2 Prismacolor Pencil Colors Are Being Discontinued (Here are Substitutes!)

Hi friends, I found out this week that Prismacolor discontinued two of their light purples Lilac PC956 and Lavender PC934 due to pigment availability. They will eventually come out with new light purple colors to replace these I’m told. The colors because discontinued because the pigment used to make them was no longer available. In the meantime, I wanted to find a substitute for these colors that were available in open stock as well as being soft and blendable and I have found two reasonable facsimiles.

• Dupe for Lavender PC934 is Arteza Lilac

• Dupe for Lilac PC956 is Cezanne Periwinkle #027 On Amazon or at Jerry’s Artarama

In the meantime, the 150 sets of Prismacolor pencils will have an extra white and colorless blender in place of the lilac and lavender pencils and the smaller sets will sub out other colors. I think it is funny that none of the new pastel sets had matches for these. 1 I hope this helps someone mourning the loss of these colors. Happy crafting!