# Caroline Weaver: Why the pencil is perfect

Why are pencils shaped like hexagons, and how did they get their iconic yellow color? Pencil shop owner Caroline Weaver takes us inside the fascinating history of the pencil.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2018
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, History, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/CarolineWeaver_2018V)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/CarolineWeaver_2018V?play=1)