The 24 color pencils are all of vibrant colors, well at least the color of the pencils. It takes a lot of work pressing down on the pencils to make the color show or get as close to what it should actually look like. Make sure you are coloring on a hard surface, I would recommend on a table instead of on top of a notebook or something similar. You don't really get the best results if you color on a notebook because when you're pressing down it causes an indent on the sheet you're coloring and the color doesn't show as much either.
Since you have to press down so hard to get any color, you will run into the occasion of a pencil lead breaking. This happened to me twice, the very tip of the lead and the bottom of the lead where the lead meets the wood part of the pencil. I tried sharpening the second pencil that broke and it kept breaking each time. I've ran into this kind of situation before with regular color pencils also so this wasn't something shocking. There's a lot of lead pigment from pressing down hard with the pencil, so try not to brush it off your paper with your hand since it might smear and ruin your work. I just blow it off the sheet.
As a side note, you can't really layer colors with these color pencils. (See the 2nd and 3rd triangles in photo below). I tried to do that when one of the lighter color pencils didn't show up. The darker shade only sort of showed on top, but it was not as pigmented as it would have been if it was applied on paper directly.
On the back of the box, you can find the brand's website where you can download and print some pages to color.
Overall, I'm a little disappointed with these eco friendly coloring pencils. Considering that they are eco-friendly and the colors are of some nice shades I would give these a 4 out of 5 stars.
I purchased this product at a promotional discount in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.
If you would like to purchase these yourself, you can do so here: Colowlful Eco Friendly Color Pencils
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