The Adult Colouring Book Craze Causes Negative Effects!

Because adult colouring is like the ~thing to do now~, it also means something bad for pencils...

There's a shortage world-wide. Manufacturers are struggling to cope with increased demand for quality products.

The world’s biggest wooden pencil manufacturer, Faber-Castell, say they are experiencing "double-digit growth" in the sale of artists’ pencils and have been forced to run more shifts in their German factory to keep up.

“The production of our artists’ pencils has increased strongly compared to the previous year,” Sandra Suppa from Faber-Castell told the Independent.

“Currently, we are running more shifts than usual in our factory in Stein, Bavaria in order to satisfy the global needs for artists pencils related to the colouring trend for adults.

“The trend is continuing to this day and can be felt globally – from South America to Asia.”

Famous European pencil manufacturers Staedtler and Stabilo are also struggling to keep up with demand too.

Ms Suppa said the colouring book craze’s ripple effect on the pencil industry could be felt in an increased want for higher quality pencils and a better variety of colours.

“People are now not satisfied with ‘just’ 36 colours and we are noticing a trend in people preferring bigger sets of 72 or even 120 colours for colouring.

Faber-Castell attributes the sudden rise in adult colouring-in to the hobby's “relaxing and meditative nature”.

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