6 Best Art Marker Sets for Coloring Enthusiasts and Professional Creatives

Pros

Cons

They dry quickly.

Some are not fade-resistant.

They are beginner-friendly.

Their nibs need to be replaced every now and then.

They are easy to use.

Some popular brands are a bit pricey.

Most brands offer a wide range of colors.

They will bleed through most paper.

Most brands are affordable.

They must be used with high-quality paper.

Permanent

They must be re-inked every now and then.

They produce fewer lines and streaks.

Some brands might not blend well with other mediums or coloring tools.

Most will work well with other media.

You need to build a collection or buy them in sets.

They are perfect for blending colors seamlessly.

They have a strong odor.

Brand

Pros

Cons

Copic Markers

• Blends smoothly
• Artist quality 
• Professional art markers
• Comes in different variations (Sketch, Classic, Ciao, Wide)
• Wide range of colors and shades (over 300 colors!)
• Dual-tip
• Refillable

• Expensive
• Hard to find and build a collection because most colors are sold out
• Don’t blend well with gel pens, India ink, or anything metallic
• Fades over time

Prismacolor Markers

• Different sized tips and nibs
• Accurate and crisp lines
• Beginner-friendly
• Doesn’t streak
• Pigmented and vivid
• Doesn’t bleed through paper
• Easy to find

• A bit pricey, but less expensive than Copic
• Ink has a tendency to dry up
• Nibs cannot be removed or refilled
• Not as many color options as Copic

Altenew Artist Markers

• Artist-quality
• Each set has 4 shades from each color family, making it easy to pick colors that can be blended together
• Color-coded caps
• Ergonomically designed for easy gripping
• More affordable than other professional art markers
• Color comes out quickly and seamlessly without applying too much pressure.
• Flexible brush tip that lays down even color
• FREE and downloadable color swatches that you can print out at home

• Might need to refill it once in a while, especially if you use it a lot.
• Some colors are “too juicy” so it’s hard to control them while blending
• Some customers complain about duplicate colors in some sets

Arteza

• High quality
• Professional art markers
• Comes in a sleek carrying case
• Easy to grip
• Beginner-friendly
• Juicy and pigmented
• Great quality for its price

• Lack of skin tone options
• Not enough transition colors
• Not much selection of grays and neutral colors
• It has a numbering system, but it doesn’t make sense

Winsor and Newton

• Pigmented
• Wide range of colors
• Affordable
• Comparable to Copic Markers
• Minimal feathering

• Not good for coloring books
• Not all colors are true to the advertised colors 
• No refills
• Round barrels - making it slide across your table

Ohuhu

• Decent quality for ts price
• Great for beginners
• Easy to grip because of its shape
• More flesh and skin tones
• Some sets allow you to color in at least 984 feet worth of drawings
• Great value for money

• Not a very wide range of colors
• Bullet tips have inconsistent size
• No color description, just color-coded caps
• Some customer complains about brush tip fraying
• Tips and nibs aren’t as good quality as the others