These Maxi color pencils are oversized for easy handling by little ones. MILAN color pencils allow a wide range of strokes: shading in one direction, crosshatching, stripes, along with juxtapositions and superimposing of tones. Due to the smoothness of MILAN pencil's stroke, uniform tones and shading can easily be achieved. The pigments used in MILAN colour pencils are of the highest quality, lightfast and safe, complying with European (EN71) and North American regulations (ASTM). For ages 3 and up.