Two things make this Mont Marte set unusual, and both are about getting more out of less space. Every pencil is sharpened at both ends in two different colours, so twenty-four pencils carry forty-eight shades. And the case they live in is not a box but a fabric wallet that folds back on itself and stands up like a miniature easel, holding every pencil upright and visible while you work.

The colours are named rather than numbered, printed along each half of the barrel: Venetian Red, Van Dyke Brown, Yellow Ochre, Prussian Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Emerald, Chrome Green, Aquamarine, Turquoise, Burnt Sienna, Red Ochre, Sepia, Payne's Grey, Cool Grey and so on through to Peach, Tangerine, Vermilion, Crimson and Indian Red. Those are traditional artists' colour names, which makes the set easy to work from if you are following a tutorial or matching a palette.

The standing wallet is the part people keep using. On a desk it puts all forty-eight colours in front of you at eye level instead of flat in a tin where half are hidden. Folded shut it holds everything in elastic loops, so nothing shifts in a bag, and the whole thing travels flat.

The pack is marked 25 pc, counting the twenty-four pencils plus the easel wallet itself, and it is part of Mont Marte's Signature range. The back of the box notes the product is not a toy. Safencia lists it at Rs. 4,650 with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan, and WhatsApp confirms stock, your city and delivery charges before dispatch.

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