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Originally Posted by kingjason14
I have a large set of Prisma color pencils, and some Prisma markers. I usually go for the pencils to avoid bleed through. I have some pastels and a set of water color pencils that I have yet to try.
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Even though I KNOW the importance to color the edges, I used to just use whatever I had on hand (which were basic fine point markers). I later bought the lightest grey fine point marker I could find because the main problem I had was that it was VERY hard to only color the edge. You always had a little bleed through of the marker onto the printed surface. Using a light gray help this to be less noticeable.
Doing a bit of research on the forums, I read about Prismacolor water color pencils. I found a set of 24 on sale at Michaels so I bought them. They are very soft and you do not have to press hard on the edge of the cardstock to apply the color. This minimizes damage to the edge you are coloring. I would guess that using normal color pencils you would have to press harder because the lead is harder whereas the lead in the Prismacolor pencils is very soft. The 24 colors gives me enough variety to get a "close enough" match to hide the edge. I also understand that the pencils can blend two or more colors together, but I have not tried this.
As you can see from the comparison photo, edge coloring really works well for me using the Prismacolor pensils.
Best Regards,