This is the cheapest way to start using real Pentel poster colour. Six 30 ml jars for Rs. 3,350 — half the outlay of the twelve-jar box, and still Rs. 558.33 a jar against the Rs. 675 that most Pentel shades cost bought one at a time. For a student who has been working with school-grade colour and wants to see what the difference actually looks like on paper, six jars is enough to find out without committing Rs. 6,600.

The box is the blue Pentel design carrying POSTER COLOR in outline lettering, the range's large U mark and 6colors on the corner. It is a different generation of packaging from the white and red box our twelve-jar set comes in, so the two do not look like a matching pair on a shelf — same paint, different era of box art.

Six shades is a working minimum rather than a comfortable range, and that shapes how the set gets used. You will mix more than a twelve-jar owner does, which is not a bad thing — mixing teaches colour faster than picking a ready-made jar ever will. What it does mean is that you go through white quickly, because white is what lightens everything. Our Classic poster colour white is Rs. 75 a 30 ml jar, which is a sensible thing to keep beside a Pentel set for bulk lightening on rough work.

The paint itself is what you are paying for. Poster colour dries flat and fully opaque, so a pale shade laid over a dark one covers rather than disappears, and large blocks stay even instead of streaking. Pentel's covering power is the reason architecture students and sign painters ask for it by name in Pakistan rather than buying whatever the shop has.

If you already know you need more than six shades, go straight to the twelve. It is Rs. 6,600, or Rs. 550 a jar, which is barely cheaper per jar than this set — the reason to size up is reach, not economy, and there is no penalty for starting here and adding singles later.

It suits art students and painters from about 10 years up. The Safencia price is Rs. 3,350 with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan. Stock, your city, and delivery charges are confirmed on WhatsApp before dispatch.

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