As an art teacher with over fifty years of experience, I find markers to be one of the most practical art materials for students. Our go-to brand has been Bianyo—it gives you professional quality without a sky-high price tag. For years now, Bianyo markers have been the top pick among my students and their parents. The colors are vivid, the ink flows smoothly, the tips hold up well, and they just feel good to use. We started with the 72-color set and were really happy with it. Then when the 180-color set came out, we switched right over—the extra colors let the students create more and enjoy coloring even more. This year, when I saw Bianyo’s new 366-color dual-tip alcohol marker set—with both fine/brush tips and fine/chisel tips—I was truly excited. I got a set right away. The color range is amazing, the shades are thoughtfully arranged, and the markers feel great in hand. We’re now gradually upgrading our students to this 366-color set, and I can already see it sparking even more enthusiasm in their artwork. Our students have created award-winning pieces with Bianyo markers. For example, in the 2024 Doodle for Google competition, one of my students won first place in California and also took top honors nationally in the grades 6–7 category, earning a $5,000 scholarship—and Bianyo markers were part of that creative process. From the perspective of an art educator who has taught thousands of young artists over the years, I believe Bianyo markers are worth investing—whether for a child who loves to draw or for yourself if you enjoy creating art. You can choose based on age and skill level—the 72-color, 180-color, or the full 366-color set. Whichever you pick, Bianyo markers are a solid choice. Read more
So happy with my purchase of these markers. They have a fine tip and a broad tip. Each side is perfect for small areas and larger areas. The fine tip works great for little details. There is a variety of colors included. They blend very well and are smooth to color with. They don’t have a strong smell but do bleed through so be sure to keep a paper behind whatever you are coloring. The case makes it easy to store and carry with you to places or around your house. The only thing I would change is add a light lavender purple and it would be even better. I love that it came with swatching stickers to add on the marked so I can see what color the marker is if I don’t have my swatching sheet nearby. I highly recommend these markers and think they are a great value for the price. I’d like to purchase the pastel set in the future too. These are overall wonderful markers and great for the hobby colorist. Read more
Overall, I like the markers. However, there is only ONE real red marker in the entire 72 pack. The next closest is a red-orange or a red-pink. If you count those, you get three shades of red. But there are 11 different shades of blue, 4 shades of teal, 8 shades of green, 10 of yellow and 9 of grey. I wish there had been just a few more red choices. The markers are also very “wet” which is great when you’re using them, but some of them do tend to get a bit goopy because of that. And so when kids are using them, they can leave stains in unexpected places if the kids set them down on the floor or table without something underneath them. 😬 I do really like them. We’ve had them over a year and none of them have dried out. I’d buy them again. Read more
These are the BEST markers I've ever had. And I've got a solid 12 brands. Don't get me wrong, I love my ohuhus very much. But these are just better. They blend seamlessly. The color range is more expensive than any I've ever seen. They're super juicy but not messy. There's no odor to them. The ink will always bleed through with alcohol markers. Always. But these don't spread. Oftentimes you'll find your ink spreading past the lines. These are really good about staying where you put them. So spreading is minimal. They're really great markers at a much better price. The brush tips are soft but durable and easy to control. I'll be buying another set when the time comes. Absolutely thrilled with these. Enjoy my half finished pages because I have the attention span of a goldfish. Happy coloring! Read more
Are they good yeah, I do wish some had a higher concentration of pigment an others less to give more opportunity to build. The reds per usual are just instantly locked in and blending is a nightmare because of that. I imagine that’s a hard color for any brand. BUT I do find most of the light colors, and blue, green, browns light pinks to saturate very well and evenly giving that print level opacity. I just wish the reds were a little more friendly like all the other shades. Huge color diversity but yet I still find myself constantly looking for a shade that I don’t have in here. Purely just for gradient purposes I wish there were more medium purples, and like deep colors like there’s one deep red and then black and most of the dark gray just look black and then one deep moth. I wouldn’t even say there’s like a deep blue it’s just like there’s dark blue but there’s no like true deep almost black night blue. Like there’s just a very true red very true right orange but a very true magenta but there’s not like a very true solid purple. The closest is pansy, but it’s not that like rich crown royal bag purple I want it to be over? There’s a good selection in this set of 360 but I wish they would come out with maybe a blending set. That’s just a lot of like mid tones that are pretty much just meant for blending very specific tones that they have in there collection that are very hard to work with like these like very true reds or magenta. I would love they just came out with like a blending shade that exactly matched at a slightly lighter tone R8 or R16 for that gradient line. Obviously a lot of my mistakes are due to me still learning why I think they’re good markers. I just think that there’s gotta be a way that these reds are easier to use. Read more
