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Unison Handmade Pastel Sets
Quick Overview
Unison Color is based in the Northumberland National Park in England. The business began in the early 1980s, when artist John Hersey found that mass produced, factory made pastels simply did not offer the qualities he was looking for.
John began an inquiry, to see whether, with the pigments available, he could construct some kind of mirror to the magic of color. Unison Color Soft Pastels are the result. Despite manufacturing over half a million individual sticks a year the pastels are still completely hand made and retain all the qualities of the originals. They are mixed to John's meticulous recipes and are based on traditional pigments such as cadmiums, cobalts and natural and synthetic earths.
The difference in the manufacturing process, hand rolling rather than extrusion, gives Unison Color Soft Pastels a unique texture, delivering a consistency of response across the color spectrum that is unmatched and that is loved by artists.
Unison Handmade Pastels are available in a variety of special combination Unison Handmade Pastel Sets. Each Unison Handmade Pastel Set is packaged in a sturdy black cardboard box, with each pastel cradled and protected by foam. Unison Handmade Pastels measure approximately 2-1/8" long x 5/8". Sticks vary slightly due to the hand-making process.
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Company Info |
Unison Colour began in the early 1980’s when Artist John Hersey found that mass-produced, factory made pastels simply did not offer the qualities he was looking for. Manufactured pastels broke easily, were not consistent in texture and did not mirror his color vision, and so he decided to make his own. For several years he worked on methods of production, color sequences and the texture of his pigment mixtures. In 1987 he decided to offer the results to fellow pastellists finding there was an immediate interest. Today Unison Colour hand make over a quarter of a million sticks a year. |
Set Contents |
8 Dark Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 8 high quality, hand rolled pastels of unique darker shade colors. Includes ones each of Dark 1, Brown Earth 6, Dark 4, Additional 37, Dark 9, Additional 43, Dark 15, Dark 18. 8 Landscape Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 8 high quality, hand rolled pastels selected especially for landscape. Includes one of each of Grey 27, Yellow 16, Brown Earth 16, Brown Earth 36, Blue Violet 14, Green 16, Yellow Green Earth 18, and Dark 16. 8 Light Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 8 high quality, hand rolled pastels with very high key colors. Includes one of each of Red Earth 1, Light 6, Red Earth 13, Light 9, Blue Green Earth 1, Green 6, Additional 42, and Brown Earth 13. 8 Portrait Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 8 high quality, hand rolled pastels useful for various skin tones. Includes one each of Brown Earth 13, Red Earth 8, Red 10, Yellow 2, Grey 10, Blue Violet 15, Great 34, and Additional 38. 8 Starter Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 8 high quality, hand rolled pastels. Includes one of each of Grey 28, Yellow 11, Red 2, Green 8, Blue Violet 9, Grey 9, Grey 14, and Blue Violet 18. 18 Additional Value Colors, 1-18 - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels covering the Unison additional value colors 1-18. 18 Additional Value Colors, 19-36 - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels covering the Unison additional value colors 19-36. 18 Additional Value Colors, 37-54 - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels covering the Unison additional value colors 37-54. 18 Blue Green Earth Value Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels covering the blue green earth values. 18 Blue Green Value Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels covering the blue green values. 18 Blue Violet Value Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels covering the blue violet values. 18 Brown Earth Value Colors, 1-18 - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels covering the Unison brown earth values 1-18. 