layer to aid in the color cohesion . 4 markers edit the line of markers prismacolor produce are illustrating markers . each marker is double sided for fine to thick lines . the formula inside the marker gives the pigment a rich color and allow for smooth application onto paper . the common method of a prismacolor marker is to apply the colors in layers . the different tips allow for the color to be applied in various ways on the application being worked on . artists use varying colors from the same color line to create shadows and textures on the artwork . prismacolor markers can also be used to sketch drawings as well as color . 5 charcoal edit prismacolor charcoal is used for sketching in general or under paintings . the sticks come in many forms including vine compressed and wooden sticks . pastel edit prismacolor pastels are available in several different styles . hard soft oil and pencil pastels which each offer different textures and styles to a piece of art . pastels are made into sticks for easy handling . the sticks are pure pigment with very few fillers to help support the structure and lay of color . there are two qualities to pastels artist and student . artist quality pastels have a higher ratio of pigment giving more intense color . student pastels contain more fillers and byproduct to help the stick keep shape and allow the pastel to withstand pressure and crumbling . with artist pastels the richer pigments and lack of binder cause the product to be more fragile yet costly . hard pastels are made the same way as a soft pastel but contain more binder and less pigment . hard pastels are more stable in different drawing techniques and come in both artist and student quality . pastel pencils are for fine details and control . the shape and size of a pastel pencils resemble colored pencils and are suitable for outdoors work . the make up of oil pastels is pigment coated in wax or oil giving lines and shading a crayon like texture . oil pastels are more stable than a soft pastel and do not require a fixative to work . unlike the other types of pastels oil based pastels will not smudge crumble or give off dust when working on paper . although oil pastels lack the ability to blend into other colors the pigments can be spread on a canvas like oil paints and are available in both student and artist quality . 6 products edit prismacolor s range of products include 7 line range of products colored pencils colored pencils watercolor pencils graphite graphite pencils mechanical pencils pastels softpastels nupastels charcoal charcoal sticks and pencils markers markers highlighters accessories sharpeners erasers fixatives pencil refills a prismacolor colored pencil sketch of painter ross bleckner berol prismacolor pencils references edit a b c berol history . www.berol.co.uk . retrieved may 17 2016 . http www.bestcoloredpencils.com prismacolor softcore colored pencils review colored pencils . registration required help . http www.mooresartgallery.com blending burnishing.html how to use a marker . types of pastels . prismacolor products as of 2011 archived july 14 2011 at the wayback machine . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title 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