Giotto Colors 3.0 is Fila's school colour pencil, and the name is a specification rather than a version number: the 3.0 refers to the lead, marked on the box as Ø 3 mm. That width sits between the thin cores in budget packs and the chunky leads in toddler jumbo pencils, which is why it suits primary and middle-school work where a child needs to fill a shape quickly but still outline it neatly.

The red badge on the front reads "quality for school", and the range is built around that promise rather than around artist features. Colour goes down evenly without needing several passes, the leads take the pressure children apply without constant snapping, and the shades are bright and separated enough that a child can tell two greens apart on the page.

Sets are stocked as twelve or twenty-four colours. Twelve covers the standard school requirement, the primaries with black, brown and the basic greens and blues. Twenty-four is worth the step up once colouring turns into shading, adding the second greens, the extra blues, pinks, purples and greys that let a drawing have depth rather than flat blocks of colour.

The barrels are hexagonal, printed "Giotto Colors 3.0" with the Fila mark, and painted to match their own leads. Safencia lists Giotto Colors 3.0 from Rs. 850 with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan, and WhatsApp confirms stock, your city and delivery charges before dispatch.

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