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    Hi,

    As my first post here at this forum, I wish that I could remember what the old Prismacolor and Verithin color charts were from the Eagle and Berol days (1986 and back, before Empire Pencil bought out Berol and was renamed Empire Berol)??? I am, of course, from the U.S. so some of these color names are not used anymore in this country (as opposed to the U.K. where these classic names are still used more or less).

    The classic Verithin colors list (current color names, if applicable, are in parentheses):
    734 – White
    734-1/2 – Light Grey (Warm Grey 20%)
    735 – Canary Yellow
    735-1/2 – Lemon Yellow
    736 – Yellow Ochre (Spanish Orange)
    736-1/2 – Orange Ochre (Pumpkin Orange)
    737 – Orange
    737-1/2 – Sea Green (Aquamarine)
    738 – Grass Green
    738-1/2 – Light Green (Apple Green)
    739 – Green (Peacock Green)
    739-1/2 – Olive Green
    740 – Ultramarine
    740-1/2 – Sky Blue (Peacock Blue)
    741 – Indigo Blue
    741-1/2 – Azure Blue (Light Cerulean Blue)
    742 – Violet
    742-1/2 – Lavender (Parma Violet)
    743 – Pink (Pink Rose)
    743-1/2 – Rose (Process Red)
    744 – Scarlet Red (Poppy Red)
    745 – Crimson Red
    745-1/2 – Terra Cotta
    746 – Sienna Brown (Dark Brown)
    746-1/2 – Tuscan Red
    747 – Black
    747-1/2 – Dark Grey (Cool Grey 70%)
    748 – Red/Blue (double-ended)
    750 – Vermilion (Pale Vermilion)
    751 – True Green
    752 – Purple (Dahlia Purple)
    753 – Silver (Silver Metallic)
    754 – Gold (Gold Metallic)
    755 – Golden Brown (Goldenrod)
    756 – Dark Brown (Dark Umber)
    757 – Peach
    758 – True Blue
    759 – Magenta
    760 – Violet Blue
    761-1/2 – Non-Photo Blue

    The classic Prismacolor pencils list (again, current color names, where applicable, are listed in parentheses):
    901 – Indigo Blue
    902 – Ultramarine
    903 – True Blue
    904 – Light Blue (Light Cerulean Blue)
    905 – Aquamarine
    906 – Copenhagen Blue
    907 – Peacock Green
    908 – Dark Green
    909 – Grass Green
    910 – True Green
    911 – Olive Green
    912 – Apple Green
    913 – Green Bice (Spring Green)
    914 – Cream
    915 – Lemon Yellow
    916 – Canary Yellow
    917 – Yellow Orange (Sunburst Yellow)
    918 – Orange
    919 – Non-Photo Blue
    920 – Light Green
    921 – Vermilion (Pale Vermilion)
    922 – Scarlet Red (Poppy Red)
    923 – Scarlet Lake
    924 – Crimson Red
    925 – Crimson Lake
    926 – Carmine Red
    927 – Light Peach
    928 – Blush Pink
    929 – Pink
    930 – Magenta
    931 – Purple (Dark Purple)
    932 – Violet
    933 – Violet Blue
    934 – Lavender
    935 – Black
    936 – Slate Grey
    937 – Tuscan Red
    938 – White
    939 – Peach
    940 – Sand
    941 – Light Umber
    942 – Yellow Ochre
    943 – Burnt Ochre
    944 – Terra Cotta
    945 – Sienna Brown
    946 – Dark Brown
    947 – Dark Umber
    948 – Sepia
    949 – Silver (Silver Metallic)
    950 – Gold (Gold Metallic)
    951 – Copper (Copper Metallic)
    956 – Light Violet (Lilac)
    961 – Warm Grey Dark (replaced by PC1056 Warm Grey 70%)
    962 – Warm Grey Medium (replaced by PC1054 Warm Grey 50%)
    963 – Warm Grey Light (replaced by PC1052 Warm Grey 30%)
    964 – Warm Grey Very Light (replaced by PC1050 Warm Grey 10%)
    965 – Cold Grey Dark (replaced by PC1065 Cool Grey 70%)
    966 – Cold Grey Medium (replaced by PC1063 Cool Grey 50%)
    967 – Cold Grey Light (replaced by PC1061 Cool Grey 30%)
    968 – Cold Grey Very Light (replaced by PC1059 Cool Grey 10%)

    Down to the nitty-gritty of this: what would the color lists be for the 12 and 24-count (pre-Empire Berol) Verithin sets, as well as the 24, 36 and 48-count (pre-Empire Berol) Prismacolor sets?

