Reposted by @sweetenerwhore.bsky.social

I compared my black drawing pencils. Darkest to lightest:
Staedtler Mars Lumograph 8B (carbon)
Cretacolor Nero X Soft (oil-charcoal)
Prismacolor Premier Black (wax colored pencil)
Faber Castell Pitt Matte Graphite 12B
Prismacolor Premier Ebony (graphite)
Caran d’Ache Grafwood 9B (graphite)