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product_id: 336842866
title: "Artists' Colored Pencil - White, OP500"
brand: "holbein"
price: "€ 17.00"
currency: EUR
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reviews_count: 10
category: "Holbein"
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# ultra-opaque white pigment 3.8mm soft oil-based core 3-star lightfastness rating Artists' Colored Pencil - White, OP500

**Brand:** holbein
**Price:** € 17.00
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> ✨ Elevate your art with the softest, most vibrant white pencil on the market!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Artists' Colored Pencil - White, OP500 by holbein
- **How much does it cost?** € 17.00 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## 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

- • **Durable Oil-Based Core:** Enjoy a resilient 3.8mm core designed for precision and longevity.
- • **Exclusive Premium Quality:** Join the elite artists who trust Holbein for flawless white accents.
- • **Professional Lightfastness Assurance:** 3-star rating ensures your artwork stays vibrant over time.
- • **Supreme Softness for Effortless Blending:** Experience buttery smooth application that elevates every stroke.
- • **Unmatched Opacity for Brilliant Highlights:** Create striking highlights even over heavily layered colors.

## Overview

Holbein Artists' Colored Pencil in White (OP500) features a premium 3.8mm soft oil-based core delivering ultra-opaque, smooth application ideal for blending and layering. With a 3-star lightfastness rating, it ensures long-lasting brilliance, making it a top choice for professional artists seeking flawless highlights and superior quality.

## 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: The best white color pencil I've ever used - 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 desertcart. 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!
Review: Great pencil - Very smooth with great opacity

## Features

- Holbein Artists' Colored Pencil - White, OP500
- White

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00TD0OIDI |
| Best Sellers Rank | #312,461 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ( See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ) #1,220 in Drawing Pencils |
| Brand | Holbein |
| Color | White |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (137) |
| Date First Available | March 10, 2015 |
| Grip Type | Smooth |
| Ink Color | White |
| Item Weight | 0.32 ounces |
| Item model number | OP500 |
| Line Size | 0.5mm_0.7mm |
| Manufacturer | Holbein |
| Manufacturer Part Number | OP500 |
| Material Type | Oil-based |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Point Type | Broad |
| Product Dimensions | 7 x 0.2 x 0.2 inches |
| Size | 1 Count (Pack of 1) |

## Product Details

- **Age Range (Description):** Adult
- **Brand:** Holbein
- **Color:** White
- **Ink Color:** 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

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

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great pencil
*by L***M on April 28, 2025*

Very smooth with great opacity

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Buy it!
*by R***A on March 6, 2023*

This is by far the best white pencil I've ever purchased. I have quite a few brands but none of them really work like this. My favorite.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Holbein Artists' Colored Pencil - White, OP500
- Colored pencil artist Holbein OP Soft White -501
- Holbein colored pencil black OP510

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*Last updated: 2026-01-25*