Unison Colour Soft Pastels are high quality hand made soft pastels based in the Northumberland National Park which are second to none in their subtlety and intensity of colour their fluency and responsiveness to touch and in their delicacy and robustness Unison Colour Soft Pastels aspire to perfection. Despite manufacturing over half a million individual sticks a year the pastels are still completely hand made and retain all the qualities of the originals. They are mixed on meticulous recipes and are based on traditional pigments such as cadmiums cobalts and natural and synthetic earths. The difference in the manufacturing process hand rolling rather than extrusion gives Unison Colour Soft Pastels a unique texture delivering a consistency of response across the colour spectrum that is unmatched and that is loved by artists. Half Sticks measure approximately 2.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm. The Starter Half Stick 16 Set contains: Grey 27 Yellow 10 Red 9 Additional 15 Green 6 Yellow 12 Green 12 Green 9 Grey 2 Additional 28 Additional 29 Additional 30 Blue Violet 7 Blue Violet 10 Blue Violet 17 Grey 13.