Comment by throaway955
2 days ago
Nope, coloured pencils are coloured wax encased in wood. Canadians emphasize that they are crayons in pencil shape; Americans emphasize that they are pencil-form but coloured.
2 days ago
Nope, coloured pencils are coloured wax encased in wood. Canadians emphasize that they are crayons in pencil shape; Americans emphasize that they are pencil-form but coloured.
Interesting, I never knew that. Never been much of an artist. So I guess the Canadian term is actually more accurate!
Yes, British originally