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  Crayola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crayola Crayons were invented by cousins Edwin Binney and C.
The word "Crayola" was formed by the wife of Edwin Binney, Alice Stead Binney, who combined the French word for chalk (craie) with "ola" from the word oleaginous, meaning oily.
Crayola crayons celebrate their 75th anniversary, and Crayola markers are introduced.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crayola   (1474 words)

  
 Crayola® State Your Color   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
When the polls closed, a group of Crayola color experts convened to select a crayon name for each of the 50 states.
The inaugural Crayola State Crayon colors are now serving a term in a limited-edition Crayola 64 Box, along with crayons named for Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and 12 patriotic colors.
Crayola and the serpentine and chevron designs are registered trademarks, the smile design is a trademark of Binney and Smith.
www.crayola.com /state   (121 words)

  
 JS Online: A colorful century from Crayola
Most Crayola color names are taken from the U.S. Commerce Department's National Bureau of Standards book called "Color: Universal Language and Dictionary of Names." Other names are borrowed from traditional artists' paints, some are named by employees, and a few kids have named Crayola crayons.
Crayola crayons are packaged in 12 languages: English, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Swedish and Norwegian.
Crayola crayons are featured in the Toy Hall of Fame, located in the Strong Museum in Rochester, N.Y. It is an honoree feature along with Legos, the teddy bear, marbles, Play-Doh, Monopoly, Frisbee, Etch-A-Sketch, Erector Set, Tinker Toys, Barbie, roller skates, Lincoln Logs, Hula-Hoop, The Red Wagon, Duncan Yo-Yo, View-Master, Mr.
www.jsonline.com /enter/gen/feb03/122023.asp?format=print   (2537 words)

  
 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The: A colorful century from Crayola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Alice Binney, Edwin Binney's wife, named Crayola crayons by combining the words "craie," which is French for "chalk," and "ola," short for "oleaginous," or "oily," for the wax.
In 1990, and in a Crayola first, the colors maize, lemon yellow, blue gray, raw umber, green blue, orange red, orange yellow and violet blue were retired to the hall of fame.
The Crayola 64 Box was re-introduced in 1998 in its original packaging while a 1958 Crayola 64 Box became part of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_200303/ai_n10856800   (1381 words)

  
 Crayola Crayons
Crayola Crayons are famous for their rich, vibrant color.
Crayola Large Size Crayons —; a bigger crayon for smaller hands.
Crayola Washable Crayons —; a crayon that washes off walls and non-porous surfaces.
www.dickblick.com /zz201/03   (431 words)

  
 The Object at Hand - The Colors of Childhood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is an original box of 64 Crayola crayons from 1958.
The new name, "chestnut," selected by Crayola customers, seems rather dull when you compare it with the names that came in as close seconds — "baseball-mitt brown" and "the crayon formerly known as indian red." In 1958 "Prussian blue" was renamed "midnight blue," since most children had never heard of Prussia.
Crayola Collins of Pulaski County, Virginia, however, were graciously allowed to "borrow" the name.) Many companies, particularly foreign ones, would like to capitalize on the Crayola fame, and copycatters try to steal all the time.
smithsonianmag.com /smithsonian/issues99/nov99/object_nov99.html   (1719 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Crayola Store.com at Epinions.com
Custom Crayola 64 Box Crayons - who wouldn't want to make their own box of crayons, and this is something that you can't do in stores so this is a great feature here.
Crayola has set up these 4 different ways to classify items which makes it very simple for you to find what you're looking for on their site.
Crayola has done an excellent job in designing their site so it's fast and simple to find anything that you're looking for and you're able to add it to your cart very quickly and then move on with your shopping.
www.epinions.com /content_70163861124   (1461 words)

  
 Trivia: School Days 2004
The Crayola brand name is recognized by 99 percent of Americans and is ranked 51st of all world brands (1991 Landor Image Power Survey) in terms of the brand's recognizability and consumers' esteem for the brand.
Crayola crayons are made in several different sizes including boxes of 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96 and 120.
Crayola executives point out that if all the crayons made in a single year were laid end-to-end along the equator, they would melt.
www.hunterhome.net /triviaschooldays04.html   (2961 words)

  
 Tin Star
The new tin was dated and in addition to having the now standard 64 count box inside, had a special Crayola Bear holiday ornament, an addition brought on by the advice of their parent company, Hallmark Cards, who knew a thing or two about collectibles.
“Hallmark was in the social expression business and Crayola was in the personal expression business.” With the addition of the ornament, and in light of the fact that the '91 tins sold out at retails of $5.99-$6.99, the company upped their wholesale so that the new targeted retail price would be $9.99.
Crayola crayons premier in eight colors: brown, fl, orange, red, green, blue, yellow and violet.
promomagazine.com /campaigns/marketing_tin_star/index.html   (1365 words)