18 Brown Earth Value Colors, 19-36 - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels covering the Unison brown earth values 19-36. 18 Dark Values, 1-18 - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels covering the Unison dark values 1-18. 18 Green Value Colors, 1-18 - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels covering the Unison green values 1-18. 18 Green Value Colors, 19-36 - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels covering the Unison green values 19-36. 18 Grey Value Colors, 1-18 - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels, covering the Unison grey values 1-18. 18 Grey Value Colors, 19-36 - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels, covering the Unison green values 19-36. 18 Landscape Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels, best suited for for landscape painting. Includes one each of Gray 25, Yellow Green Earth 13, Yellow Gold 3, Yellow Gold 2, Brown Earth 10, Brown Earth 11, Brown Earth 1, Additional Gray 25, Additional Gray 32, Gray 11, Blue Violet 15, Additional Gray 49, Green 5, Green 4, Green 14, Green 13, Brown Earth 18 and Additional Gray 37. 18 Light Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels, covering a very pale color range. 18 Natural Earth Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels, covering the natural earth values. 18 Portrait Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels covering the portrait colors to start you along the way to great pastel portraits. Includes one each of Brown Earth 8, Red 6, Red 9, Red Earth 3, Red Earth 4, Red Earth 7, Red Earth 18, Additional 18, Additional 19, Additional 20, Additional 26, Yellow Gold 1, Yellow Gold 16, Yellow Green Earth 1, Gray 2, Gray 11, Blue Violet 16 and Blue Green Earth 17. 18 Red Earth Value Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels covering the red earth values. 18 Red Value Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels covering the red values. 18 Starter Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels to get you started working with pastels, covering a variety of shades and colors. Includes one each of Additional Gray 15, Additional Gray 28, Additional Gray 29, Additional Gray 30, Additional Gray 48, Blue Violet 7, Blue Violet 10, Blue Violet 17, Green 6, Green 9, Green 12, Gray 2, Gray 13, Gray 27, Red 5, Red 9, Yellow 10 and Yellow 12. 18 Yellow Green Earth - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels, covering the yellow green earth values. 18 Yellow Values - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 18 high quality, hand rolled pastels, covering the yellow values. 36 Landscape Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 36 high quality, hand rolled pastels, best suited for for landscape painting. Includes one each of Blue Green 7, Blue Green Earth 14, Blue Green Earth 17, Blue Violet 9, Blue Violet 13, Blue Violet 17, Green 4, Green 7, Green 13, Green 16, Green 21, Gray 1, Gray 26, Gray 27, Red 2, Red 13, Red 14, Red 17, Red 18, Red Earth 1, Red Earth 2, Red Earth 7, Red Earth 9, Red Earth 10, Red Earth 13, Red Earth 14, Red Earth 16, Red Earth 17, Red Earth 18, Yellow Gold 2, Yellow Gold 5, Yellow Gold 8, Yellow Gold 14, Yellow Gold 15, Yellow Gold 17, Yellow Green Earth 6. 36 Portrait Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 36 high quality, hand rolled pastels covering the portrait colors to start you along the way to great pastel portraits. Includes one each of , Additional Gray 37, Blue Green 7, Blue Green Earth 5, Blue Green Earth 14, Blue Green Earth 15, Blue Green Earth 17, Blue Violet 7, Blue Violet 9, Blue Violet 13, Blue Violet 15, Blue Violet 16, Blue Violet 17, Blue Violet 18, Brown Earth 6, Brown Earth 11, Brown Earth 18, Green 4, Green 5, Green 7, Green 13, Green 15, Green 16, Green 21, Gray 1, Gray 2, Gray 27, Red 12, Red 14, Red Earth 9, Yellow Gold 1, Yellow Gold 4, Yellow Gold 5, Yellow Gold 15, Yellow Gold 18, Yellow Green Earth 6 and Yellow Green Earth 18. 