How many colors of crayons are there?

You can view the 120 Crayola Crayon colors we currently produce by visiting the Explore Color section of our website, Crayola.com.
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How many shades of crayons are there?

Although there have been over 400 colors with the Crayola label since 1903, there are currently 120 Crayola crayon colors, including 23 shades of red, 20 shades of green, 19 shades of blue, 14 shades of orange, 13 shades of brown, eight shades of yellow, two shades of gray and two shades of blacks, plus one white, one ...
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How many standard Crayola crayon Colours are there?

That way it is easy to see what box needs to be purchased to get a certain color. The Crayon colors in 16 count Crayola Box are: blue, black, brown, green, orange, red, violet (purple), yellow. (ONLY IN 16 BOX AND HIGHER) carnation pink, blue green, blue violet, red orange, red violet, yellow green, yellow orange, ...
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How many types of crayons are there?

There are two types of crayons: the colouring crayon and the chalk crayon. The colouring crayon, or wax crayon, is the one used by most children in making pictures, but artists also use it. It consists of waxes such as paraffin, beeswax, and carnauba wax and dry colour.
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What are the 12 colors of crayons?

The 12 count box was created in response to teacher requests, and includes the following colors commonly requested by students: red, blue, yellow, orange, green, violet (purple), brown, black, white, gray, carnation pink, and indigo.
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What are the 24 colors?

Right now, the 24-count box has red, yellow, blue, brown, orange, green, violet, black, carnation pink, yellow orange, blue green, red violet, red orange, yellow green, blue violet, white, violet red, dandelion, cerulean, apricot, scarlet, green yellow, indigo and gray.
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How many colors are there?

It has been determined by people who determine such things that there are somewhere around 18 decillion varieties of colors available for your viewing enjoyment. That's an 18 followed by 33 zeros. Is that infinity?
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How many crayon colors are there 2021?

You can view the 120 Crayola Crayon colors we currently produce by visiting the Explore Color section of our website, Crayola.com.
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What was the first crayon color?

The first box of Crayola Crayons was produced in 1903 as an 8 count box. It sold for a nickel and contained the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, brown and black. We provide extensive information about Crayola and our products on our sites.
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How is GREY spelled on a crayon?

In fact, grey is the preferred spelling for our cousins across the pond (and north of the border). But, as I tactfully told everyone, we're in America now. In America, the correct spelling is gray. Just look on any Crayola crayon if you don't believe me.
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Do any colors start with H?

H is home to all the colors, especially with the prefix "hit", "hot", "hint", "half" and "Hippie". Therefore, colors starting by H is very scattered and there's no evident shade can pop out.
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What are the 3 languages on a crayon?

At Crayola, we recognize our products are globally used by kids and kids at heart. We now offer multiple languages on some products and packages. The languages are English, Spanish and French. This is a growing movement in the United States and is very common in many countries around the world.
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What is the newest Crayola color?

Meet Bluetiful Thanks to our fans from North America Crayola's new blue has a name!
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Was there a skin color crayon?

Crayola is launching a box of crayons with different skin tones for children to "accurately color themselves into the world." "Colors of the World" crayons, the company said in a statement, includes 24 new crayons designed to mirror and represent over 40 different skin tones.
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What color crayon did Crayola retire?

1990 - For the first time in Crayola history eight colors were retired and placed in the Crayola Hall of Fame: maize, lemon yellow, blue gray, raw umber, green blue, orange red, orange yellow, and violet blue.
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Did Crayola invent purple?

Eighteen-year-old student William Henry Perkin created purple in March 1856 during a failed chemistry experiment to produce quinine, a substance used to treat malaria. Perkin instead invented the first synthetic dye.
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Is black a color?

And many do consider black to be a color, because you combine other pigments to create it on paper. But in a technical sense, black and white are not colors, they're shades. They augment colors.
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Why is dandelion crayon retiring?

CRY-ola. At the heart of today's most successful and innovative companies is design. It's a discipline that has the power to improve every aspect of our lives.
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Why did Crayola get rid of dandelion?

Crayola is ditching one of the colours in its range.

The company announced that it would be removing the gold-tinged dandelion stick from its boxes on Friday, to make way for a new one. It also ties in with National Crayon Day in America.
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What is the most rare color?

Blue is one of the rarest of colors in nature. Even the few animals and plants that appear blue don't actually contain the color. These vibrant blue organisms have developed some unique features that use the physics of light.
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What are the 100 colours?

The colors in the box are: aqua green, black, blue, bronze yellow, brown, bubble gum, cerulean, cool gray, dark brown, gold , golden yellow, gray, green, green blue, harvest gold, jade green, lemon yellow, light blue, light brown, light orange, lime green, magenta, mahogany, mango, maroon, mauve, navy blue, orange, ...
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Is blue really a color?

Blue is a very prominent colour on earth. But when it comes to nature, blue is very rare. Less than 1 in 10 plants have blue flowers and far fewer animals are blue.
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