  
 LARGETONY Blog » Blog Archive » Crayola 64   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The big box of 64 colors with the sharpener (which was really more a crayon eater than sharpener) built into the back of the box.
Prejudice comes from the fear of something different, and eight-year olds across America were building their prejudices by staying safely in their world of the original 8 colors they have known since kindergarten.
I think school teachers should take the original 8 colors out of their students’ big boxes of 64, so they are forced to embrace the other 56.
largetony.com /tonyblog/2005/02/24/crayola-64   (903 words)

  
 crayola consipiracy
And there were those boxes of 48, which for some reason, I thought was better than the 64 box (I think it was the way it had that rad tall skinnier flip top box)...
(crayolas only, those other cheapo brands sucked...they were too slimy waxy, they smelled bad, and sometimes had impurities in them which made streaks in your coloring.
I was quite upset recently when I bought a new box of 64 Crayola Crayons with the built in sharpener.
delirious.icenine.org /crayola.html   (1110 words)

  
 Crayola Works   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
One hundred years later, there are hundreds of Crayola products -- in addition to the ubiquitous Crayola crayon -- for coloring, painting, sculpting, drawing and glitter gluing to help children and probably a few adults express their creativity.
Consumers are also interacting with the Crayola brand at the Crayola Factory family discovery center located in Easton, NJ and the Crayola.com web site both venues that immerse children in the brand and bring it to life in a colorful, hands-on Crayola environment.
"Crayola crayons are sold in more than 80 countries and we recognize that the Canadian market is unique and distinct," explained Paul Zadorsky of Binney and Smith Canada, the makers of Crayola products.
www.gallagherstravels.com /States/MD/crayolaworks   (1087 words)

  
 Eclectic Crayons
Color Methodology: Many of these swatches were taken from the Crayola site as screen captures, others were created in Photo Shop by literally comparing Crayolas from a 64 count box to the Pantone charts.
It's the hue for the walls of the make-believe log cabin we build in the woods and dream about during bad days and for the cat tails that grow on the banks of the pond.
Certainly this crayon is not the color of a peach skin where warm yellow bleeds into glowing orange nor does it approach the patina of the sticky golden juice that runs down your chin with the first bite.
www.ranablog.com /gallery/crayons.htm   (3603 words)

  
 HomeschoolingSupply.com - Crafts - Crayola
This classic collection of 64 bright, bold crayon colors has a sharpener built rig...
Crayola Kid's First Crayons - 8 Count Lg.
The crayons you remember from your childhood except they are washable.
www.homeschoolingsupply.com /cbs/crafts-crayola-1.htm   (152 words)

  
 Fun Facts - The Canadian Toy Testing Council
The first box of Crayola crayons was sold in 1903 for a nickel and included the same colours available in the eight-count box today: red, blue, yellow, green violet, orange, fl and brown.
The name Crayola was coined by Alice Binney, wife of company founder Edwin, and a former school teacher.
Most Crayola crayon colour names are taken from the US Commerce Department's National Bureau of Standards book called "Color: Universal Language and Dictionary of Names." Many crayon names are also borrowed from traditional artists' paints.
www.toy-testing.org /contents/funfacts.htm   (2503 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on 40th Anniversary 64 Box Crayon Tin at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The 40th Anniversary 64 Box Crayon Tin is a great find if you can find them.
Crayola, to me, are the finest crayons on the market.
It will last for a very long time and maybe he will be able to keep up with them better now that he has a great place to keep his crayons.
www.epinions.com /content_6483119748   (689 words)

  
 Crayola 64 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Crayola 64 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
(additional info and facts about Crayola) Crayola color names.
For (additional info and facts about RGB) RGB values in the (A positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of 10) decimal system, see.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/cr/crayola_64.htm   (45 words)

  
 Award Winners for 3 & 4 Year Olds - Award Winners
Be the first in your neighborhood to jump on the window decorating trend with the new Crayola Window FX Window Cling Kit.
With 64 different brilliant colors, your drawings and creations will be truly spectacular.
Crayola Kids' First Large Washable Crayons are the perfect coloring book crayons for little hands.
www.toys2wish4.com /awwinfor3yea.html   (831 words)

  
 A magenta tree and a periwinkle dog
It was my favorite color in the box of 64 Crayolas with the built-in sharpener.
A brand-new box of 64 is sitting before me now.
In honor of the 100th birthday of the box of 64 Crayola crayons, the Binney & Smith company of Easton, Pa., is retiring four shades to make room for new ones in the new box of 96, and the public is invited to vote out the old and name the new crayons.
www.post-gazette.com /columnists/20030206diana0206fnp1.asp   (703 words)

