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Re:Why Pencils Are Yellow (2017) by toyg on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @05:42PM (#18349507)
In Italy, quality in everyday pencils used to be associated to Staedtler, and their pencils were striped black/yellow.
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Re:Why Pencils Are Yellow (2017) by blue1 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @06:17PM (#18349694)
What you are describing are Koh-i-noor pencils. Staedtler pencils are blue, with the black top.
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Re:Why Pencils Are Yellow (2017) by delib on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @07:18PM (#18350024)
Not all are: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0644/8811/products/Staedtl...
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Re:Why Pencils Are Yellow (2017) by toyg on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @08:35PM (#18350495)
Search for "staedtler matita" (italian for pencil) and look at images: https://www.google.com/search?q=staedtler+matita

The overwhelming majority is black/yellow. Maybe they geo-segment.

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Re:Why Pencils Are Yellow (2017) by blue1 on Thursday November 01, 2018 @06:05AM (#18352444)
Apparently, 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.
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Re:Why Pencils Are Yellow (2017) by cyphar on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:40AM (#18351975)
In Australia and New Zealand they're red and black[1].

[1]: https://i.imgur.com/AMbEQzT.jpg

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