You can view the 120 Crayola Crayon colors we currently produce by visiting the Explore Color section of our website, Crayola.com.
In addition, we offer a complimentary “Color Your Own” crayon chart that can be completed with a Crayola 120-count box!
On average, children in the United States will use more than 730 crayons by the time they turn 10. Not only that, but the average child, ages 2-8, spend at least a half hour coloring a day, which nationwide amounts to 6.3 billion hours coloring annually, nearly 10,000 human lifetimes. To meet this demand, Crayola makes about 12 million crayons every day. If the crayons were put end to end, the colorful line could circle the world 6 times. But the production line does not stop there. In addition to making crayons, Crayola makes about 600 million Crayola colored pencils, 465 million markers, 110 million sticks of chalk, and 1.5 million bottles of paint every year. Even among the crayon category, there are many variations, including the Mom-approve washable crayon and a larger, rounder size crayon to help even the littlest of hands get a firm grip. In a 1990 Smithsonian Magazine article, Beth Py-Lieberman asserted that “nearly everybody alive today probably made their first colorful squiggles with a Binney & Smith Crayola.” While this may not be completely accurate, Crayola does dominate the world of color—80% of all crayons sold each year bear the Crayola brand name.
Although many people think that Crayola only makes art products, but the Crayola company is responsible for manufacturing other products, including Silly Putty. However, Crayola did not invent the clay-like modeling substance that can be shaped, stretched or rolled into a ball and bounced. Made from silicone, the stretchy pastime was invented by James Wright, a chemist with General Electric, during World War II after the Japanese invasion of Asia hindered America’s rubber supply. However, he just stumbled across the concoction and was never able to use it as a rubber substitute. Silly Putty debuted in stores right before Easter in 1950 (hence the now-ever-present egg containers) and Crayola acquired rights to the product in 1977. Each day, more than 20,000 eggs of Silly Putty are made and each year, more than 9 million Silly Putty eggs are made by Crayola. This adds up to more than 4,500 tons of Silly Putty that has been sold in the past 60 years!
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