SENNELIER PASTELS

Pronounced: SEH-NEL-EE-AY
 

Origin: France 🇫🇷
Colors: 525
Size: Full Stick 7/16"x2 1/2" Half-Stick: 1/2"x1 3/8" La Grande 7/8"x4 3/8"
SENNELIER COLOR CHART

Established in 1887 by chemist and purveyor of color Gustave Sennelier. The carefully constructed Sennelier palette has historically been regarded by many artists as the ultimate standard of quality. Sennelier’s large selection of soft pastels has a total of 525 colors made from a combination of high quality pure pigments and a natural transparent binder. Naturally occurring minerals from the Champagne region of France are added to the pure pigments to produce exceptional luminosity and to create the wonderful ranges from very dark to almost white tints. Artists will notice some variation in softness of the pastel sticks due to the chemical composition of the pure pigments... (click below for more information)