Durn, FINALLY, I know what you are talking about. The pencil. It's purple PLASTIC, not purple lead. For the life of me, I could not figure out why you'd want to use purple lead. The lead is just plain black, right? Anyway, I bought a couple and yes, this will work nicely. The lead is broad enough to leave a legible mark. Plus, a decent size eraser. Sure beats writing in ink and getting 80% of it perfectly written and then you make a mistake and have to scratch over it or white it out. Pencil, just erase it.