More Information:
The Color Catalog Companion is a new printable guide with every color palette from the Color Catalog where my team and I have pre-filled every pencil color for you for some of the most popular pencil brands so that you don’t have to go to the effort of finding the best match.
Includes pencil and marker reference numbers for every color palette in The Color Catalog Volumes 1 & 2, PLUS a blank printable version with 8 color palettes to a page.
Product Specs:
- Comes in a printable PDF format to print yourself at home. Digital download link will be sent to you via email. No physical product will be sent in the mail.
- Each pencil/marker brand is a separate PDF so you can print the ones you need.
- Page size: US Letter, 8.5×11”
- Each companion is 67 pages, approx. 30MB each.
FAQs:
What brands are supported in The Color Catalog Companion?
- Prismacolor Premier Soft-Core Colored Pencils
- Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils
- Caran D’Ache Luminance Colored Pencils
- Black Widow Colored Pencils
- Derwent Colorsoft Colored Pencils
- Derwent Inktense Pencils
- Derwent Artists Colored Pencils
- Castle Arts Gold Colored Pencils
- Arteza Expert Colored Pencils
- Copic Sketch Alcohol Markers
- Ohuhu Alcohol Brush Markers
- Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers
- Tombow Dual Brush Pens
How is this different from The Color Catalog?
The Color Catalog is a digital and interactive color palette guide. This is a printable add-on that allows you to swatch your pencils and markers to the palettes from The Color Catalog. The original Color Catalog is still the easiest and quickest way to find a color palette for inspiration.
Can I buy this without The Color Catalog?
Yes, but you’ll get a very good discount by buying them together in the same order. Separately, The Color Catalogs are worth $29 per volume, and the Companion is worth $47. You can get the Complete Color Catalog Bundle including all 3 for $60 (Saving $45).
How accurate are the colors?
Because colors vary between different screens, different devices, different printers and different brands of pencils or markers, it is impossible to guarantee color accuracy. Because colored pencils come in limited ranges, not every color has a matching pencil, so I’ve provided what I believe is the closest match possible with each range, based on the manufacturers swatches, the actual products, and my own printed swatches and palettes. If you are looking for perfect colors for graphic design or professional projects, it is better to refer to the CMYK, RGB and hex codes provided in The Color Catalog.
Disclaimer: All product and company names used in The Color Catalog Companion are trademarks™ or registered® trademarks of their respective holders. Use of them does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them.
Lisa Herron (verified owner) –
This is FANTASTIC! I am so excited to start using this product! I have spent many hours looking for the perfect color, and now this is done for me. Definitely worth the money.
If I had one critique (request) it would be this…please add a companion for Crayola colored pencils. It would be helpful for those of us who are using these pencils while saving up for a more expensive set.
Thanks!
Sarah Renae Clark (store manager) –
Crayola would be a great addition! I’ll keep that in mind! Thanks for the great feedback!
Trisha (verified owner) –
An excellent resource for colourists.
Stephanie A. (verified owner) –
Bought the Color Catalog companion after having bought versions 1 and 2 of the Color Catalog. What a brilliant idea. I can now just select a page, match a swatch with my pencils or markers (of which I have a plentiful supply) and all the hard work is taken out of it. I’m really looking forward to receiving the planned updates for other brands. An added bonus is that, with having more than one swatch to a page, it encourages the user to consider the other swatches, which, otherwise they may not do.
Julia (verified owner) –
I love the Color Catalog Companion. It is such a time saver. I can scroll through and choose the right Prismacolor Premier pencil colors for the project I am working on in a jiffy. It is also a wonderful teaching tool. The more I consult it, the easier it is for me to conceptualize what colors schemes I may want for future projects. So helpful. Thank you!!!
Nanette (verified owner) –
Very handy tool for artists and those such as myself who are obsessed with organizing. I love it!
Elaine (verified owner) –
What a great aide to my coloring. I am so thrilled with it
Maryse (verified owner) –
Très bon compagnon de couleurs
Carine De Lunardo (verified owner) –
Everything is OK! Awesome!!!
Nat Ford (verified owner) –
I can’t wait for the Polychromos, Inktense and Derwent Watercolour versions!
Tammi H. (verified owner) –
I’m so excited about Sarah and her team doing this. I just love to color and when I choose a color palette, I don’t really want to have to think too much about which colors are the best match. I’m truly grateful that they did this and am happy to pay them for it. I look forward to the other ones to come as I have several pencil brands. Thank you.
