All 120 Crayon Names, Color Codes and Fun Facts

"The average child in the United States will wear down 730 crayons by his 10th birthday (or 11.4 boxes of 64s). Kids, ages 2-8, spend an average of 28 minutes each day colouring. Combined, children in the US spend 6.3 billion hours colouring annually, almost 10,000 human lifetimes!"

"Crayola crayon colour names rarely change. However, there are exceptions. In 1958, Prussian blue was changed to midnight blue in response to teacher recommendations that children could no longer relate to Prussian history. In 1962, the colour flesh was changed to peach recognizing that not everyone’s flesh is the same shade."

clipped from www.colourlovers.com    For the last 100 years or so kids have been exploring and creating worlds of color with Crayons. For a lot of us, our life long love affairs with color began with these wax sticks and a blank sheet of paper. Photo by Sir Fish 120 Crayon Names and Color Codes 23 reds, 20 greens, 19 blues, 16 purples, 14 oranges, 11 browns, 8 yellows, 2 grays, 2 coppers, 2 blacks, 1 white, 1 gold and 1 silver clipped from viewer.zoho.com clipped from www.colourlovers.com Crayon Color Fun Facts & Photo Inspiration The first box of Crayola crayons was sold in 1903 for a nickel and included the same colors available in the eight-count box today: red, blue, yellow, green, violet, orange, black and brown. In the last 98 years, more than 100 billion Crayola crayons have been made. children in the US spend 6.3 billion hours colouring annually, almost 10,000 human lifetimes! Many crayon names are also borrowed from traditional artists’ paints. The name Crayola was coined by Alice Binney, wife of company founder Edwin, and a former school teacher. Photo by bookgrl clipped from docs.google.com clipped from www.colourlovers.com   Title Photo by davidz