Back Potlood Afrikaans Impic AMI Lapicero AN قلم رصاص Arabic قلم رصاص ARZ পেঞ্চিল Assamese Llapiceru AST Masinahikanatikw ATJ Lapisa Aymara Karandaş Azerbaijani
1. Solid pigment core (typically graphite, commonly called pencil lead).
2. Wood.
3. Painted body.
4. Ferrule.
5. Eraser.
A pencil is a kind of writing equipment that is also used to draw, usually on paper. Most pencil cores are made of graphite powder mixed with a clay binder. So, a pencil is usually made with a piece of graphite mixed with clay that has a wood case around it. The shape is usually a hexagonal prism but some pencils are square or cylinder.
Colored pencils are a kind that do not use greyish silver graphite. Instead, the core is colorful. Colored pencils or crayons are usually meant for drawing rather than writing.