By Matt Appleby
Crayons in diagonal arrangement The Crayon. Certainly you ve been familiar with this most basic of artistic tools since childhood. I vividly remember the annual late summer trip, grade specific list in hand, to the drug store for school supplies. It seemed as if Crayola Crayons were thought of as the top of the line. Other brands were available but less desirable, or so we thought. It must have been peer pressure. Most often the teacher recommended the box of 8, your starter set with red, yellow, blue, green, brown, orange, violet and black. Maybe Mom and Dad would splurge for the box of 16 which only slightly broadened our artistic pallets. As we got older the box of 24 gave us yet even more colors, and 48 took us to the next level of creativity. In my youth many of us coveted the box of 64! Not only a wider array of color choices but, a built-in sharpener! Later came boxes of 96, 120 and 152. It took a box of 16 for you to get a white and pink crayon
Fun and games with names and names!
Death by Chocolate /
Thor /
Tickle Me Pink – into one or more of these categories: CRAYOLA CRAYONS ~ DESSERTS ~ PAINT COLORS ~ ROSES ~ WINTER STORMS.
Although I mentioned fun, the game is not as simple as the categories might suggest, especially when one name describes very different items. Allow me to illustrate.
PAINT COLORS ( Morning, Mountain Meadow, Death by
Chocolate) ~ This interior design category contains perhaps the most creatively-named entrants. Misty Morning and Mountain Meadow certainly resemble the paint names on those little color cards at DIY stores – as do Barn Door, Ballet Slipper, and even Teal We Meet Again. Much more is left to the painter’s imagination, however, with Hugs & Kisses, Skipping School, and Anonymous.