7The Ruby Charm Colors Big Book of Color Charts is ideal for:

• Keeping your swatches organized
• Choosing the perfect hue or color combo
• Tracking what you have & what you need

This colored pencil chart book for adult coloring book and colored pencil enthusiasts is useful for those wanting all of their coloured pencils, pastels, inks, watercolor pencils, gel pens and markers swatched in one handy book.

• 27 pre-labeled charts for popular colored pencil brands
• Pre-labeled charts for pastel pencils, ink, watercolor pencils & markers
• Blank charts by color family (reds, oranges, etc.)
• Blanks charts for extra brands & color combos
• Black black charts for swatching light colors
• Room for notes
• A few fun designs to color
• Basic color theory (inside) with color wheel (back cover)

COLORED PENCIL BRAND CHARTS:

• Arteza Expert
• Black Widow
• Blick Studio
• Bruynzeel Design
• Caran d'Ache Luminance
• Caran d'Ache Pablo
• Castle Arts
• Cezanne
• Chameleon Color Tones
• Derwent Artists
• Derwent Coloursoft
• Derwent Drawing
• Derwent Lightfast
• Derwent Procolour
• Derwent Studio
• Faber-Castell Polychromos
• Holbein
• Koh-I-Noor Polycolor
• Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor
• Marco Raffine
• Marco Renoir
• Mitsubishi Uni
• Prismacolor Premier + Verithin
• Schpirerr Farben
• Tombow Irojiten
• Special Luminance & Lightfast Combo

PASTEL PENCIL CHARTS: Caran d'Ache; Derwent; Faber-Castell; Koh-I-Noor; Stabilo
INK CHARTS: Dr. Ph. Martin and Tim Holtz Distressed
WATERCOLOR PENCIL CHARTS: Arteza; Bruynzeel; Caran d'Ache Museum, Neocolor II & Supracolor; Derwent Graphitint; Derwent Inktense; Derwent Watercolor; Faber-Castell Albrecht D rer
MARKER CHARTS: Arteza Real Brush Pens; Copics; Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pens; Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers; Tombow Dual Brush Pens

Charts organized by color family let you swatch all your reds on one page, blues on another, etc. which is helpful when looking for the perfect hue regardless of brand.
IMPORTANT: watercolor and marker pages have black-backed pages to minimize bleed-through. The paper in this book (depending on where it was printed) is fairly tough, but obviously thinner than watercolor paper. Colors can look splotchy until completely dry. We recommend using a sheet of card stock or plastic to help protect the pages underneath from colors bleeding through as well as potential rub-through of pencil pigments while swatching.
You can make PERSONAL COPIES of the charts you plan to use onto your favorite paper or card stock if the paper in this book feels too thin for your needs, or, if you just want to put those pages of the charts you are using into a ring binder for safe keeping.
You can also deconstruct this book for ease of use, so feel free to take it apart, keep the pages you are using in one binder, and store the rest in case you need them later. Many office supply stores (and FedEx service centers) will remove the spine and even spiral-bind or punch holes in the book for you for a small fee.
If you choose to do it yourself, I have a step-by-step tutorial using another book (Creative Companion Book Binding DIY) on my blog at rubycharmcolors.com. Or keep it as is-the choice is yours It is meant to be a book that grows along with you and your artistic needs
Happy color swatching