Faber-Castell

Faber-Castell ruler from 1967

Faber-Castell AG is one of the world's largest and oldest manufacturers of pens, pencils, and other office supplies (for example, staplers, slide rules, erasers, rulers). and art supplies, They also make high-end writing instruments and luxury leather goods.

Colors

Main article: List of Faber-Castell colored pencils colors

	Color (approximate)	Hex Code (approximate)	Issued	Retired	Notes
1	White	#FFFFFF	unknown
2	Cream	#FEF2BC	unknown
3	Ivory	#FFF5DE	unknown
4	Light yellow glaze	#F9EB66	unknown
5	Light cadmium yellow	#FFE430	unknown
6	Light chrome yellow	#FEDF39	unknown
7	Cadmium yellow	#FFD619	unknown
8	Dark cadmium yellow	#FDC300	unknown
9	Dark chrome yellow	#F7A81E	unknown
10	Phthalo blue	#0279BF	unknown
11	Cadmium orange	#F28C0E	unknown
12	Leaf green	#50AF4D	unknown
13	Orange glaze	#EE7B28	unknown
14	Dark cadmium orange	#EE7225	unknown
15	Light cadmium red	#E94A39	unknown
16	Scarlet red	#E1423C	unknown
17	Light magenta	#DC89B8	unknown
18	Ultramarine	#5469AF	unknown
19	Pale geranium lake	#E73946	unknown
20	Fuchsia	#E8427F	unknown
21	Rose carmine	#E4546B	unknown
22	Middle purple-pink	#C53982	unknown
23	Permanent carmine	#D42842	unknown
24	Pink carmine	#E2486F	unknown
25	Pink madder lake	#F089B2	unknown
26	Salmon	#F29B97	unknown
27	Coral	#F39F9E	unknown
28	Beige red	#FAC7A6	unknown
29	Magenta	#9B5169	unknown
30	Crimson	#A84594	unknown
31	Light red-violet	#B1649D	unknown
32	Purple violet	#7A5399	unknown
33	Blue violet	#5E4B96	unknown
34	Violet	#9168AA	unknown
35	Light ultramarine	#6F9DD4	unknown
36	Delft blue	#4B4594	unknown
37	Madder	#CC3656	unknown
38	Cobalt blue	#0062AC	unknown
39	Cobalt blue-greenish	#1C65AE	unknown
40	Light phthalo blue	#53ACE1	unknown
41	Sky blue	#94B8E1	unknown
42	Bluish- turquoise	#0273A2	unknown
43	Helioblue-reddish	#216BB2	unknown
44	Middle phthalo blue	#3F9CD6	unknown
45	Cobalt turquoise	#027FA2	unknown
46	Light cobalt turquoise	#78C9DC	unknown
47	Helio turquoise	#78C9DC	unknown
48	Cobalt green	#06B2BB	unknown
49	Dark indigo	#454F5F	unknown
50	Deep cobalt green	#0A675C	unknown
51	Hooker's green	#007662	unknown
52	Manganese violet	#A166A7	unknown
53	Phthalo green	#00A387	unknown
54	Light phthalo green	#44B286	unknown
55	Emerald green	#00A367	unknown
56	Juniper green	#4A6B4C	unknown
57	Grass green	#7FBC50	unknown
58	Permanent green olive	#527B4A	unknown
59	Earth green-yellowish	#8FA54C	unknown
60	Caput mortuum	#A2605A	unknown
61	May green	#AABC47	unknown
62	Light green	#ABCE7D	unknown
63	Olive green-yellowish	#656345	unknown
64	Chromium green opaque	#6E774D	unknown
65	Dark sepia	#4F4E4B	unknown
66	Van dyck brown	#755C54	unknown
67	Walnut brown	#67544A	unknown
68	Nougat	#9E846F	unknown
69	Bistre	#87684F	unknown
70	Raw umber	#A37949	unknown
71	Payne's grey	#515359	unknown
72	Brown ochre	#CA985B	unknown
73	Light yellow ochre	#F2BF58	unknown
74	Dark naples ochre	#F6C454	unknown
75	Terracotta	#E98E52	unknown
76	Burnt ochre	#DB995D	unknown
77	Sanguine	#D8704F	unknown
78	Cinnamon	#E7AE97	unknown
79	Venetian red	#DD7D75	unknown
80	India red	#E57C84	unknown
81	Burnt carmine	#98484A	unknown
82	Red violet	#90496C	unknown
83	Black	#080808	unknown
84	Cadmium yellow lemon	#F0E858	unknown
85	Middle cadmium red	#BE4048	unknown
86	Deep scarlet red	#E33E56	unknown
87	Deep red	#DE2538	unknown
88	Dark red	#A92E4F	unknown
89	Alizarin crimson	#DB2856	unknown
90	Cold grey I	#D3D8DF	unknown
91	Cold grey II	#C7CBD3	unknown
92	Cold grey III	#B8B9BF	unknown
93	Cold grey IV	#999B9E	unknown
94	Cold grey V	#78787B	unknown
95	Cold grey VI	#605C5B	unknown
96	Prussian blue	#136295	unknown
97	Indanthrene blue	#475A96	unknown
98	Mauve	#65519A	unknown
99	Gold	#D6C691	unknown
100	Silver	#E0E0E0	unknown
101	Copper	#BA9A9A	unknown
102	Caput Mortuum-violet	#8B5153	unknown
103	Dark phthalo green	#038B72	unknown
104	Permanent green	#2D873C	unknown
105	Pine green	#385F48	unknown
106	Green gold	#CF9A2F	unknown
107	Warm grey I	#E0D8D5	unknown
108	Warm grey II	#D0C8C4	unknown
109	Warm grey III	#B2ADA5	unknown
110	Warm grey IV	#868585	unknown
111	Warm grey V	#6D6665	unknown
112	Warm grey VI	#615B5B	unknown
113	Chrome oxide green fiery	#008F78	unknown
114	Chrome oxide green	#52664D	unknown
115	Burnt umber	#725B46	unknown
116	Burnt sienna	#925F47	unknown

Business

Faber-Castell's headquarters is in Stein, Germany. It has 14 factories and 20 sales units throughout the world. The Faber-Castell Group has about 8,000 employees. They do business in more than 120 countries. The House of Faber-Castell is the family which founded the company. They continue to lead the corporation. They make about 2 billion pencils in more than 120 different colors every year.

Other websites

• Official website