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product_id: 562976217
title: "Artists' Colored Pencil - White, OP500"
brand: "holbein"
price: "€ 16.91"
currency: EUR
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reviews_count: 5
category: "Holbein"
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# 3.8mm soft oil-based core Water-resistant pigment Smooth blend & layering Artists' Colored Pencil - White, OP500

**Brand:** holbein
**Price:** € 16.91
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎨 Elevate your art game with the smoothest, most vibrant white pencil in your toolkit!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Artists' Colored Pencil - White, OP500 by holbein
- **How much does it cost?** € 16.91 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/562976217-artists-colored-pencil-white-op500)

## Best For

- holbein enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted holbein brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Premium Oil-Based Core:** Experience buttery smooth strokes with a 3.8mm soft core designed for effortless blending and layering.
- • **Versatile Artistic Tool:** Perfect for professionals and enthusiasts alike, ideal for coloring, sketching, and detailed illustration.
- • **Water-Resistant Durability:** Create without limits—colors stay vivid even when exposed to moisture.
- • **Lightweight & Comfortable Grip:** Designed for long creative sessions with a balanced, ribbed round body that fits all hand orientations.
- • **Vibrant, Fade-Resistant Pigments:** Crafted with high-quality pigments that maintain brilliance and resist fading over time.

## Overview

Holbein Artists' Colored Pencil OP500 in White features a 3.8mm oil-based core that delivers smooth, blendable color with exceptional pigment quality. Water-resistant and lightweight, this pencil is engineered for professional artists seeking precision and durability in their drawing and coloring projects.

## Description

Holbein Artists' Colored Pencils are a range of superbly pigmented, premium-quality pencils featuring soft, oil-based 3.8 mm cores. Ideal for blending, layering, and creating subtle color gradations, they boast a smooth, lush application and are suitable for a wide range of drawing and illustration techniques. - Holbein Artists' Colored Pencil - White, OP500Holbein Colored Pencils, WHITE -

Review: Arrived before schedule. Item in very good condition, new and suitably protected. - This is not the Holbein soft white pencil known for its super opacity. This is a Holbein Artists' Colored white pencil of medium hardness, OP 500, *** light fastness. This was my mistake for not checking the definitions of the two.
Review: 使い心地がいい - 芯が柔らかで他の色に混ぜやすかったです。綺麗に混ざるのでずっと使い続けていきたいです。

## Features

- Holbein Oil-based Artist Colored Pencils were first produced in 1993
- Smooth and easy to draw blend and overpaint with
- Manufactured with the highest quality pigments
- Exceptional performance and handling characteristics
- Break and water resistant

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00TD0OIDI |
| Additional Features | Lightweight |
| Age Range Description | All Ages |
| Age range (description) | All Ages |
| Artistic Charcoal Form | White Charcoal |
| Best Sellers Rank | #96,360 in Office Products ( See Top 100 in Office Products ) #109 in Drawing Pencils |
| Body Shape | Round |
| Brand | Holbein |
| Brand Name | Holbein |
| Color | White |
| Colour | White |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 145 Reviews |
| Drill Point | Medium |
| Grip Type | Ribbed |
| Hand Orientation | Ambidextrous |
| Included Components | Wooden Casing |
| Ink Base | Oil |
| Ink Color | White |
| Ink colour | White |
| Item Diameter | 3.8 Millimeters |
| Item Dimensions | 17.8 x 0.5 x 0.5 centimeters |
| Item Weight | 0.02 Pounds |
| Line Size | 0.3mm |
| Manufacturer | Holbein |
| Material | Oil-based |
| Material Type | Oil-based |
| Model Name | OP500 |
| Model Number | OP500 |
| Recommended Uses For Product | Coloring, Drawing, Sketching |
| Style | 500 |
| Water Resistance Level | Water Resistant |
| Writing Instrument Form | Colored Pencil |
| Writing Technique | Pencil Lead |
| Writing instrument form | Colored Pencil |

## Product Details

- **Age range (description):** All Ages
- **Brand:** Holbein
- **Colour:** White
- **Ink colour:** White
- **Writing instrument form:** Colored Pencil

## Images

![Artists' Colored Pencil - White, OP500 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41Zzh0g6F4L.jpg)

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Arrived before schedule. Item in very good condition, new and suitably protected.
*by L***C on 20 January 2026*

This is not the Holbein soft white pencil known for its super opacity. This is a Holbein Artists' Colored white pencil of medium hardness, OP 500, *** light fastness. This was my mistake for not checking the definitions of the two.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 使い心地がいい
*by N***O on 19 March 2023*

芯が柔らかで他の色に混ぜやすかったです。綺麗に混ざるのでずっと使い続けていきたいです。

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best white color pencil I've ever used
*by T***E on 8 February 2024*

Yes, this pencil is pricey. In fact it is the most expensive color pencil I've ever purchased, more than double the price of the holy grail Caran d' ache Luminance. Is Holbein as a color pencil line vastly superior than any other color pencil line out there? I couldn't tell you one way or another because this particular pencil is the only one that I've purchased from the line. What I can tell you is that this white pencil is extremely soft - in fact it says on the pencil to sharpen with a knife. It's also extremely opaque and will go on top of the most heavily burnished layers of color pencils to create highlights unlike any other pencil I've ever used. Prismacolor has a good white, Derwent's Chinese white is another, and the Stabilo All white have been the whites I've used and relied on in the past and they have all done well. But nothing holds a candle to the Holbein Soft White OP. It has 3 stars stamped on the barrel to indicate lightfastness. I am assuming it is a titanium white and therefore highly lightfast, but do your research if lightfast is important to you. I guess that was a redundant statement because it if is important to you, you will already have done the research on it. Is it worth the $8 I spent on the single pencil? Absolutely! Can you get it a lower price? Likely so at one of the big box art stores when you make a larger order than a single pencil. All I wanted to purchase was this pencil so I purchased it here on Amazon. Will I try other Holbein color pencils? Likely not any time soon, well at least until I've run through my pencils I have now. I have a lot of Prismacolor and Faber Castell Polychromos. Holbein as a line is far too expensive for me. I am on a no-buy for all of 2024 but I made an exception for this pencil when I nothing I had gave me the results I wanted. This was my one exception to my no-buy. I will buy this pencil again when I've used it up. I will save it though, for when nothing else works because I do need to use up my other heavy hitter whites as well. What I do know is that I won't be buying any more Prismacolor (except maybe the white). I love their softness but their quality is horrible. Far too many pencils are lost by sharpening through a broken core or an off-center core. But that is a different review all-together. In the meantime, they will vanish this year as quickly as I can use them up - or throw them away in frustration. Wish me luck!

## Frequently Bought Together

- Holbein Artists' Colored Pencil - White, OP500
- Colored pencil artist Holbein OP Soft White -501
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*Last updated: 2026-07-19*