Derwent Lightfast 72 Set
Derwent Lightfast 72 Set
Around this time last year, Derwent released their brand new Lightfast pencil and it was met with amazing reviews from so many colored pencil artists. However, at the time Derwent announced the release of these outstanding pencils, they mentioned a 12 set, 24 set, 36 set, 48 set and 72 set with rumours of a 100 set being released. Unfortunately at the time, for a range of reasons, the full 72 set was not released and only the 36 set hit the shelves. In all honesty, this was just the taster that all of us colored pencil enthusiasts needed, everyone rushed out to get the 36 set of Lightfast Pencils and they all loved them, I can’t think of a single bad review I read or watched on the Derwent Lightfast Colored Pencils.
Although we all had the 36 set of Derwent Lightfast to keep us going, the wait on our hands before the release of the 72 set was tough going, the release date couldn’t come fast enough. Derwent officially announced and started selling the 72 Set of Lightfast pencils end of June beginning of July this year (2019), however, the 100 set was confirmed but no sign of this set as of yet.
Additional Colors from 36 Set of Lightfast over 72 Set of Lightfast
I have already reviewed the Derwent Lightfast colored pencils and their performance, which you can see on my website The Art Gear Guide, or in the October 2018 Issue of Ann Kullberg’s Color Magazine. However in this article I am going to be talking more about the pigments available in each set, the 28 new pigments that we can look forward to being available in the 100.
I will also be looking at some of the pigments in the Derwent Lightfast range that are also present in other Derwent Sets, however it is important to note that a pigment found in the Derwent Drawing set, which is also available in the Derwent Lightfast set, does not mean the quality of the pencils are the same, only that the pigments are the same. However I will discuss more about this further into the article.
Derwent Lightfast 12 Set Pigment List
Pigments in the Derwent Lightfast 12 Set are as follows, the pigments in bold are the extra pigments in that set over the set below.
1. Sun Yellow 2. Scarlet 3. Salmon 4. Violet 5. Mid Ultramarine 6. Mallard Green 7. Brown Ochre 8. Yellow Ochre 9. Sandstone 10. Natural Brown 11. Black 12. White.
Derwent Lightfast 24 Set Pigment List
Pigments in the Derwent Lightfast 24 Set are as follows 1. Sun Yellow 2. Scarlet 3. Salmon 4. Violet 5. Mid Ultramarine 6. Mallard Green 7. Brown Ochre 8. Yellow Ochre 9. Sandstone 10. Natural Brown 11. Champagne 12. Heather 13. Blue Violet 14. Dark Turquoise 15. Racing Green 16. Seaweed 17. Wheat 18. Venetian Red 19. Ruby Earth 20. Chocolate 21. Van Dyke Brown 22. Mist 23. Black 24. White.
Derwent Lightfast 36 Set Pigment List
Pigments in the Derwent Lightfast 36 Set are as follows. 1. Sun Yellow 2. Champagne 3. Scarlet 4 Salmon 5. Heather 6. Violet 7. Blue Violet 8. Mid Ultramarine 9. Dark Turquoise 10. Mallard Green 11. Racing Green 12. Seaweed 13. Brown Ochre 14. Yellow Ochre 15. Wheat 16. Sandstone 17. Venetian Red 18. Ruby Earth 19. Natural Brown 20. Chocolate 21. Van Dyke Brown 22 Mist 23. Flesh Pink 24. Oyster 25. Nightshade 26. Arctic 27. Spruce Green 28. Forest 29. Olive Earth 30. Sienna 31. Sepia 32. Warm Grey 33. Cloud Grey 34. Midnight Black 35. Black 36. White
Derwent Lightfast 48 Wooden Box Set Pigment List
1. Sun Yellow 2. Champagne 3. Scarlet 4 Salmon 5. Heather 6. Violet 7. Blue Violet 8. Mid Ultramarine 9. Dark Turquoise 10. Mallard Green 11. Racing Green 12. Seaweed 13. Brown Ochre 14. Yellow Ochre 15. Wheat 16. Sandstone 17. Venetian Red 18. Ruby Earth 19. Natural Brown 20. Chocolate 21. Van Dyke Brown 22 Mist 23. Flesh Pink 24. Oyster 25. Nightshade 26. Arctic 27. Spruce Green 28. Forest 29. Olive Earth 30. Sienna 31. Sepia 32. Warm Grey 33. Cloud Grey 34. Midnight Black 35. Mars Violet 36. Denim 37. Ocean Blue Dark 38. Light Aqua 39. Grass Green 40. Light Bronze 41. Mars Orange 42. Fossil Grey 43. Moonstone 44. Platinum 45. Mars Black 46. Derwent Red 47. Black 48. White
