We asked pencil experts to share the best pencils for students — preschool through college — and their picks include brands like Dixon Ticonderoga, General, Palomino Blackwing, Staedtler ...

The famous yellow Dixon Ticonderoga pencil, which we have all used many times at school and at home, was invented by a Marbleheader. Joseph Dixon was born in Marblehead in 1799. He was the son of ...

The yellow pencils were intended to be the best and most expensive in the world. Copycat pencil makers ended up embracing the yellow color too. 2. Not all countries use yellow pencils.