Rembrandt soft pastels owe their quality to the close collaboration with professional artists, combined with traditional expertise and more than a century of experience in the manufacture of pastels. Each colour is made according to a unique formula and the necessary raw materials go through very strict controls for each new batch. Rembrandt pastels have for many years been the most commonly used pastels in the world, in part due to their unique characteristics. The softness has been chosen so that the pastels can easily transfer their colour while at the same time not fall apart or turn to powder.
The Rembrandt pastels owe their very high coloured intensity and colour purity to the superior choice of pigments and the high pigment concentration. Only through a strict selection of the pigments used can the best combination of the characteristics be achieved.No harmful pigments are used. The colour numbers followed by'-5' are the pure pigment. The colour numbers which have a'-3' after them have some black mixed in. Higher numbers such as'-7','8' and'-9' indicate that the pastels have white mixed in. 100-5 White, 205-12 Deep Yellow, 205-9 Lemon Yellow, 205-5 Lemon Yellow, 205-3 Lemon Yellow, 201-7 Light Yellow, 201-5 Light Yellow, 202-9 Deep Yellow, 202-7 Deep Yellow, 202-5 Deep Yellow, 202-3 Deep Yellow, 236-9 Light Orange, 236-5 Light Orange, 236-3 Light Orange, 235-8 Orange, 372-5 Permanent Red, 371-8 Permanent Red Deep, 371-5 Permanent Red Deep, 371-3 Permanent Red Deep, 331-5 Madder Lake Deep, 318-8 Carmine, 318-5 Carmine, 397-9 Permanent Rose, 397-7 Permanent Rose, 545-5 Red Violet, 545-3 Red Violet, 536-9 Violet, 536-7 Violet, 536-5 Violet, 548-7 Blue Violet, 548-5 Blue Violet, 505-9 Ultramarine Light, 505-5 Ultramarine Light, 506-9 Ultramarine Deep, 506-7 Ultramarine Deep, 506-5 Ultramarine Deep, 506-3 Ultramarine Deep, 508-7 Prussian Blue, 508-5 Prussian Blue, 508-3 Prussian Blue, 570-9 Phthalo Blue, 570-7 Phthalo Blue, 570-5 Phthalo Blue, 640-9 Bluish Green, 640-7 Bluish Green, 640-5 Bluish Green, 619-5 Permanent Green Deep, 675-8 Phthalo Green, 675-5 Phthalo Green, 627-8 Cinnabar Green Deep, 627-5 Cinnabar Green Deep, 627-3 Cinnabar Green Deep, 618-9 Permanent Green Light, 618-5 Permanent Green Light, 626-10 Cinnabar Green Light, 626-5 Cinnabar Green Light, 626-3 Cinnabar Green Light, 633-7 Permanent Yellow Green, 633-5 Permanent Yellow Green, 620-7 Olive Green, 620-5 Olive Green, 620-3 Olive Green, 227-9 Yellow Ochre, 227-7 Yellow Ochre, 227-5 Yellow Ochre, 227-3 Yellow Ochre, 234-5 Raw Sienna 231-9 Gold Ochre, 231-7 Gold Ochre, 231-3 Gold Ochre, 411-7 Burnt Sienna, 411-5 Burnt Sienna, 409-9 Burnt Umber, 409-7 Burnt Umber, 409-5 Burnt Umber, 409-3 Burnt Umber, 408-10 Raw Umber, 408-7 Raw Umber, 408-5 Raw Umber, 408-3 Raw Umber, 538-5 Mars Violet, 347-5 Indian Red, 709-9 Green Grey, 704-8 Grey, 704-5 Grey, 707-7 Mouse Grey, 727-8 Bluish Grey, 727-5 Bluish Grey, 727-3 Bluish Grey & 700-5 Black.