Wow, such great useful colors, how did I ever work around not having these. I find them to be of the utmost perfect consistency working on all types of textured papers. Smooth, never grainy, intense true to life color, each stick is consistently soft and smooth, rich vivbrant color. Can't get enough of these pastels. Customer service and packaging were #1, along with the shipping speed!! I'm again, a Happy - Dakota, Unison loving customer!! I finished my painting but haven't completely framed it yet, I would add the picture but there's no option here to do that.