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If an unpopular yellow crayon must be exited, why replace it with blue? Does this make any sense to anybody?
Well it has to replaced with some color, otherwise it would no longer be a 24 pack of crayons. Although I would prefer a color other then blue.
I'm a teacher, so please understand that I probably have stronger crayon color preferences then most people...
The 24 back already has blue, blue-green, indigo, cerulean, and blue violet. I don't think we need 6 blues in a 24 pack of crayons. Something in the green family would be better since there are only two green crayons, or even replace it with a brighter yellow. Yellow-orange is more of an orange color, and the plain yellow is more of a straw color. There needs to be a nice bright sunny yellow in the 24 pack.
Well it has to replaced with some color, otherwise it would no longer be a 24 pack of crayons. Although I would prefer a color other then blue.
I'm a teacher, so please understand that I probably have stronger crayon color preferences then most people...
The 24 back already has blue, blue-green, indigo, cerulean, and blue violet. I don't think we need 6 blues in a 24 pack of crayons. Something in the green family would be better since there are only two green crayons, or even replace it with a brighter yellow. Yellow-orange is more of an orange color, and the plain yellow is more of a straw color. There needs to be a nice bright sunny yellow in the 24 pack.
Note that blue-green is supposed to be more green than blue, and blue-violet is supposed to be more violet than blue. This is contrasted to the now-retired green-blue (more blue than green) and violet-blue (more blue than violet), but those were never included in the 24 packs. Also there used to be orange-red (more red than orange) and orange-yellow (more yellow than orange), which are distinct from red-orange (more orange than red) and yellow-orange (more orange than yellow). The only similarly-named but distinct color pairs that still exist today are yellow-green (more green than yellow) vs. green-yellow (more yellow than green), as well as red-violet (more violet than red) vs. violet-red (more red than violet).
Note that blue-green is supposed to be more green than blue, and blue-violet is supposed to be more violet than blue. This is contrasted to the now-retired green-blue (more blue than green) and violet-blue (more blue than violet), but those were never included in the 24 packs. Also there used to be orange-red (more red than orange) and orange-yellow (more yellow than orange), which are distinct from red-orange (more orange than red) and yellow-orange (more orange than yellow). The only similarly-named but distinct color pairs that still exist today are yellow-green (more green than yellow) vs. green-yellow (more yellow than green), as well as red-violet (more violet than red) vs. violet-red (more red than violet).
Who knew Crayolas could be so confusing?
But I'm still mourning Raw Umber. I can't take the loss of Dandelion so soon after.
Crayola always sells its crayons in multiples of 8, with available packs being 8, 16, 24, 48, 64, 96, and 120. Plus, how would you nicely fit 25 crayons, unless you give the box a square base?
Do they survey children/parents/teachers to see which color is used the least or does someone in the company just get an itch to change something?
It's not the first time thsyve done it. Dandelion was only added as a color in 1990 when they retired a few colors and added new ones. I would think a few focus groups are involved in the decision.
It's not the first time thsyve done it. Dandelion was only added as a color in 1990 when they retired a few colors and added new ones. I would think a few focus groups are involved in the decision.
However, this is the first time they have retired a color from the 24 count box without retaining it in the larger boxes. Those colors they retired in 1990 and 2003 were only found in the larger boxes.
It's not the first time thsyve done it. Dandelion was only added as a color in 1990 when they retired a few colors and added new ones. I would think a few focus groups are involved in the decision.
.....or..... maybe they just do it as an advertising ploy, just look at all of the attention they are getting.
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