Color Names

Pencil Lead

Graphite core in a wooden sleeve, worn down to a nub.

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Pencil Lead is a cool grey, close to blue.

It can be described as cool, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Pencil Lead

Pencil

A pencil is a writing or drawing implement with a solid pigment core in a protective casing that reduces the risk of core breakage and keeps it from marking the user's hand.

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Lead

Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal, denser than most common materials. Lead is soft, malleable, and has a relatively low melting point. When freshly cut or melted, it appears shiny silvery with a bluish tint, but tarnishes to dull gray on exposure to air. Lead has the highest atomic number of any stable element, and three of its isotopes are endpoints of major nuclear decay chains of heavier elements.

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pencil lead

Noun

  1. The material (usually black or dark gray) which allows a pencil to work. Usually a mixture of graphite and smaller amounts of other material, but not actual lead.
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