Debbie (verified owner) –
I’m happy to have the color companion to use along with vol 1 & 2 of the color catalogs. It will be very helpful.
Aurea Hernando (verified owner) –
Your ideas are exactly what I need.
Gloria (verified owner) –
I have just received these and have not had any time to work with the as yet. They look wonderful and quite a project. I am looking forward to other brands like Polychromos and intense, etc. These are the brands I use most. Thank you Sarah for such a thoughtful addition to my color catalogue.
Susan Hill (verified owner) –
CINTA PUIG (verified owner) –
If the Color Catalog is amazing, the Color Catalog Companion is still more amazing! Now you don’t have to test your color pencils to match the colors in the palettes. And when all the brands are included this will be the best tool ever to help you choose what colors to use!
Jamie S. (verified owner) –
I really like the option of having blank pages that I can fill in with the tools I have. I also like the Prismacolor companion that has the pencil numbers in it already. Thank you for taking the time to do all that work. Love it!! The picture below was done using the page of a deer in the color companion.
Liz Barton (verified owner) –
Karen L. (verified owner) –
So helpful!
Janet Herbster (verified owner) –
Susan Gates (verified owner) –
Cassia Dee (verified owner) –
I am IN LOVE with the color catalog companion! I’ve already colored two pages with the palettes given in the prismacolor companion, and the colors worked BEAUTIFULLY together! Choosing a color palette has never been so quick and effortless, and I can’t recommend it enough. It will really take your art (be it hobby, personal, or professional) to a whole new level and save you time doing so as well 🙂
Pauline L. (verified owner) –
I have the color catalog 1 & 2 and I think that the color catalog companion is the finishing touch! Great work Sarah!
Lisbeth O. (verified owner) –
This is the greatest thing since sliced bread!!! Can’t wait for the version for Copics to come out. Is there a plan for one for Tombow brush markers?
Sarah Renae Clark (store manager) –
Yes! Tombow is included in the purchase 🙂
Jane Copeland (verified owner) –
It’s a great companion with the apps
Rachele (verified owner) –
Anonymous (verified owner) –
The companions have already done the work of matching the colors in the palettes to my pencils so I can enjoy coloring knowing my chosen colors are going to look good. I’m so glad I purchased these to go along with the catalogs. Very useful and user friendly.
Charity Starrett (verified owner) –
ANGELA H. (verified owner) –
Marleen V. (verified owner) –
It is a fantastic addition to the color catalogs. I am very happy with it.
Suzanne Guitard (verified owner) –
Sue Kraft (verified owner) –
Muff Stamper (verified owner) –
Awesome product!!!
Judith Cuthbertson (verified owner) –
Wonderful 🙂
Dawn Howell (verified owner) –
I am thrilled with my purchase and as an artist this is so unbelievably useful in so many ways, I appreciate that the companion comes with a blank version too for my other art supplies! Thank you so much!
alia (verified owner) –
Chariss W. (verified owner) –
Jenny Jarvis (verified owner) –
Love these they are going to be a great help when trying to choose colours
Marguerite Richards (verified owner) –
Love love it too thank you much for the great work
Elizabeth R. (verified owner) –
Perfect ❣️
Rebecca George (verified owner) –
Nancy Happily –
The Color Catalog Companion and the Color Catalogs 1 & 2, along with my pencils, are the best investments in my enjoyment and relaxation! I have Faber Castell Polychromos pencils along with Albrecht Durer (60) watercolor pencils that share the Polychromos colors. I can hardly wait for the Derwent Inktense colors to be released.
What Sarah has done with both Color Catalogs and the Color Catalog Companion has made a tremendous difference in my coloring enjoyment and the results of my coloring time. Thank so much Sarah!
Tina Joiner (verified owner) –
Great site and great catalogs, thank you
Nancy J. (verified owner) –
I absolutely love The Color Catalog Companion! It has saved me a tremendous amount of time and frustration, not to mention the distraction of trying to find the correct colors and combinations. Thanks Sarah for all of your stress relieving efforts.
Christina Toral (verified owner) –
Pam Lady (verified owner) –
very grateful for this!! i hope you can do one for Black Widow, Castle Art, Schipirer Farben,Derwent,Arteza. i have a few more but that would be a over load. Thank you again
Eve (verified owner) –
I am a total beginner and this is exactly the kind of help I was looking for.
Sandra Gordon (verified owner) –
WOW! the companions are great. I use the Ohuhu markers and the prismacolor pencil ones. All the difficult work is done and all you have to do is make your swatches … what a time saver!
