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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.
Winter Mini Set
A set of 8 half stick soft pastels specially curated to capture dove grey skies and the rich dark hues of winter, with the inclusion of a soft yellow pastel to enhance the warm glow of a winter’s day.
£19.99
Winter Mini Set
Frosty Winter's Day
Get 15% off this Limited Edition set of 16 half sticks inspired to capture a chilly winter’s day, includeing 4 sparkly colours for that extra frosty shimmer.
Original price was: £51.59.£43.85Current price is: £43.85.
Frosty Winter's Day
Winter Sunrise TutorialWinter Sunrise Tutorial
Lucy Brangwin uses the Frosty Winter's Day set in this step by step tutorial, creating a lake scene with added sparkles, some distant mountains and an old wooden rugged jetty.
FREE
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.
Latest Articles
Colourful Chronicles
Learn new techniques, hear artist's stories, and stay up to date on Soft Pastel News.
Eye catchers: October 2025
When asked to choose favourite pieces of art, it fills me with both joy and a sense of dread at the same time.
“Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot” – Colour Temperature For The Artist
As artists, like in lots of other aspects of life, it is good to have a number of tools in our toolbox. It is even better if we keep them nice and sharp through practice but, hey, we don’t always manage that – do we?
Me and My 5 – Unison Colour Associate Artist, Cathy Pearce
I was delighted to be asked by Stephen Fuller and Unison Colour to share with you 5 of my favourite paintings and tell you a little bit about what makes them so special to me and their relevance to my painting practice.
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.
