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Bolton by Bowland Colours

julesy | 14:58 Sun 17th Jun 2007 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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14. On lead pencils what does B B B mean?

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J.

S Mag 17/6

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Argee2

BB = Very black and BBB is blacker than very black, so it must be very,very black.

brokenbank

In the case of B's, I understand it indicates the degree of softness of the lead.

Argee2

Yes, pencils are graded from 9H (the hardest) through to 9B (the softest) with the middle one HB being in common use as the usual preferred writing pencil, HB being Hard Black.

julesy

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Thank you both.

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