Crayola

Crayola is brand of crayons and other writing and drawing utensils, such as markers, chalk and colored pencils made by the Binney & Smith Inc. company, which is part of the card company Hallmark.

History

Binney and Smith made industrial products before 1900, but in 1903 started to make Crayola crayons. The name came from a word used by the wife of Mr. Binney. The first box had eight colors: blue, green, red, yellow, black, brown, orange and violet. They became well-known because they were the best crayons at that time. Later, the company made more products, including boxes of 48, 64, 96,120 and 202 Crayons, colored pencils and markers.

In 2003, the company built a huge blue crayon that was 15 feet tall and weighed almost a ton.

Colors

Crayons

Here are the 133 standard Crayola crayon colors. According to its chronology page, Crayola considers each "core color" to have been introduced in a specific year. These dates are reflected in the table below. The hex triplets below are representative of the colors produced by the named crayons.

Colored pencils

The following is a list of colors included in the 12, 24, 36, 50 and 64 packs of Crayola's standard colored pencils. Color values are approximate. Colored Pencils from "Guppie Green" to "UFO Green" are 14 of the ultra-cool and super-hot colored pencils that will be issued on July 2010.

12 pack (1996)	+12 = 24 pack (2000)	+12 = 36 pack (2004)	+14 = 50 pack (2007)	+14 = 64 pack (2010)
Black	Aqua Green	Bronze Yellow	Bubble Gum	Guppy Green
Blue	Golden Yellow	Cool Gray	Cerulean	Meat Brown
Brown	Gray	Dark Brown	Harvest Gold	Amethyst
Green	Jade Green	Green-Blue	Lime Green	Electric Green
Light Brown	Light Blue	Lemon Yellow	Mango	Baby Blue
Orange	Magenta	Light Orange	Mauve	Dollar Bill
Red	Mahogany	Maroon	Navy Blue	Rose Red
Red-Orange	Peach	Pine Green	Orchid	Platinum
Sky Blue	Pink	Raspberry	Pale Rose	Toolbox
Violet	Tan	Salmon	Sand	Sandstorm
Yellow	White	Slate	Taupe	AuroMetalSaurous
Yellow-Green	Yellow-Orange	Turquoise	Teal	Ball Blue
			Gold	Spiro Disco Ball
			Silver	UFO Green

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 64-box of Crayola crayons in 2010, a 64-box of Crayola colored pencils was issued. It had the same colors as the current 64 box.

Washable markers

All 44 colors are on this list.

Number	Color	Hex	Issued	Retired	Notes
1	Azure	#1A4876	2000		Bold.
2	Battery Charged Blue	#1DACD6	1990		Renamed from "Electric Blue" in 2006. Bright.
3	Beige	#EFDECD	1995
4	Bittersweet	#FD7C6E	1987		Renamed from, "Coral Reef" in 2000. Bold.
5	Black	#000000	1903
6	Blue	#1F75FE	1903
7	Blue Lagoon	#ACE5EE	1987
8	Bronze	#D68A59	2000
9	Brown	#B4674D	1903
10	Dolphin Gray	#828E84	1987
11	Electric Lime	#CEFF1D	1987		Renamed from "Glowing Green" in 2006. Bright.
12	Emerald	#6DAE81	2000		Bold.
13	Flamingo Pink	#F78FA7	1990
14	Golden Beige	#DD9475	2000		Renamed from "Copper" in 2008. Bold.
15	Golden Yellow	#FFB653	2000		Bold.
16	Graphic Green	#1FCECB	2006		Bright.
17	Gray	#95918C	1987
18	Green	#1CAC78	1903
19	Hot Magenta	#FF1DCE	1987		Bright.
20	Hot Pink	#FFBCD9	2006		Bright.
21	Iguana Green	#71BC78	1987		Bold.
22	Infra Red	#FF496C	2006		Bright.
23	Laser Lemon	#FEFE22	1987		Renamed from "Neon Yellow" in 2006. Bright.
24	Mahogany	#CD4A4C	2000
25	Orange	#FF7538	1903
26	Orange Circuit	#FF6E4A	2006		Bright.
27	Plum	#8E4585	2000		Bold.
28	Primrose	#DD4492	2000		Bold.
29	Raspberry	#CA3767	2000		Bold.
30	Red	#EE204D	1903
31	Sandy Tan	#FDD9B5	2000
32	Sea Foam Green	#9FE2BF	2003
33	Sienna	#B05C52	2000
34	Tan	#FAA76C	2000
35	Tawny	#DEAA88	2000
36	Teal	#17857B	2000
37	Terra Cotta	#9B7653	2000
38	Tiger Orange	#C46210	1990		Bold.
39	Tropical Violet	#CDA4DE	2003
40	Turquoise	#33CCCC	1987		Bold.
41	Ultra Violet	#9D81BA	2006		Bright.
42	Violet (Purple)	#926EAE	1903
43	Wild Orchid	#E6A8D7	1990
44	Yellow	#FCE883	1903