    Meaning, for all those of you here on this board who have a ca. 1985-vintage set of the 12 and 24-count Verithin, and the 24, 36 and 48-count (ca. 1985) Prismacolor sets, please feel free to reply.

    Thank you,

    Benjamin “Ben” Edge (ClassicTVMan1981X)

    #1156256
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        Hi, Ben–
        Just bumping this back to the top of the forum so more folks will see your thread. :)

        Berol prismacolors are now produced by Sanford– and while there have been some changes to the formulas used to produce the pencils, I’m pretty sure the colors themselves remain very very similar. If no one has color charts for the pre-1985 sets you’re asking about, perhaps the modern charts will work as well?

        Good luck!
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        #1156258

        Hi, Ben–
        Just bumping this back to the top of the forum so more folks will see your thread. :)

        Berol prismacolors are now produced by Sanford– and while there have been some changes to the formulas used to produce the pencils, I’m pretty sure the colors themselves remain very very similar. If no one has color charts for the pre-1985 sets you’re asking about, perhaps the modern charts will work as well?

        Good luck!
        Rosemary

        Rosemary,

        I also wish to find out what colors were available by set (12 count, 24 count, 36, 48, 60) of the pre-Empire Berol/pre-Sanford color lineup. I would think the 72/96/120 count sets first existed during the Empire Berol period, after 1986.

        You might like this link:
        http://tinyurl.com/7jhyp7m

        A typical Eagle Verithin 12-count color pencil set would have had these colors:

        734 White
        735 Canary Yellow
        737 Orange
        738 Grass Green
        739 Green
        740-1/2 Sky Blue
        741 Indigo Blue
        742 Violet
        744 Scarlet Red
        745 Crimson Red
        746 Sienna Brown
        747 Black

        ~Ben

        #1156259

        eBay auction for a 1986 Berol Prismacolor #960 60-count pencil set.

        By the time of the year printed on this box, the Prismacolor thick-leaded colored pencils increased color availability from 60 to 72 colors. The 12 then-new colors were, from the back of the box:
        988 – Marine Green
        989 – Chartreuse
        990 – Yellow Bice
        991 – Light Yellow Green
        992 – Light Aqua
        993 – Hot Pink
        994 – Process Red
        995 – Mulberry (then called “Bright Purple”)
        996 – Black Grape (then called just “Grape”)
        997 – Beige
        998 – Bright Violet
        999 – Bright Blue Violet
        (all of the above colors were then exclusive to the #972 72-count set)

        I wonder what the current equivalents offered in the Prismacolor thick-leaded lineup today would be close matches for: Yellow Bice, Light Yellow Green, Bright Violet and Bright Blue Violet?

        ~Ben

        #1156257
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            I definitely don’t have any sets that old, so I’m afraid I’m no help. I am curious though. May I ask your reasoning behind wanting to recreate what was offered in each set 25 years ago?

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            #1156262
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                Hi, this is the first time I have replied – being a very new member.
                I happen to still have a very old set of 24 Eagle Verithin pencils which my mother bought for me around 1970.

                In case this is of interest to you I will list the colours I have:

                734 White
                734 1/2 Light Grey
                735 Canary Yellow
                736 Yellow Ochre
                737 Orange
                738 Grass Green
                738 1/2 Light Green
                739 Green
                740 Ultramarine Blue
                740 1/2 Sky Blue
                741 Indigo
                742 Violet
                743 Pink
                744 Scarlet Red
                745 Carmine Red
                745 1/2 Terra Cotta
                746 Sienna Brown
                747 Black
                750 Vermilion
                751 True Green
                752 Purple
                755 Golden Brown
                756 Dark Brown
                757 Flesh

                These were my favourite pencils and the range of colours seemed very exotic in the 1970s! I replaced some of the worn ones when it was possible to buy separates and still use them sometimes (though some are a bit stumpy now).
                Cheers

                #1156260

                I definitely don’t have any sets that old, so I’m afraid I’m no help. I am curious though. May I ask your reasoning behind wanting to recreate what was offered in each set 25 years ago?

