These pencils contain darker lines compared to ‘H’ and ‘F’ however; they are easily erasable without any effort being put in. While some people may use them for note-taking purposes, they are excellent for doodling and sketching, as well. The hallway: used on their own or to complete a lower tiled wall, pencil strip tiles will go towards giving tiled hallways a refined look The 2B pencil is best for medium to dark shading and provides a good range of tone or value from light to a dark shade. It is commonly used for art purposes, especially drawing, shading and sketching. 8. HB

If you want to lighten a colour, lay down a white base first then work over it with the desired colour, then work over it with white again, this technique will lighten the colour and create a great pastel version. If you want more of the same hue just work in layers on top of the white base to achieve the colour you want. This technique will work for paint and coloured pencils. Other pencil companies, like Aspara, make drawing pencils that get quite dark, but in our testing they aren’t quite as dark as the ones listed above. Also, many of these pencils have gotten to be hard to find so were didn’t include them on this list some of the excellent, and very dark, but also very rare pencils include: The 4B pencil is slightly lighter than the ones before it and is also an excellent choice for sketching and drawing purposes. Anyone with an aptitude for art and drawing will definitely enjoy using this pencil. 6. 3B This pencil falls in the exact middle of the pencil lead scale. HB is a significantly hard pencil, making it a reasonably hard pencil even for drawing purposes.Soon enough, companies like Faber-Castell and Steadtler came into existence, forming an active global pencil industry that continued to develop throughout the period of the 19 thCentury Industrial Revolution. We want to make sure you find your dream tile colour, so you’ll find an extensive selection of pencil tile colour options.

Hexagonal or triangular barrel shape: Hexagonal pencils (or semi-hex, which have slightly rounded corners) are fairly ubiquitous, and they’re great for everyday use because they allow you to get a firm grip and don’t roll off an inclined desk as easily as a round pencil. Triangular pencils offer these benefits, too, but they’re less common. This pencil produces a darker mark than the ones after it and is quite softer than a 2B pencil for example. This is because the higher number of B that a pencil is, the softer the pencil will be. 5. 4B However, finding the darkest pencil lead is a little more complicated than just choosing the one with the highest B lead grade number. The problem is that there is no international standard for a pencil’s lead grade. A Japanese HB pencil writes a lot darker than a German manufactured or USA manufactured HB pencil. So although the German pencil manufacture Staedtler makes the Mars Lumograph pencil which is a 12B pencil and is the pencil with the highest Lead grade rating of any manufacturer’s pencils. It may not be any darker than for example a Japanese-made Mitsubishi Hi Uni pencil which has a 10B lead grade.The ‘H’ pencils are generally very hard, and they are able to hold a tip in place, ensuring extreme precision. They also make light lines that can be erased with great ease and convenience so one can easily use these pencils to design products or write things on paper. 10. 2H If you are looking to do some artwork, but not necessarily an artist, you want to use the B-type pencils because they do not smudge and they manage the lines well, helping define them in the portrait. Which pencils are darker? The thing is that the scales are relative within the pencil line, which is to say that they don’t adhere to an international standard. Instead, each pencil manufacturer adheres to its own scale, deciding what graphite mixture is an HB and which is a 2B. So some companies will have a 2B pencil lead that is darker and more crumbly in texture than that of a competing brand. Charcoal Pencils