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Depends where you live. The already suggested Prismacolor for example can be hard to find in many countries.
The German FaberCastell has decent non-artist grade colored pencils (much better than Crayola). They also have excellent artist grade ones but they're also more expensive (the Polychromos), they're much less soft than the Prismacolor (US, btw). You may also want to watch for the Swiss Caran d'Ache as they too will offer non-artist grade while still really nice as well as amazingly good but also very expensive artist-grade ones called the Luminance.
Cheaper of the three while still good, I would also suggest the German Staedtler.
Keep in min those 3 brands not only sell your traditional kind of colored pencils but also sell watercolor pencils (unlike traditional pencils, those can be used with water and a paint brush to activate the paint and, well, paint it) so be aware to pick the kind you need, it's written on the package ;)
Last but not least, even though I'm certainly not a fan of Amazon, it must be said that their Amazon Basics colored pencils are very, very good if you like softer pencils like the Prismacolors. For the price, they're a real bargain. The issue is that, beside being Amazon branded, they only sell sets so one can't buy a single color when needed.
Wow! That was incredibly thorough! That's awesome! Thank you so much for the great answer and taking the time to go over all of that! It is greatly appreciated.
You're welcome. Colored pencils are great ;)