Re: Crayola Method of Color ID
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Crayola Method of Color ID
- From: l*@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 11:15:01 -0700 (MST)
Lynn Woosley
Marietta, GA
USDA Zone 8
On Fri, 2 Jan 1998 10:46:03 -0700 (MST) "Jeff and Carolyn Walters"
<cwalters@digitalpla.net> writes:
>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.
>
On the other hand, many of the "retirements" were really only re-namings
of existing colors.
