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Why Unison Colour...
What makes Unison Colour Soft Pastels so special?
We believe in authentic colour – no dyes, no imitations, simply pure unadulterated colour.
Lightfast
Your paintings will shine for years to come with the best rated pigments.
Mixed Media
Use our pastels in conjunction with watercolour and acrylic, or in any other creative ways.
Soft and Smooth
'Just like butter' - Our pastels need no encouragement to leave their mark.
Highly Pigmented
Using the best pigments to provide the deepest colouration for your work.
Flexible
Use wet or dry on the broadest range of surface types.
Autumn Mini Set
Curated to capture the brilliance of turning leaves, harvest time and darkening nights.
Autumn Mini Set
Autumn Rains 16
A unique artist set from Stephen Fuller, designed to capture the vibrance and moodiness of the season.
Autumn Rains 16
Autumn Rains WorkshopAutumn Rains Workshop
Produce a beautiful landscape depicting a rainy Autumn day with birch trees and a distant ridge line caught in shafts of sunlight.
A 30 year journey into colour.
The purpose is to realise the light.
The heart of colour is light.
The dance of light is colour.
Unison Colour was founded by artist John Hersey who, after many years of not finding a pastel he was happy with, decided to make his own. After years of experimenting, the Unison Colour soft pastel that you know and love today, was created.
John had always found inspiration in the clarity of light and subtlety of colour in Northumberland, and in 1980 he moved with Kate and their 4 children to an Old Rectory in the Northumberland National Park.
Free Guide
Introduction To Soft Pastels
Beginners Soft Pastel Tips from Rebecca de Mendonça.
If you’re new to soft pastels or have always wanted to try, this free PDF guide will help you Get Started.
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Colourful Chronicles
Learn new techniques, hear artist's stories, and stay up to date on Soft Pastel News.
Eye catchers: September 2025
First of all, I would like to thank Unison Colour for the honour of having the opportunity to be a guest curator of Eye catchers, my selection of 10 images posted on the Unison Colour Soft Pastelling Community Facebook Group in September.
Unison Colour x Drawing Cabaret Couture x London Fashion Week
Earlier this year, we were approached by Jan Mayer and Matt Lawrence of Drawing Cabaret Couture (DCC Studios) to curate a selection of special pastel sets for art students to use during London Fashion Week. It’s safe to say, we jumped at the opportunity. DCC Studios is a London based production team specialising in creating…
Eye Catchers: August 2025
What a wonderful month of artwork showcased on our Unison Colour community page. I had the great privilege of being the August 2025 Eye Catchers curator, with thanks to Lynn Howarth. As a travelling wildlife artist, I am drawn to wild places that evoke emotion and draw me into a place that holds my imagination.
Using the Unison Colour Grey 1-18 Set
When I first studied classical drawing, students were limited to only black and white, later they were allowed to use a few earth tones. The idea is to learn to see in tone, not in colour. As a teacher, I have used this method of limiting students at the beginning, to black and white. You…
