Uni Mechanical Pencil Lead Nano Dia 0.5mm, Color Mix, 20 leads x 3 Packs (Total 60 leads) with MIYABI stationery store original gift package set(05-202NDC-MIXx3)

I wanted these leads for years and was so excited to finally get them. The packs come with a good seven colors, and the leads are very sturdy for 0.5mm, but erasable and even smudge/blendable. They can handle pretty firm strokes compared to even hb leads. Great for sketching, but the colors are kinda light.

Love these! The lead is smooth and erases easily. The colours are more on the pastel side, which I really find pleasing but it's not impossible to get darker lines with these. I'm currently using these in a del guard pencil for drawing and have not broken my lead ever. The price is great for the value. 10/10 would recommend to anyone that wants to use coloured leads in a mechanical pencil.

UPDATE: I got a chance to try 5 out of the 7 colors. The blue, red, lavender (violet), and green are super nice. However the orange is very weak and painful to use. I did not even finish the sketch/drawing. I have not tried pink or mint blue but have little hope for them. However I did tried a mix of blue and green for the eye shadow in the orange drawing and it gives a nice "teal" color. So you can actually blend colors together so that is great. So if you like lots of color, then get the mix tube. If you prefer just the right color, get just that color. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To me these lead are a bit on the expensive side. However I have tried a few other cheaper ones and they ended up being more like crayon/color pencils that do not erase. These are like real graphite lead just in color. I was excited to get these today and was worry about handling them. 0.5mm is my safe zone. Not too thin like 0.3mm or a bit too thick like 0.7mm. Color wise I only tried the green since it was the first one that came out when I opened the tube (my favorite are blue and orange). It is not super dark but very smooth. If you are trying to use it for shading, it works amazing as you can layer with it. I used it with my Zebra lead pencil so you can use these lead with any decent lead pencil. Durability wise, it's great. It broke on me twice during the time drawing the picture, however that was my fault. I turned the pencil sideway trying to shade like a normal #2 pencil. Any lead in any pencil will break this way so that does not matter to these lead. Erasing is the same as normal graphite. However if you already put down a few dark layers on thick paper, it will be hard to lift/erase completely. These are like graphite and it will smear and stain. After I was done, I look at the bottom side of my hand and it's all green. So yeah, becareful. Overall, they worth what you pay to be honest. How much lead to you really use to draw/write? My picture took up about 2/3 of one lead and that include the two breaks. I draw for fun and not good at it, so I try to get cheaper supplies, these are right in the middle I would say.

This lead is amazing. It has a lot of pigmentation, making it great for sketching. I love it and will buy more in the future. It's sturdy, too, unlike other colored leads I've tried. Very little breakage.

Some of these colored pencil leads are a bit softer than standard pencil leads so press softly but the colors are beautiful and write well. Worth the purchase price.

I love how smooth these leads and also very easy to erase. Kneadable eraser also picks up the colors very easily! I also painted on these with gouache and watercolors. The pigments do smudge over the surface of the paper a little but does not completely disappear. They are much better than graphite pencils that make my watercolor dull.

Came in just like in the picture. I'd buy more of them. And different colors are so nice!

(UPDATE: APPROX. 1 YEAR LATER) Along with plain pencils, I've been using these for taking school notes almost daily. I've found that sometimes the writing (depending on the color) will be dull and they will sometimes break. I had to knock it down to 4/5 stars, but I still enjoy them enough to buy them again when I run out. What I got: As pictured, I received a plastic baggy with 3 plastic containers, each container having 20 pieces of lead. (I counted!) After dumping out all three containers, I separated the pieces by color. I found, 9 pink, 9 red, 9 orange, 9 green, 9 mint blue, 9 blue, and 6 purple. With these numbers, I can assume that the quantity of each color was NOT randomized. Quality: All seven colors were vibrant and legible. They really did mean "mint blue." The "mintiness" was just a little bit too light, but that might be my personal preference -- it's still easy to read. The "lavender" was more purple/violet than lavender. I wrote with my usual amount of pressure for a few minutes, and didn't experience any breakage. It felt sturdy. tl;dr: It's my first time using colored pencil lead, and after using it for about 10 minutes, I already know I'll be buying this again when I run out!