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colored pencil

Summary

colored pencil ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • colored pencil is a type of pencil[2].
  • colored pencil is a type of painting material[3].
  • colored pencil is a type of drawing instrument[4].
  • colored pencil's Commons category is recorded as Colored pencils[5].
  • colored pencil's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
  • colored pencil's different from is recorded as Kredka[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include pencil[2], painting material[3], and drawing instrument[4].

Why It Matters

colored pencil ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Kredka
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → pencil, painting material, drawing instrument
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29379, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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