Derwent Lightfast 72 Set Pigment List
Pigments in the Derwent Lightfast 72 set are as follows. 1. Sun Yellow 2. Champagne 3. Scarlet 4 Salmon 5. Heather 6. Violet 7. Blue Violet 8. Mid Ultramarine 9. Dark Turquoise 10. Mallard Green 11. Racing Green 12. Seaweed 13. Brown Ochre 14. Yellow Ochre 15. Wheat 16. Sandstone 17. Venetian Red 18. Ruby Earth 19. Natural Brown 20. Chocolate 21. Van Dyke Brown 22 Mist 23. Flesh Pink 24. Oyster 25. Nightshade 26. Arctic 27. Spruce Green 28. Forest 29. Olive Earth 30. Sienna 31. Sepia 32. Warm Grey 33. Cloud Grey 34. Midnight Black 35. Mars Violet 36. Denim 37. Ocean Blue Dark 38. Light Aqua 39. Grass Green 40. Light Bronze 41. Mars Orange 42. Fossil Grey 43. Moonstone 44. Platinum 45. Mars Black 46. Derwent Red 47. Banana 48. Mustard 49. Amber Gold 50. Flame 51. Strawberry 52. Cherry Red 53. Merlot 54. Dusky Pink 55. Deep Rose 56. Purple 57. Wild Lavender 58. Deep Blue 59. Sapphire 60. Mid Blue 70% 61. Midnight Blue 62. Dark Indigo 63. Turquoise 64. Vivid Green 65. Pine 66. Grass Green 70 % 67. Foliage 68. Persian Orange 69. Burnt Siena 70. Granite 71. Black 72. White
Derwent Lightfast 100 Wooden Box Set Pigment List
1. Sun Yellow 2. Champagne 3. Scarlet 4 Salmon 5. Heather 6. Violet 7. Blue Violet 8. Mid Ultramarine 9. Dark Turquoise 10. Mallard Green 11. Racing Green 12. Seaweed 13. Brown Ochre 14. Yellow Ochre 15. Wheat 16. Sandstone 17. Venetian Red 18. Ruby Earth 19. Natural Brown 20. Chocolate 21. Van Dyke Brown 22 Mist 23. Flesh Pink 24. Oyster 25. Nightshade 26. Arctic 27. Spruce Green 28. Forest 29. Olive Earth 30. Sienna 31. Sepia 32. Warm Grey 33. Cloud Grey 34. Midnight Black 35. Mars Violet 36. Denim 37. Ocean Blue Dark 38. Light Aqua 39. Grass Green 40. Light Bronze 41. Mars Orange 42. Fossil Grey 43. Moonstone 44. Platinum 45. Mars Black 46. Derwent Red 47. Banana 48. Mustard 49. Amber Gold 50. Flame 51. Strawberry 52. Cherry Red 53. Merlot 54. Dusky Pink 55. Deep Rose 56. Purple 57. Wild Lavender 58. Deep Blue 59. Sapphire 60. Mid Blue 70% 61. Midnight Blue 62. Dark Indigo 63. Turquoise 64. Vivid Green 65. Pine 66. Grass Green 70 % 67. Foliage 68. Persian Orange 69. Burnt Siena 70. Granite 71. Yellow 72. Gold 73. Carmine 74. Apricot 75. Dark Honey 76. Coral Red 77. Autumn Red 78. Chestnut 79. Blush Pink 80. Magenta 81. Bordeaux 82. Mid Blue 83. Midnight Blue 70% 84. Dark Cyan 85. Ocean Blue 86. Pacific Blue 87. Fresh Green 88. Basil 89. Peridot 90. Green Earth 91. Mountain Green 92. Ivy 93. Camouflage 94. Warm Earth 95. Autumn Brown 96. Raisin 97. Taupe 98. Cool Grey 99. Black 100. White
New Colors To Come In The Derwent Lightfast 100 Set
I know I have highlighted the remaining 28 pigments still to arrive from Derwent in the Lightfast range, however, I just wanted to set aside the pigments that we can all look forward to receiving this September all being well.
1. Yellow 2. Gold 3. Carmine 4. Apricot 5. Dark Honey 6. Coral Red 7. Autumn Red 8. Chestnut 9. Blush Pink 10. Magenta 11. Bordeaux 12. Mid Blue 13. Midnight Blue 70% 14. Dark Cyan 15. Ocean Blue 16. Pacific Blue 17. Fresh Green 18. Basil 19. Peridot 20. Green Earth 21. Mountain Green 22. Ivy 23. Camouflage 24. Warm Earth 25. Autumn Brown 26. Raisin 27. Taupe 28. Cool Grey
Derwent Compromise
Because of various reasons, the Derwent Lightfast range was not released to the public in the same fashion the Derwent ProColour were and what I mean by this is, every set of the ProColour went on sale on the date of release. This was not the case for the Derwent Lightfast and as a result, when Derwent released the 72 set, those who had previously purchased the 36 set, panicked a little bit wondering if they were going to have to purchase a 72 set and duplicate 36 colors they currently had.
Thankfully Derwent anticipated this and they released a second 36 set in a 72 set box, allowing those who had previously purchased the first batch of 36, to purchase only the new pigments but still have all the pencils together in a 72 set tin.
