Crayola was originally founded on January 25th, 1885. It was founded by Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith in New York as "Binney & Smith. Originally, it produced colorants for industrial use. The company was very innovative and pioneered a new process of creating inexepensive black colorants as well inventing dustless, white chalk.
In 1903, they introduced the first box of 8 colored crayons under the name Crayola. In 1949, the 48 color pack made its debut. In 1958, the 64 color pack was introduced.
Crayola crayons have been around for over one hundred years and first came to market in the year 1903. They were superior because of their bright colors, their cost and their coverage on paper.
· Asparagus (a Crayola Crayon color) · Blizzard Blue (a former Crayola Crayon color retired in 2003) · Cornflower (a Crayola Crayon color) · Dandelion (a Crayola Crayon color) · Eggplant (a Crayola Crayon color) · Fuchsia (a Crayola Crayon color) · Goldenrod (a Crayola Crayon color) · Harlequin · Inch Worm (a Crayola Crayon color) · Jazzberry Jam (a Crayola Crayon color) · Khaki · Lavender (a Crayola Crayon color) · Macaroni and Cheese (a Crayola Crayon color) · Neon Carrot (a Crayola Crayon color) · Outer Space (a Crayola Crayon color) · Plum (a Crayola Crayon color) · Quail · Razzmatazz (a Crayola Crayon color) · Sunglow (a Crayola Crayon color) · Tumbleweed (a Crayola Crayon color) · Unmellow Yellow (a Crayola Crayon color) · Vivid Violet (a Crayola Crayon color) · Wisteria (a Crayola Crayon color) · X - ??? · Yellow Green (a Crayola Crayon color) · Z - ???
· Asparagus (a Crayola Crayon color) · Blizzard Blue (a former Crayola Crayon color retired in 2003) · Cornflower (a Crayola Crayon color) · Dandelion (a Crayola Crayon color) · Eggplant (a Crayola Crayon color) · Fuchsia (a Crayola Crayon color) · Goldenrod (a Crayola Crayon color) · Harlequin · Inch Worm (a Crayola Crayon color) · Jazzberry Jam (a Crayola Crayon color) · Khaki · Lavender (a Crayola Crayon color) · Macaroni and Cheese (a Crayola Crayon color) · Neon Carrot (a Crayola Crayon color) · Outer Space (a Crayola Crayon color) · Plum (a Crayola Crayon color) · Quail · Razzmatazz (a Crayola Crayon color) · Sunglow (a Crayola Crayon color) · Tumbleweed (a Crayola Crayon color) · Unmellow Yellow (a Crayola Crayon color) · Vivid Violet (a Crayola Crayon color) · Wisteria (a Crayola Crayon color) · X - ??? · Yellow Green (a Crayola Crayon color) · Zinc
· Salmon (a Crayola Crayon color) · Scarlet (a Crayola Crayon color) · Screamin' Green (a Crayola Crayon color) · Sea Green (a Crayola Crayon color) · Sepia (a Crayola Crayon color) · Shadow (a Crayola Crayon color) · Shamrock (a Crayola Crayon color) · Shocking Pink (a Crayola Crayon color) · Silver · Sky Blue (a Crayola Crayon color) · Slate Gray · Spring Green (a Crayola Crayon color) · Sunglow (a Crayola Crayon color) · Sunset Orange (a Crayola Crayon color)
· Salmon (a Crayola Crayon color) · Scarlet (a Crayola Crayon color) · Screamin' Green (a Crayola Crayon color) · Sea Green (a Crayola Crayon color) · Sepia (a Crayola Crayon color) · Shadow (a Crayola Crayon color) · Shamrock (a Crayola Crayon color) · Shocking Pink (a Crayola Crayon color) · Silver · Sky Blue (a Crayola Crayon color) · Slate Gray · Spring Green (a Crayola Crayon color) · Sunglow (a Crayola Crayon color) · Sunset Orange (a Crayola Crayon color)
