Colors, wood and leads

sharpened and unsharpened natural pencils lie on a wooden board. Next to them are loose pencil leads and a color wheel is shown on the right-hand side.

Colors, wood and leads

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What wood are our pencils made from?

reidinger-pen
[Translate to English:] Holzscheiben eines Lindenbaumes, verwendet zur Bleistiftherstellung

Unlike fountain pens and ballpoint pens, wooden writing instruments need to be sharpened. To make this easy, our › pencils are made from FSC®-certified lime wood. This is because lime wood is very easy to sharpen and offers an optimum combination of stability and flexibility.

 

Which leads are used in our pens?

Our leads are ready for the hardness test

reidinger-pen
[Translate to English:] Bleistiftminen, Buntstiftminen, Minen von Spezialstiften
  1. Our colored pencil leads come in the 6 standard colors:
    Yellow, red, green, blue, brown and black. However, we are also happy to offer you other lead colors!
  2. Our pencils are normally fitted with a medium-hard lead (HB). However, we can of course also supply other hardness levels on request..
  3. The leads of the special pencils have special additives that make it possible to write on smooth, damp and porous surfaces.

Which lacquer colors are used for the Reidinger pencils?

Colorful pencil variety

reidinger-pen
[Translate to English:] Bleistifte - Lackfarben - freie Auswahl

All the pencil lacquers we use comply with the EN71 standard. 
Choose the color that suits your company - we will be happy to send you a color sample free of charge!

 

You can find an overview of our standard colors in the 
› download area