Product Description Graphite is a natural pigment best known for its use in pencils. In watercolour, however, Graphite has a subtle shimmer and is perfect for creating dramatic skies, rainy pavement, and adding a pencil-like quality to sketches and paintings. Artist Notes : Graphites semi-granular nature can be used to great effect on cold pressed paper when textural effects are desired. Graphite leaves a subtle iridescent finish on paper when dry. Paint Makers Notes : Graphite is a type of carbon most associated with pencil leads. Transparency : Semi-Transparent Staining : Staining Granularity: Semi-Granular Pigment Number : PBk 10 Pigment Type : Synthetic Organic Pigment Composition : Crystallized carbon Lightfastness : Not Rated Toxicity : Non Toxic