36 Starter Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 36 high quality, hand rolled pastels, to get you started working with pastels, covering a variety of shades and colors. Includes one of each of Red 7, Red 8, Red 9, Red 2, Red 3, Red 5, Red Earth 12, Red Earth 10, Red Earth 8, Brown Earth 12, Brown Earth 10, Brown Earth 7, Yellow 2, Yellow 3, Yellow 5, Yellow 8, Yellow 9, Yellow 11, Green 1, Green 3, Green 18, Green 8, Green 9, Green 17, Blue Green 8, Blue Green 10, Blue Green 12, Blue Violet 10, Blue Violet 9, Blue Violet 8, Blue Violet 18, Blue Violet 16, Grey 9, Grey 27, Grey 28, and Grey 36. 72 Landscape Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 72 high quality, hand rolled pastels best suited for for landscape painting. Includes one each of Red 2, Red 11, Red Earth 12, Red Earth 17, Yellow Gold 1, Yellow Gold 13, Yellow Gold 14, Yellow Gold 16, Yellow Gold 17, Yellow Gold 18, Brown Earth 5, Brown Earth 6, Brown Earth 13, Brown Earth 14, Brown Earth 15, Brown Earth 16, Brown Earth 17, Brown Earth 28, Brown Earth 29, Brown Earth 33, Brown Earth 34, Brown Earth 35, Brown Earth 36, Green 10, Green 11, Green 14, Green 15, Green 17, Green 18, Green 26, Green 32, Yellow Green Earth 12, Yellow Green Earth 13, Yellow Green Earth 18, Blue Green Earth 5, Blue Green Earth 10, Blue Green Earth 11, Blue Green 6, Blue Green 12, Blue Green 18, Blue Violet 8, Blue Violet 9, Blue Violet 10, Blue Violet 13, Blue Violet 14, Blue Violet 17, Blue Violet 18, Gray 5, Gray 6, Gray 13, Gray 17, Gray 18, Gray 25, Gray 28, Gray 29, Additional 19, Additional 25, Additional 26, Additional 29, Additional 30, Additional 33, Additional 34, Additional 35, Additional 37, Additional 38, Additional 43, Additional 44, Additional 45, Additional 49, Additional 50, Additional 51 and Additional 54. 72 Portrait Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 72 high quality, hand rolled pastels, covering the portrait colors to start you along the way to great pastel portraits. Includes one of each of Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Yellow 10, Additional 9, Yellow 3, Yellow 2, Yellow 1, Yellow 13, Yellow 14, Yellow 15, Yellow 16, Yellow 17, Grey 27, Brown Earth 7, Brown Earth 8, Portrait 1, Portrait 2, Portrait 3, Portrait 4, Red 5, Red 4, Additional 16, Additional 17, Red Earth 10, Grey 28, Portrait 5, Red 6, Portrait 12, Red 11, Red 26, Portrait 7, Portrait 6, Red 15, SC 8, Red 13, SC 9, Red 12, Red 18, Additional 5, Portrait 11, Additional 32, Grey 9, Grey 8, Blue Violet 16, Grey 7, Additional 29, Additional 36, Additional 30, Brown Earth 6, Red Earth 6, Brown Earth 18, Brown Earth 5, Brown Earth 35, Blue Green Earth 17, Blue Green Earth 16, Additional 44, Additional 43, Green 1, Green 2, Green 14, Blue Green Earth 3, Blue Green Earth 1, Blue Green Earth 2, Grey 4, Grey 5, Blue Green 6, Blue Violet 8, Blue Violet 9, Blue Violet 10, Blue Violet 11, Blue Violet 18, and Dark 13. 72 Starter Colors - This Unison Handmade Pastel Set features 72 high quality, hand rolled pastels, to get you started working with pastels, covering a variety of shades and colors. Includes one of each of Red 12, Red 11, Red 10, Red 9, Red 8, Red 7, Red 13, Red 14, Red 15, Red 16, Red 17, Red 18, Red Earth 7, Red Earth 8, Red Earth 9, Red Earth 10, Red Earth 11, Red Earth 12, Brown Earth 30, Brown Earth 29, Brown Earth 28, Brown Earth 27, Brown Earth 26, Brown Earth 25, Yellow 12, Yellow 11, Yellow 10, Yellow 9, Yellow 8, Yellow 7, Yellow 1, Yellow Green Earth 12, Yellow Green Earth 11, Yellow Green Earth 9, Yellow Green Earth 8, Yellow Green Earth 7, Green 12, Green 11, Green 9, Green 8, Green 7, Green 1, Additional 43, Blue Green Earth 12, Blue Green Earth 11, Blue Green Earth 9, Blue Green Earth 8, Blue Green Earth 7, Blue Green 6, Blue Green 12, Blue Green 11, Blue Green 9, Blue Green 9, Blue Green 8, Blue Green 7, Blue Violet 12, Blue Violet 11, Blue Violet 10, Blue Violet 9, Blue Violet 8, Blue Violet 7, Grey 28, Grey 30, Grey 32, Grey 34, Grey 35, Grey 36, Additional 49, Additional 50, Additional 51, Additional 52. Additional 53, and Additional 54. Note - The manufacturer may substitute similar colors within the sets at their discretion. |