What colors do you use??

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What colors do you use?? I use pencil colors, I tried water colors once but I didn't enjoy it
And do you draw on a paper or a canvas?? I draw on papers

Most of my drawing and art supplies are cheap and easily bought almost anywhere stationary or office supplies are sold. Sharpie permanent markers, Bic pens, and copy paper. Since I draw cartoons almost every day I can't rely too much on expensive supplies, although a good-quality pen with long-lasting, fast-drying ink that doesn't smear and flows smoothly without skipping or leaving little blobs of ink, and allows me to draw a long time without getting "hand fatigue", is hard to find.

All of them....but I guess I prefer colored pencil.

I use charcoal on textured paper. I like being able to smear with my fingers and use a gum eraser. I draw with medium to thick gel pens that can be bought at the grocery store. They put out a lot of ink without much effort. I guess I mostly just use black on white medium. I'm wanting to get into oil painting again. I'm thinking my next project will be oil, but only two colors. Green and black, purple and black, or green and purple.

I'm a photographer who works primarily in black and white. When I do shoot in color, I favor either very intense, saturated colors or mostly muted with brief touches of color.

I can't draw very well, but I still try. I have a bottle of walnut ink which has a warm sepia tone to it. It's a beautiful ink and I enjoy using it just because I love its color. But I also like a very dark black india ink on occasion.

I prefer to draw with a grey pencil on paper. I don't do so often, but once I start a drawing it will absorb me completely.

Watercolour pencils, chalk pastels and a graphite 2B pencil. I like textured paper, but mostly use cheap and cheerful A4 printing paper.

Is that Kaneki in your avatar

I usualy prefer Copic or watercolors when I color traditionally (which is rare these days).

Yes, I think it is Kaneki too. Certainly looks a lot like him.

I love bright colours and my favourite medium is oil pastel. I go for the smearing technique so it's like finger painting - totally hands on and very messy, but the smoothness of the oil is pleasing. Unfortunately there is a big difference between the cheap ones and the expensive ones, my favourite brand is Caran Dache; really soft and gooey. Unfortunately they are really expensive at nearly $5 a stick, meaning in a big picture I can put $2-300 worth of pastel on!

As to favourite colours, I like to use basic primaries and secondaries and blend them for anything else I need.

I don't do much drawing, but when it happens I mostly stick with a regular pencil. I don't color much of my work, because it tends to look artificial.