Crayons!!!!

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.

The average child in the United States will wear down 730 crayons by his 10th birthday! 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!

In the last 98 years, more than 100 billion Crayola crayons have been made.

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.

Crayola crayons currently come in 120 colors including 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. Although Crayola crayons come in 120 different colors, the labels are only made in 18, which cover the full color spectrum. Nearly 3 billion crayons are made each year, an average of 12 million daily. That's enough to circle the globe 6 times with color!

Check out the names Crayola made up:

Almond

Antique Brass

Apricot

Aquamarine

Asparagus

Atomic Tangerine

Banana Mania

Beaver

BittersweetBlack

Blue

Blue Bell

Blue Green

Blue Violet

Blush

Brick Red

BrownBurnt Orange

Burnt Sienna

Cadet Blue

Canary

Caribbean Green

Carnation Pink

Cerise

Cerulean

Chestnut

CopperCornflower

Cotton Candy

Dandelion

Denim

Desert Sand

Eggplant

Electric Lime

FernForest Green

Fuchsia

Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown

Gold

Goldenrod

Granny Smith Apple

Gray

GreenGreen Yellow

Hot Magenta

Inch Worm

Indigo

Jazzberry Jam

Jungle Green

Laser Lemon

Lavender

Macaroni and Cheese

MagentaMahogany

Manatee

Mango Tango

Maroon

Mauvelous

Melon

Midnight Blue

Mountain MeadowNavy Blue

Neon Carrot

Olive Green

Orange

Orchid

Outer Space

Outrageous Orange

Pacific Blue

PeachPeriwinkle

Piggy Pink

Pine Green

Pink Flamingo

Pink Sherbet

Plum

Purple HeartPurple Mountains’ Majesty

Purple Pizzazz

Radical Red

Raw Sienna

Razzle Dazzle Rose

Razzmatazz

Red

Red Orange

Red Violet

Robin Egg BlueRoyal Purple

Salmon

Scarlet

Screamin Green

Sea Green

Sepia

Shadow

Shamrock

Shocking PinkSilver

Sky Blue

Spring Green

Sunglow

Sunset Orange

Tan

Tickle Me Pink

Timberwolf

Tropical Rain ForestTumbleweed

Turquoise Blue

Unmellow Yellow

Violet (Purple)

Violet Red

Vivid Tangerine

Vivid Violet

White

Wild Blue YonderWild Strawberry

Wild Watermelon

Wisteria

Yellow

Yellow Green

Yellow Orange

And NOW, it's your turn... what would you name the next crayon?  Are there any names left?!!!  It's up to you to decide!  

Click on "comments" and share your creative name for a new crayon & what color it would be most like!!!!