Zdeňka D. (verified owner) –
Amazing Product. I´m not good at putting colors together (I like to color but I’m not an artist), so it is a big help. In few combos are the same colors twice or 3 times (which I don´t know is correct or mistake), however, given the number of combos it is nothing.
The reason I am giving 4 stars (wanted to give five 4,5 but no option for that) is, that I would prefer to buy companions separately (for example I will use Prismacolor and Black Widows – big maybe for Polychromos in the future). So I paid for the product I am gonna use from 1/3 only. I am lucky enough to be able to afford it, but I would still prefer not to pay for what I´m not gonna use.
Karen du Plessis (verified owner) –
Joanne V. (verified owner) –
Wonderful companion piece
B. D. (verified owner) –
Love the color companion. Makes choosing colors so much quicker and easier. Great tool to have. Highly recommend. Thank you Sarah.
Theresa H. (verified owner) –
Love them all
Harriette M. (verified owner) –
Really wanted both the catalog and combinations but the differentiation was very clear. However very happy with the product I received and the idea that updates will be provided.
Brenda (verified owner) –
Anonymous (verified owner) –
The color catalog is given me ideas for color combinations that are more natural and harmonious when paiting and coloring.
Marilyn K. (verified owner) –
These color palettes are invaluable and have helped me create a more cohesive piece. Thank you, Sarah, for all your work!
Judy-Ann R. (verified owner) –
This is the perfect companion to the Catalog. I have Copics and Inktense, so now don’t have to think about the colors that coordinate.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
This is going to be a great help to me when using my markers and pencils. I have invested a lot in markers and pencils but have been hesitant to use them. Now I can’t wait to use them and am excited coloring my projects.
June E. (verified owner) –
Going to make things a whole lot easier. Great job!
Kellee Renson (verified owner) –
Hilary Stapley (verified owner) –
So useful for my colouring of flowers
June D. (verified owner) –
Love it so great to get ideas and color choices for just about any project.
Susan R. (verified owner) –
I’m terrible at putting colours together but having the catalogs companion makes it so much easier.Love the book that tells you which pencils to use. Would definitely recommend.
Mary G. (verified owner) –
I do have a question. Some colors in the Prismacolor palettes have an asterisk next to them, what does that designate? But I love it!
Jean Y. (verified owner) –
With the color catalogs and companion my coloring is exponentially better. Thank you SRC!!
Joyce (verified owner) –
Samantha (verified owner) –
This is exactly what I was looking for. A collection of palettes, with the according pencil numbers. This completely takes the guess work out of looking for corresponding pencils. Love it love it!
Tina M. (verified owner) –
Marjorie (verified owner) –
Since I use Prismacolour Pencils almost exclusively (and sometimes Tombow), it is an absolute bonus having these companions. Although I was prepared to pay the listed price, imagine my delight when a charge of only $7 appeared – especially, ESPECIALLY delighted. Thank you!! As mentioned above, I do not subscribe to any social media (my loss, I know), but I can now receive your videos directly as well as via You Tube. Last evening I watched your most recent one on paper options. Informative and totally relevant to my colouring needs. Thank you for taking the time and energy to produce that and other videos. You are a Star, and I dearly hope you will reach your 100,000 subscribers in the blink of an eye so that you can get your Polychromos – good on you though for sticking to your word. May it come back to you in spades (beautiful shades of colour anyway!!)
Tania M. (verified owner) –
I haven’t yet had the opportunity to use the color catalog companion much, but am very excited to try it out. I have looked thru the palettes and am excited to try new color combinations and get out of my green/blue/purple rut. I am not an artist by any means, so having color combinations provided is a great starting point for me, then I just add my own technique and it’s an original piece.
Joanne (verified owner) –
Wonderful as usual. Will definitely recommend
Yolande de Wijngaert (verified owner) –
Really great! Waiting impatiently for the new companions… (The Black Widows and the Derwent Coloursoft mainly)
Kazeem Awe (verified owner) –
Great product, it’s answered all my questions
Jennifer (verified owner) –
Love my color catalogs and companion. I use my book app to view it and it doesn’t let me just go backward one page I have to go all the way back to the search page to see more in my selection. Maybe I don’t know something but it’s a little “clunky” bc of that.