                Any ideas as to what colors are contained in a 36-count Prismacolor set (PC954)? It, of course, would have all the colors from the 12-count (PC952) and 24-count (PC953) sets, plus half of the additional 24 colors from the 48-count set (PC955).

                The PC952 set always had these 12 colors:
                True Blue (903)
                Grass Green (909)
                Apple Green (912)
                Canary Yellow (916)
                Orange (918)
                Crimson Red (924)
                Violet (932)
                Violet Blue (933)
                Black (935)
                White (938)
                Sienna Brown (945)
                Dark Brown (946)

                Until the ’90s, the PC953 set had these additional 12 colors:
                Ultramarine (902)
                Light Cerulean Blue (904)
                Copenhagen Blue (906)
                True Green (910)
                Lemon Yellow (915)
                Scarlet Red (Poppy Red) (922)
                Scarlet Lake (923)
                Pink (929)
                Slate Grey (936)
                Peach (939)
                Yellow Ochre (942)
                Burnt Ochre (943)

                After 1990, the following colors in the PC953 set were removed: 902, 906, 915, 923, 936, 942 and 943. They were replaced by 901, 908, 926, 937, 995, 1008 and 1034.

                ~Ben

                #1156261

                If my information is correct, in 1990, the following colors were retired:
                915 – Lemon Yellow
                920 – Light Green
                925 – Crimson Lake
                936 – Slate Grey
                940 – Sand
                961 – Warm Grey Dark
                962 – Warm Grey Medium
                963 – Warm Grey Light
                964 – Warm Grey Very Light
                965 – Cold Grey Dark
                966 – Cold Grey Medium
                967 – Cold Grey Light
                968 – Cold Grey Very Light
                988 – Marine Green
                990 – Yellow Bice
                991 – Light Yellow Green
                998 – Bright Violet
                999 – Bright Blue Violet
                (colors 988-999 were new for 1986)

                And these were the new hues for 1990:
                1001 – Salmon Pink
                1002 – Yellowed Orange
                1003 – Spanish Orange
                1004 – Yellow Chartreuse
                1005 – Limepeel
                1006 – Parrot Green
                1007 – Imperial Violet
                1008 – Parma Violet
                1009 – Dahlia Purple
                1010 – Deco Orange
                1011 – Deco Yellow
                1012 – Jasmine
                1013 – Deco Peach
                1014 – Deco Pink
                1015 – Deco Blue
                1016 – Deco Aqua
                1017 – Clay Rose
                1018 – Rose Pink
                1019 – Rosy Beige
                1020 – Celadon Green
                1021 – Jade Green
                1022 – Mediterranean Blue
                1023 – Cloud Blue
                1024 – Blue Slate
                1025 – Periwinkle
                1026 – Greyed Lavender
                1027 – Peacock Blue
                1028 – Bronze
                1029 – Mahogany Red
                1030 – Raspberry
                1031 – Henna
                1032 – Pumpkin Orange
                1033 – Mineral Orange
                1034 – Goldenrod
                1035 – Neon Yellow
                1036 – Neon Orange
                1037 – Neon Red
                1038 – Neon Pink
                1039 – Neon Green
                1040 – Electric Blue
                1041 – Steel
                1042 – Metallic Violet
                1043 – Metallic Rose
                1044 – Metallic Maroon
                1045 – Metallic Purple
                1046 – Metallic Jade
                1047 – Metallic Tile Blue
                1048 – Metallic Green
                1049 – Metallic Blue
                1050 – Warm Grey 10%
                1051 – Warm Grey 20%
                1052 – Warm Grey 30%
                1054 – Warm Grey 50%
                1056 – Warm Grey 70%
                1058 – Warm Grey 90%
                1059 – Cool Grey 10%
                1060 – Cool Grey 20%
                1061 – Cool Grey 30%
                1063 – Cool Grey 50%
                1065 – Cool Grey 70%
                1067 – Cool Grey 90%
                1068 – French Grey 10%
                1069 – French Grey 20%
                1070 – French Grey 30%
                1072 – French Grey 50%
                1074 – French Grey 70%
                1076 – French Grey 90%

                Of the 1986 added colors, only Yellow Bice, Light Yellow Green, Bright Violet and Bright Blue Violet were never resurrected.

                ~Ben

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