- Binney & Smith, the company that invented Crayola crayongs started as a color company that used to make carbon black for car tires, among other products The first box of eight Crayola crayons were introduced in 1903 and sold for one nickel
- The name Crayola was coined by a wife of one of the company owners and comes from "craie," the French word for chalk, and "ola," from "oleaginous" or "oily"
- The Crayola 64 box with the built-in sharpener debuted in 1958
- More than 120 billion Crayola crayons have been sold around the world
- The name Crayola was coined by a wife of one of the company owners and comes from "craie," the French word for chalk, and "ola," from "oleaginous" or "oily"
- The Crayola 64 box with the built-in sharpener debuted in 1958
- More than 120 billion Crayola crayons have been sold around the world
- Only three Crayola color names have ever been changed: Prussian blue was renamed midnight blue, flesh was renamed peach and Indian red was renamed chestnut
- A Yale University study found that the smell of Crayola crayons is one of the 20 most recognizable scents to American adults
- A Yale University study found that the smell of Crayola crayons is one of the 20 most recognizable scents to American adults
We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box. ~Robert Fulghum
Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons. ~Al Hirschfeld
Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education. What you receive is like the outlines in a child's coloring book. You must fill in the colors yourself. ~Louis L'Amour
Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the eight-color boxes, but what you're really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-color box, though I've got a few missing. It's okay though, because I've got some more vibrant colors like periwinkle at my disposal. I have a bit of a problem though in that I can only meet the eight-color boxes. Does anyone else have that problem? I mean, there are so many different colors of life, of feeling, of articulation, so when I meet someone who's an eight-color type I'm like, "hey girl, magenta!" and she's like, "oh, you mean purple!" and she goes off on her purple thing, and I'm like, "no - I want magenta!" ~John Mayer
Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education. What you receive is like the outlines in a child's coloring book. You must fill in the colors yourself. ~Louis L'Amour
Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the eight-color boxes, but what you're really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-color box, though I've got a few missing. It's okay though, because I've got some more vibrant colors like periwinkle at my disposal. I have a bit of a problem though in that I can only meet the eight-color boxes. Does anyone else have that problem? I mean, there are so many different colors of life, of feeling, of articulation, so when I meet someone who's an eight-color type I'm like, "hey girl, magenta!" and she's like, "oh, you mean purple!" and she goes off on her purple thing, and I'm like, "no - I want magenta!" ~John Mayer
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