Maria P. (verified owner) –
Sarah, your catalog Companion product is so helpful, so smart. Thank you so much for your hard work. Your product helped me tremendously. I will recommend this 100%
KATRINA (verified owner) –
Kaitlyn Eves (verified owner) –
I have been a fan of these catalogue since they were first released. I use them regularly when I color and am excited to be using the newly released companion catalog. These work like a dream and I am so happy in having them in my toolkit.
Hilde S. (verified owner) –
Eine super Hilfe für die Farbauswahl!
Deborah Fair (verified owner) –
Sarah if you were near I’d still hugging you. I love both of the Color Catalogs and the Companion has made my day.
Julie Lefebvre (verified owner) –
Is it possible that you could send me the catalog in pdf files. For the moment I can not save the files in pdf format
Hilary Stapley (verified owner) –
It is a great help for me and anyone who uses pencils to colour their artwork, thank you so much.
Lise Vezina (verified owner) –
Excellent choice
Sloan L. (verified owner) –
There are some typos on the Ohuhu sheet, I don’t have it with me at the moment but I believe there are things marked as CG3 which doesn’t exist and the swatches make more sense as GG3 so I’ve just been subbing out for that. Haven’t noticed yet either my Tombow or Prismacolor sheets but the typo with ohuhu is on nearly every page
Cyd Noble (verified owner) –
I am loving the Color Catalog Companion so far. However, I wish that it listed the name of the colors and not only the numbers.
Rita Franz (verified owner) –
As I color I print up the page I need from the Color Catalog. Then I write the corresponding Copic numbers on the page. Just for the heck of it I compared the numbers I had with the numbers you had. Sometimes theymatched somethimes they didn’t.
Here is one of my older pages. It also depends on the accuracy of your printer.
Linda L. (verified owner) –
This is an absolutely fantastic addition to the color catalog which I keep on my iPad. The fact that a lot of the pencil brands I use are included individually is an added bonus, but it works for any pencil brand. I absolutely love it and it was worth every penny!
Elizabeth Andrus (verified owner) –
I love that there is room to write in the colored pencil that corresponds to a particular shade I have chosen.
Claude Carole, (verified owner) –
Sharon (verified owner) –
It is a really great product and makes finding the pencils I need so much quicker. Thank you Sarah xoxo
KARLA MURILLO (verified owner) –
Yvonne Talbot (verified owner) –
Love these…very helpful for choosing combos without the hassle of matching pencils.. all work has been done. Well worth the money.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Je l’adore
Sara (verified owner) –
Gloria (verified owner) –
I loved it. Could you update the lists with other pencils you have reviewed on your you tube channel?
Genet Mireille (verified owner) –
Megan (verified owner) –
Looks awesome, bought specifically to use with the Colour Cubes, unfortunately not tested yet as my cubes haven’t arrived.
Sylvie Gervais (verified owner) –
Je ne l ai pas encore utilisé la version imprimable . Donc difficile à évaluer. Par contre cela répond bien a mon besoin
Louise Ferron (verified owner) –
Vraiment magnifique et les couleurs sont parfaite à l’impression !
Fabienne Gueguen (verified owner) –
Pokorni Alexandra (verified owner) –
O love it souch, I like swatch my pencils but it’a a painfully long time to find the light color. So I’m bery happy to having The Companion.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
I’d like to have arteza pencils in there too 🙂
maxine perry (verified owner) –
great to have brand colors listed removing guess work
Pamela Dent (verified owner) –
Honsetly the best investment I brought as these help me so much love them.
Suzanne F. (verified owner) –
Phyllis Knoll (verified owner) –
The color catalog is an amazing resource and has opened a new world of possibilities in my art. Thank you Sarah! I can’t imagine the amount of work you put into this project.
Louise (verified owner) –
Un de mes plus beaux achats !!! Maintenant je n’ai plus peur d’aller dans mes beaux Klara !! Et pour ce qui est du prix…vraiment raisonnable pour tout ce que l’on peut faire, avec ces cahiers compagnon ❣️
Kathleen Werner (verified owner) –
nicole guignon (verified owner) –
le companion m’aide beaucoup pour choisir mes combos auriez vous le companion pour les crayons lightfast et castle arts d’avance merci nicole guignon
Melissa H. (verified owner) –
Great for various projects and crafts
Stephanie (verified owner) –
Very useful for when I struggle to find the right colour pencil that I need. Would recommend purchasing both this and the two colour catalogues.
Wendy Hallett (verified owner) –
Love the product it has helped me with colour Thank you
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Some of the colors are off…i.e.; there is no charcoal pencil
kim e. (verified owner) –