colouring pencils or colour pencils?

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Pencils with different colours for drawing. Shall I call them colouring pencils or colour pencils?


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colored pencils

http://www.dickblick.com/categories/coloredpencils/

http://www.jerrysartarama.com/discount-art-supplies/colored-pencils.htm

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"Colouring pencils" is OK too.
 

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Interesting question!

As a NES (BrE) but not a teacher:

I would have said: "colouring pencils" every time - as I would also have said: "colouring book". To me, a "red coloured pencil" can refer to the fact that its external colour is red, although its "lead" may be black. l would always look for a "colouring book" for my children to practice their colouring skills. A "red coloured book" would mean simply that its cover was red.

That having been said, unlike "colored pencils" (AME), I can find no references to "colouring pencils" in my various online dictionaries! The only place I managed to find "colouring pencils" was via a Google search, which generated pages such as: Colouring pencil Stock Photo Images. 478 colouring pencil royalty free images and photography available to buy from over 100 stock photo companies..

Confused!
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PS Looks like my post crossed with Bhaisahab's.
 

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We always called them pencil crayons.
 

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We always called them pencil crayons.
Those illustrated coloured/colouring pencils are not crayons. Crayons are oily.
 

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These are crayons.


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Where I grew up in the UK, we used crayons for the coloured pencils and wax crayons. :crazyeye:
 

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Where I grew up, we used "coloured pencils" to differentiate between pencils which write in lead/charcoal grey and those which write in a colour. We used "crayons" to mean the wax crayons.
 

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Just goes to show - lots of regional variation. When I was growing up - and beginning to learn French, I thought crayon was a silly word for a pencil!

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After searching a lot I found crayons called colored pencils.
 

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After searching a lot I found crayons called colored pencils.
And you don't want to tell us where? That's not so useful. If you found it on a non-native website, for example, it probably means nothing.
The standard of evidence here is a little higher than simply saying you saw something somewhere.
 
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