  
 1909 crayola crayons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Crayola crayon boxes are printed in eleven languages: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish...in the venture, incorporated as the Public Cup Vendor Company in 1909.
Crayola crayonsThis is a box of crayons that my dad's mom had.
Crayola logo Crayola Crayons were first introduced in 1904 Crayola is a well-known...
www.starwushu.com /1909+crayola+crayons.html   (960 words)

  
 The Colors of Crayons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This is a picture of a rare original box of 64 Crayola crayons from 1958—it was the first box with the built-in sharpener.
It was given to the National Museum of American History (NMAH) last year at a celebration in Manhattan's Rainbow Room to honor the 40th anniversary of the package.
Authentic Crayola crayons are made by a company called Binney & Smith.
www.kidscastle.si.edu /channels/history/articles/historyarticle15.html   (254 words)

  
 Binney & Smith, Inc.
A broad range of products that had carried individual brand names are consolidated under the Crayola® brand name during the next several years.
And the legendary Crayola 64-count box of crayons is added to the Smithsonian Institute's permanent collection.
Also in 2000, more than 25,000 Crayola fans recorded their color preferences in the first-ever online Crayola Color Census.
www.binney-smith.com /timeline_printversion.cfm   (1055 words)

  
 Classic Color Flip-Top Pack Crayons with Built-In Sharpener, 64 Colors (BIN52064D)
Crayola Classic Color Pack Nontoxic Crayons, 8-Colors (BIN523008)
Crayola Classic Color Pack Nontoxic Crayons, 16-Colors (BIN523016)
Crayola Classic Color Pack Nontoxic Crayons, 24-Colors (BIN523024)
www.restockit.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=69461&c1=directory&source=froogle&kw=BIN52064D   (54 words)

  
 The64Box's Xanga Site
Interests: The 64 Box is hoping to give people the chance to voice their opinion and possibly learn things they didnt know.
The 64 Box is here to make you happy, not sad.
And the staff of The 64 Box will be happy to take requests or whatever you want, really.
www.xanga.com /The64Box   (1463 words)

  
 Outpost.com | Crayola
The classic Crayola 64 ct Box of Crayons includes your old favorite colors along with some new ones, too.
The box has a built-in sharpener for hours of continuous creativity and fun.
Crayola crayons have intense hues and true colors, providing your children with colors to match their every coloring whim.
www.outpost.com /product/3356192   (103 words)

  
 Heaneyland!: Still, I applaud them for not just filling the box with only red, white, and blue
Longtime readers of Heaneyland may remember two of my earliest entries, way back in 2003, when I got obsessed with Crayola crayons and the way that Crayola color names have gotten stupider over the years.
Well, when I was having brunch on Sunday (at a restaurant that provides crayons with which patrons may draw upon the white paper tablecloths, of course), I discovered that Crayola has perpetrated a crazy new color-naming scheme upon today's youth: colors named after states.
When Crayola called on crayon fans to come up with clever new color names representing their states, they rose to the challenge.
www.yarnivore.com /francis/archives/000940.html   (436 words)

  
 GreenvilleOnline.com - Kids give green light to Palmetto crayon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The color just seemed a natural for South Carolina, said Emily, reflecting on her visits to Hilton Head and the Myrtle Beach area with her dad, Loren Beahm, who is in the golfing industry.
Upon discovering the contest on the Web (www.crayola.com) and seeing that there was a Fern green in Crayola's palette, she said the color seemed a natural choice.
The company asked contestants to choose one of the 120 colors in the Crayola palette and rename one of them for something noteworthy or special about a state, Tucker said.
greenvilleonline.com /news/2004/11/08/2004110852620.htm   (616 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Toys & Games / Characters & Brands / Crayola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Containing 12 assorted gelly pens and a flower-shaped pad of various coloured paper, the Gellys Flower Set from Crayola is a stationery addict's dream.
The case is made from sturdy blue plastic, with a carry handle so that you can transport your art materials with an air of professionalism.
Packed full of fun, the Giant Activity Tub from Crayola is a fantastic way of keeping artistic youngsters busy.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/595350/4   (740 words)

  
 Crayola Favorite Places   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Crayola Favorite Places, childrens educational and game software from Crayola at discount software prices.
Preschoolers can create beautiful 3D pictures with a simple click of a mouse by choosing from an array of 64 Crayola® colors and 100 coloring book pages.
Kids can change their masterpieces over and over, print them out to share, or print them out in fl and white to color.
www.surpluscdrom.com /crfapl.html   (187 words)

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