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***Todays Facts****
Why are so many pencils yellow? Pencils painted yellow were sold as early as
1854, but yellow didn't become the predominant color for pencils until around
1890. It was at that time that the L&C Hardtmuth Company of Austria
introduced a pencil of such high quality that it became the standard for others
to follow. The pencil was named Koh-I-Noor after the famous Indian diamond, and
it was painted golden yellow, supposedly because, with its black lead, that
made it the color of the Austro-Hungarian flag. This pencil, which was
advertised as "the original yellow pencil," was such a huge success
that it established yellow as the symbol of quality in pencils. Other pencil
manufacturers soon began painting their pencils yellow, and today three out of
four pencils sold are that color.
Charles Mims
http://www.the-sandbox.org
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