But then he went into a shop and bought a silver four-color pen for 7 marks 50. It was one of those things that he had wanted ardently for years and that he sometimes even dreamed about. He pocketed the four-color pen and walked away. On the way he often pulled it out, eyed it in love, let the green, yellow, red and blue pens pop out and gradually came to the realization that that he had become a rich man.

I gave him a silver four-color pen and explained the mechanism to him; the doctor tried it and laughingly expressed his conviction that the devil's thing was also a nice gift.

On May 14, 1952, the [...] gorilla 'Achille' swallowed [...] a 13.5cm long four-color ballpoint pen. He received the pen from his guard so that he could scribble in his notebook. (Below is a detailed description of the gorilla's anesthesia and surgery. Possibly the first documented Anesthesia and gastrotomy on a gorilla - due to a four-color pen!)

As the last straw, the four-color pen had to deliver impressively colorful vectors, when Professor Stiefel's voice suddenly sounded behind my back: 'Color is no substitute for thinking.'
Never has human ingenuity been more demoralizing.

At Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's first press conference since taking office on the night of the 21st, the ``pink ballpoint pen'' that was shown in media footage showing her taking notes has become a hot topic after the name of the product was ``identified'' on social media. Perhaps because of her skills as the first female prime minister, an increasing number of people are saying they want her, too.
(Context:Sanae Takaichi, who was elected Prime Minister of Japan in 2025, wore the 5-color pen model MSXE510003868 at a press conference on October 21, 2025'Mitsubishi Jetstream 4&1'with yourself.
He then got attention when many supporters bought him. This behavior becomes joking'sanakatsu' (sana-katsu, Sana activities), where Sana is her abbreviated first name (Sanae).