During the early twentieth century, the colored pencil core was developed. It was made up of a combination of pigments or dyes and a binder. In 1761, a small factory in Germany, began making the pencils Kaspar Faber, later to become the world famous Faber-Castell company. Over time the company has improved the quality of the color pencil and has created modern techniques of industrialization of the color pencil. In the early 1920s, the A.W. Faber Company began selling over 60 different shades of colored pencils for artists. They are considered to be one of the top