So, I was thrifting earlier today and nabbed a vintage box of Crayola crayons(as vintage as 1993 can be, I guess). I was excited that there may have been a dandelion one, which there was, but I found something even cooler looking through the box.
Supposedly, this happened because Crayola used real bronze metal in the pigments at the time. Its so funny that it happened to the copper one specifically lol
CRAYOLA 100 YEARS OF COLOUR 100 BOX
Arranged in blocks of 16, similar to the inner cartons.
All names in lower case, as per labels
sky blue, blue green, cadet blue, turquoise blue, aquamarine, robin’s egg blue, periwinkle, wild blue yonder, cornflower, cerulean, navy blue, midnight blue, pacific blue, denim, indigo, blue
salmon, tickle me pink, red, razzmatazz, brick red, maroon, violet red, lavender, jazzberry jam, fuchsia, purple pizzazz, hot magenta, cerise, magenta, red violet, blush
carnation pink, shocking pink, wild strawberry, mauvelous, red orange, orange, mango tango, scarlet, yellow orange, vivid tangerine, outrageous orange, apricot, macaroni and cheese, melon, atomic tangerine, peach
yellow, dandelion, laser lemon, spring green, goldenrod, green yellow, tumbleweed, burnt sienna, burnt orange, bittersweet, tan, brown, mahogany, chestnut, sepia, raw sienna
blue violet, royal purple, eggplant, plum, purple mountains’ majesty, violet (purple), orchid, wisteria, forest green, shamrock, sea green, granny smith apple, caribbean green, inchworm, jungle green, yellow green
green, asparagus, pine green, tropical rain forest, olive green, timberwolf, grey, white, black, copper, gold, silver
Gel FX (not named): yellow, green, blue, pink
Metallic:
metallic sunburst, illuminating emerald, steel blue, big dip o’ ruby
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I'd like to say that was a lot of fun, but it wasn't, so I won't. 😄
There'd better be a big cash prize for doing this. 😂
Drawn with Crayola coloured pencils. Not an ideal medium for "serious" work but an interesting challenge all the same.