· Almond (a Crayola Crayon color) · Black · Blizzard Blue(a former Crayola Crayon color retired in 2003) · Blue · Blue Bell (a Crayola Crayon color) · Blue Gray (a former Crayola Crayon color retired in 1990) · Blue Green (a Crayola Crayon color) · Blue Violet (a Crayola Crayon color) · Blush (a Crayola Crayon color) · Coral · Cornflower (a Crayola Crayon color) · Dandelion (a Crayola Crayon color) · Eggplant (a Crayola Crayon color) · Electric Lime (a Crayola Crayon color) · Emerald · Flesh (a former Crayola Crayon color retired in 1962) · Gold · Goldenrod (a Crayola Crayon color) · harlequin · hazel · Laser Lemon (a Crayola Crayon color) · Lavender (a Crayola Crayon color) · Lemon Yellow (a former Crayola Crayon color retired in 1990) · Lilac · Lime · Linen · Mauvelous (a Crayola Crayon color) · Melon (a Crayola Crayon color) · Mulberry (a former Crayola Crayon color retired in 2003) · Navy Blue (a Crayola Crayon color) · Olive · Olive Green (a Crayola Crayon color) · Orange Yellow (a former Crayola Crayon color retired in 1990) · Periwinkle (a Crayola Crayon color) · Pink Flamingo (a Crayola Crayon color) · Plum (a Crayola Crayon color) · Prussian Blue (a former Crayola Crayon color changed to Midnight Blue in 1958) · Purple Heart (a Crayola Crayon color) · Purple Mountain's Majesty (a Crayola Crayon color) · Purple Pizzazz (a Crayola Crayon color) · Radical Red (a Crayola Crayon color) · Razzle Dazzle Rose (a Crayola Crayon color) · Red Violet (a Crayola Crayon color) · Royal Purple (a Crayola Crayon color) · Salmon (a Crayola Crayon color) · Scarlet (a Crayola Crayon color) · Silver · Sky Blue (a Crayola Crayon color) · Slate Gray · Sunglow (a Crayola Crayon color) · Teal · Teal Blue (a former Crayola Crayon color retired in 2003) · Thistle (a Crayola Crayon color) · Tickle Me Pink (a Crayola Crayon color) · Timber Wolf (a Crayola Crayon color) · Tumbleweed (a Crayola Crayon color) · Ultra Blue (a Crayola Crayon color) · Ultra Green (a Crayola Crayon color) · Ultra Orange (a Crayola Crayon color) · Ultra Pink (a Crayola Crayon color) · Ultra Red (a Crayola Crayon color) · Ultra Yellow (a Crayola Crayon color) · Unmellow Yellow (a Crayola Crayon color) · Violet · Violet Blue (a former Crayola Crayon color retired in 1990) · Violet Red (a Crayola Crayon color) · Vivid Violet (a Crayola Crayon color) · Wild Blue Yonder (a Crayola Crayon color) · Wild Strawberry (a Crayola Crayon color) · Wild Watermelon (a Crayola Crayon color) · Yellow · Yellow Green (a Crayola Crayon color) · Yellow Orange (a Crayola Crayon color)
· Tan (a Crayola Crayon color) · Thistle (a Crayola Crayon color) · Turquoise Blue (a Crayola Crayon color) · Teal Blue (a Crayola Crayon color) · Tickle Me Pink (a Crayola Crayon color) · Timber Wolf (a Crayola Crayon color) · Tropical Rain Forest (a Crayola Crayon color) · Tumbleweed (a Crayola Crayon color) · Torch Red (a Crayola Crayon color)
Who invented Crayola?
Crayola was created in 1885.
Crayola's population is 1,250.
Crayola-make play.
Edwin Binney and Harold Smith were the men responsible of the creation of the first crayolas under their Binney & Smith company which was founded back in 1885. In 1903, he produced the first Crayola crayons and trademarked the Crayola name with the help from Binney's wife. They first sold Crayola's in June of 1903 and had a full line of boxes from a 6-color to a 30-color although their 8-color was one of their more famous assortment sizes.