This next part is purely speculation on my part and I must emphasise is not based on any inside information from Derwent, however it is something I would like to see from Derwent. When the 100 set is released, it will only be released in the Wooden Box Set, so the 100 set will most likely be quite expensive. That only leaves the option of those with the 72 set to purchase the new 28 pigments open stock. For the most part this will be quite an expensive exercise, depending on were you buy them from, but if we take the current price for an Open Stock Lightfast pencil, which at the time of writing this article is £3.20, this times 28 will cost approximately £89.60. But what I would like to see is perhaps for a limited time only, for Derwent to release a one of set comprising the new 28 pencils. As I mentioned, this is just what I would like to see, but in fairness this would be quite costly for Derwent also.
I do think that it has been a shame the entire range was not released at the same time, but I do know some of the issues were out of Derwent’s hands, which for a company of Derwent perfection and professionalism, I should imagine was quite frustrating.
Derwent Lightfast Pigments Across the Derwent Range
I have been asked by a lot of people, how many pigments are in the Lightfast range that can also be found in other Derwent sets. I would like to stress that in searching for this, I was only searching for pigments of exactly the same name and not pigments that looked like each other. For example a few Derwent sets had a Ivory Black pigment, but the lightfast range Mars Black, Black and Midnight Black. The blacks could all be considered the same or similar, however I have only searched for pigments of exactly the same name.
The Lightfast Pigment Champagne can also be found in the Artist and ProColour sets
The Lightfast Pigment Gold can also be found in the Artist and ProColour sets
The Lightfast Pigment Scarlet can also be found in the Coloursoft set
The Lightfast Pigment Flesh Pink can also be found in the Artist and ProColour Sets.
The Lightfast Pigment Blush Pink can also be found in the Coloursoft set
The Lightfast Pigment Salmon can also be found in the Artist and ProColour Set
The Lightfast Pigment Purple can also be found in the Coloursoft Set
The Lightfast Pigment Mars Violet can also be found in the Derwent Drawing and Artist set
The Lightfast Pigment Heather can also be found in the Artist set
The Lightfast Pigment Mid Ultramarine can also be found in the Artist and ProColour Set
The Lightfast Pigment Midnight Blue can also be found in the Artist and ProColour Set
The Lightfast Pigment Dark Indigo an also be found in the ProColour set
The Lightfast Pigment Spruce Green can also be found in the Artist set
The Lightfast Pigment Grass Green can also be found in the Artist and ProColour set
The Lightfast Pigment Foliage can also be found in the ProColour set
The Lightfast Pigment Olive Earth can also be found in the Drawing and Artist set
The Lightfast Pigment Warm Earth can also be found in the Drawing set
The Lightfast Pigment Brown Ochre can also be found in the Drawing and Artist set
The Lightfast Pigment Yellow Ochre can also be found in the Drawing and Artist set
The Lightfast Pigment Wheat can also be found in the Drawing set
The Lightfast Pigment Mars Orange can also be found in the Drawing set
The Lightfast Pigment Venetian Red can also be found in the Drawing, Artist and Procolour sets
The Lightfast Pigment Ruby Earth can also be found in the Drawing set
The Lightfast Pigment Chocolate can also be found in the Drawing, Artist and ProColour sets
The Lightfast Pigment Van Dyke Brown can also be found in the Artist and ProColour
The Lightfast Pigment Taupe can also be found in the Artist set
The Lightfast Pigment Warm Grey can also be found in the Drawing set
The Lightfast Pigment Cool Grey can also be found in the Drawing set
The Lightfast Pigment Mars Black can also be found in the Artist Set
I was actually quite surprised at how few pigments from the Lightfast range are found in other set, I personally thought there would be so much more. However, to Derwent’s credit they have created 100 new pencils and only 29 can be found in other sets. Needless to say there are a lot of newly named pigments and I say newly named, because I am sure if you really sit down and scrutinise the pigments, they would be very similar to other pigments throughout the remaining Derwent Range.
However, I think my most favourite colour in the new Derwent Lightfast range has to be the Derwent Red, this is such a deep gorgeous red, by far my most favourite red of any pencil set. There is something about the colour red I love, maybe it has something to do with me being a Liverpool FC fan, but the Derwent Red is just gorgeous.
Derwent Lightfast Conclusion
As I mentioned at the beginning of this article, this is not a review of the Derwent Lightfast performance, this is more an update of the additional pigments as well as the 28 pigments to come. I also touched on some of the pigments in the Derwent Lightfast range that can be found throughout some of the other delicious Derwent sets. However, if you would like to read my detailed review of the Derwent Lightfast pencil, you can do so by either visiting my website The Art Gear Guide and typing Derwent Lightfast into the search bar. Alternatively you can check out the October 2018 issue of the Ann Kullberg Color Magazine which has my detailed Derwent Lightfast review published; you can back order directly from the Ann Kullberg website, either the digital copy or paper copy. For all colored pencil enthusiasts, it is worth looking at some of the subscription packages on offer and signing up to the one that suits you, you will be continually kept up to date with so much information relating to the medium we all love so much, monthly reviews from me, tutorials from colored pencil artists from all over the world, featured colored pencil artists, competitions, the list is endless.
I completed a live stream talking about the Derwent Lightfast 72 set and other Derwent sets, it was a pretty long stream but it might help answer some of the questions you have on the Derwent Lightfast 72 set and the up coming 100 set.
