Editing Pencil (section)

====Erasable coloring====
Unlike wax-based colored pencils, the erasable variants can be easily erased. Their main use is in sketching, where the objective is to create an outline using the same color that other media (such as wax pencils, or watercolor paints) would fill<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> or when the objective is to scan the color sketch.<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> Some animators prefer erasable color pencils as opposed to graphite pencils because they do not smudge as easily, and the different colors allow for better separation of objects in the sketch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smacktalk.smackjeeves.com/03-paperpencilserasers |title=Tools of the Trade Papers Pencils and Erases |publisher=smackjeeves.com |access-date=23 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708213710/http://smacktalk.smackjeeves.com/03-paperpencilserasers |archive-date=8 July 2007 }}</ref> Copy-editors find them useful too as markings stand out more than those of graphite, but can be erased.