Re: Crayola Method of Color ID
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- Subject: Re: Crayola Method of Color ID
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 10:46:02 -0700 (MST)
Kathy Guest writes:
>> (clip) use the biggest box of crayola crayons you can find (I think
there's a
> > 128? I know there's a 64).... and use THOSE to compare to your plant
and
> > describe the color.
and Rick Tasco adds:
> Hey, this sounds like a good idea. I don't have time to do any
> research, but Crayola has a website: http://www.crayola.com/
> They have an e-mail address, maybe we can get their list of 96 colors?
As Rick indicates, the correct total number of different Crayola colors is
96. One could obtain a full set of these, diligently color rectangles of
white paper, laminate them to 4-inch strips of salvaged miniblinds, punch
holes in the end of each and attach them to a key ring, and, VOILA, an
instant set of RHS (Real Home Style) color chips! The fly in the ointment
is that Crayola has been "retiring" colors such as lemon yellow, maize, and
raw umber (which sound as if they might be of some real use to irisarians)
in favor of more vivid and lurid hues designed to attract the attention of
our visually overstimulated youth.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
