This Assorted Sanguine Sketching Pencils Set comes in 6 shades (1 x Sanguine XVIII, 1 x Sanguine Medicis, 1 x Pierre Noir 3B, 1 x White, 1 x Sanguine, 1 x Sepia). The colour of the Conte a Paris "Sanguine" pencil is a deep "rust" and its lines are easily blended. With a sharpened lead the drawing is accurate, the colour is transparent and if the work is lightly drawn, the Sanguine pencil lets the texture of the paper appear.