Triangle shaped pencils!
Koh-i-noor make two ranges of extra large triangular coloured pencils:
the professional TrioColor range and the Magic Marbled range. The triangular shape and large size makes them easier to hold, ergonomic for those with grip problems. The flat sides keep them from rolling away. Even though they are fatter than a normal pencil they can easily be sharpened with the larger barrel of any two-hole sharpener as the coloured core is still round, it’s just the wood barrel that is triangular.
TrioColor set comes in a clever pencil-shaped wooden box!
TrioColor
Triocolor
Koh-I-Noor spans the globe in search of rich, top quality pigments for their Triocolor pencils. These pigments are highly concentrated and perfectly dispersed throughout the entire Polycolor color range. Triocolor pencils also maintain excellent light permanency, creating vibrant, durable pieces of art.
Another key component of the Triocolor pencil is the use of the special oils in the pencil lead. These oils, along with other binders, allow the Triocolor pencil to create dense, even strokes without the use of heavy pressure. These 5.6mm diameter leads are encased in California Cedar, and can easily be sharpened with the larger barrel of any two-hole sharpener. The end result is water-resistent, non-toxic and suitable for all artists.
The Magic Colour special effects pencils let you create the most-colorful artwork. With every turn of the wrist the unique Mosaic Lead puts down a new special effect. With 5.6mm leads, Magic FX pencils are big, chunky and mega-bright – they inspire artists of all ages and styles!
Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth have been making pencils in Austria for over 210 years.
Postage on orders shipped standard to mainland UK addresses is free for orders of £39.
Click on the underlined links to go to the pencils on the Jackson’s Art Supplies website.
3 thoughts on “Triangular Coloured Pencils”
The Koh i noor triocolor grand does not fit into ordinary two hole sharpeners. You can buy a jumbo sharpener but the hole is too large for the pencils, giving you a lopsided point if you can hold the pencil dead centre when using the jumbo sharpener.
Hi Elaine. In all their literature and on their website they say they were designed to be sharpened with the larger hole of a 2-hole sharpener. If it isn’t working for you it must mean that there are more than one type of 2-hole sharpeners. There must be some with a bit bigger large hole. What sharpener make are you using?
I have tried KUM and Staedtler two-hole sharpeners but the triocolors are too big for the larger hole. (Hexagonal jumbo pencils fit though). The only sharpener I could get the triocolors into was the extra large one I bought from Jackson’s, but I suspect Koh i noor must have made these sharpener’s for the big graphite crayons because the hole is much larger than the triocolors, so the triocolors wobble a great deal when I try to sharpen them. I would love to know what other people have been using to sharpen their triocolors.
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