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Growing up in India, all the pencils I used were red and black striped made by Nataraj. I remember seeing yellow pencils in western movies though. https://cwpe
by j0e1 8y ago
Growing up in India, all the pencils I used were red and black striped made by Nataraj. I remember seeing yellow pencils in western movies though.
https://cwpencils.com/collections/nataraj/products/621-hb-pencil https://cwpencils.com/collections/nataraj/products/621-hb-pe...
- EtienneK 8y agoSame in South Africa. No yellow pencils here: most are red and black striped.
- okadahiroshi 8y agoIn Japan there are yellow pencils but green pencils are more common. https://www.tombow.com/products/writing/pencil/ https://www.tombow.com/products/writing/pencil/
- cfjgvjh 8y agoI practically grew up eating that thing, though I also find mitubishi's maroon pencils to be popular too.
- Nition 8y agoProbably the most common colour in New Zealand is that red and black stripe as well, but usually made by Staedtler[0]. Some other brands also copy the same style[1]. Seems like we need another article on Why Pencils Are Red And Black. [0] https://i.imgur.com/AMbEQzT.jpg https://i.imgur.com/AMbEQzT.jpg [1] e.g. https://i.imgur.com/mmN943m.jpg https://i.imgur.com/mmN943m.jpg
- murrayb 8y agoYep same in Australia
- OmIsMyShield 8y agoSouth Africa is another antipodean country where pencil means Staedtler in black & red
- mmjaa 8y agoThis article already addressed it: red and black paints are used to cover up imperfections in the less-than-high-quality wood being used .. red and black both being inexpensive paints.
- azurezyq 8y agoGrown up in China and most popular pencils were coded in dark green made by Zhonghua. https://img3.doubanio.com/lpic/s9122591.jpg https://img3.doubanio.com/lpic/s9122591.jpg Yellow ones are rare there.
- ars 8y agoDoes the color green have a meaning in China?
- thaumasiotes 8y agoSure, "cuckold" (as applied to hats, not in general). But I doubt that's what they're going for with the pencils.
- azurezyq 8y agoFor Han people, it doesn't mean anything specific. Here I think it's just refering woods. You can see bamboo leaves in the zoomed-in version: http://g.search.alicdn.com/img/bao/uploaded/i4/i1/740891439/TB2gZ0gtQOWBuNjSsppXXXPgpXa_!!740891439-0-item_pic.jpg http://g.search.alicdn.com/img/bao/uploaded/i4/i1/740891439/...
- TheCoreh 8y agoHere in Brazil growing up most of them were green, with the occasional cartoon character-branded pencil in the mix.
- TLLtchvL8KZ 8y agoI live in the UK and always since I can remember (27yrs) pencils have always been red or the red/yellow and black striped ones. In fact the only yellow ones I remeber seeing have always been the packs of very cheap poor quality ones.
- Double_a_92 8y agoSame in Switzerland. The good default pencil was the red one by Caran d'Ache. The yellow ones (with an eraser on top) where super cheap and would always break or get dull very fast.
- toyg 8y agoIn Italy, quality in everyday pencils used to be associated to Staedtler, and their pencils were striped black/yellow.
- blue1 8y agoWhat you are describing are Koh-i-noor pencils. Staedtler pencils are blue, with the black top.
- delib 8y agoNot all are: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0644/8811/products/Staedtler_Noris_School_Pencil_1024x1024.jpg?v=1493247017 https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0644/8811/products/Staedtl...
- toyg 8y agoSearch for "staedtler matita" (italian for pencil) and look at images: https://www.google.com/search?q=staedtler+matita https://www.google.com/search?q=staedtler+matita The overwhelming majority is black/yellow. Maybe they geo-segment.
- blue1 8y agoApparently, several types exist. The high-end ones are the blue/black I was describing (Staedtler Mars Lumograph), while the black/yellow ones (Staedtler Noris) are the most common ones.
- cyphar 8y agoIn Australia and New Zealand they're red and black[1]. [1]: https://i.imgur.com/AMbEQzT.jpg https://i.imgur.com/AMbEQzT.jpg