This is the Skin Tones edition of Lyra's Color Giants, and every one of the twelve pencils is a complexion shade. Instead of a single peach pencil standing in for everybody, the set runs from the palest cream through the peaches, ochres and warm tans into deep red-browns and near-black brown, which is what it actually takes to draw a classroom of children honestly.

The box artwork makes the intention plain, showing three children with visibly different skin tones drawn using the set. For a school in Pakistan that is directly useful: pupils can colour themselves, their families and their classmates with a shade that matches, rather than reaching for the one pencil labelled flesh and hoping.

Mechanically these are the same Color Giants build as the standard range. The lead measures 6.25mm across, marked on the box alongside extra-thick, hexagonal and resistant icons, so a wide band of tone goes down in one pass and the point holds up under pressure. That thickness suits laying flat skin tone over a large area, then building a second, darker shade on top for shadow.

The barrels are natural unpainted hexagonal wood printed "Farb-Riesen Color-Giants Skin Tones, Lyra Germany". Safencia lists the set of 12 at Rs. 5,015 with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan, and WhatsApp confirms stock, your city and delivery charges before dispatch.

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