The first digit (or the first two digits) of the model number indicates the color and material the pen is made, which are different depending on whether it is a [[Carter Coralite Pen]] or a [[Carter Pearltex Pen]]. In the first case some were still produced in hard rubber. The color table is shown at right, the colors are: ''Red Polished'', a solid red; ''Black Polished'' a solid black; ''Black Chased'' an enchased solid black; ''Red-Black Mottled'', a black mottled with red; ''Coralite Blue'' a dark blue marbled; ''Turquoise Blue'' (?) brown with red; ''Gray Squirrel'' a tone from pink to lavender; ''Coralite Green'', the classic jade green; ''Coralite Lacquer Red'', a coral red. | The first digit (or the first two digits) of the model number indicates the color and material the pen is made, which are different depending on whether it is a [[Carter Coralite Pen]] or a [[Carter Pearltex Pen]]. In the first case some were still produced in hard rubber. The color table is shown at right, the colors are: ''Red Polished'', a solid red; ''Black Polished'' a solid black; ''Black Chased'' an enchased solid black; ''Red-Black Mottled'', a black mottled with red; ''Coralite Blue'' a dark blue marbled; ''Turquoise Blue'' (?) brown with red; ''Gray Squirrel'' a tone from pink to lavender; ''Coralite Green'', the classic jade green; ''Coralite Lacquer Red'', a coral red. |