Ideal for use on both light and dark surfaces, Koh-I-Noor Gioconda Artist's Charcoal Pencils are favored by artists for their lush, vibrant colors. Made from high-quality , pure, micro-pulverized pigments, these charcoal pencils can be used for shading and detail work in drawings, sketches, and portraits, either alone or combined with conventional charcoal and other media. The set contains six Gioconda Artist's pencils, including one each of Sepia Dark, Sepia Light, Red Chalk, White Chalk, Charcoal, and Black.