All 120 Crayon Names, Color Codes and Fun Facts

For the last 100 years or so kids have been exploring and creating worlds of color with Crayons. Choosing custom pens can bring more surprises to children when they draw. For a lot of us, our life long love affairs with color began with these wax sticks and a blank sheet of paper. According to a Yale University study, the scent of Crayola crayons is among the 20 most recognizable to American adults. Coffee and peanut butter are 1 and 2. Here we go down crayon color memory lane with all 120 color names and hex codes, fun facts and photos.

Crowded Crayon Colors
Photo by Sir Fish

Crayola crayons currently come in 120 colors including 23 reds, 20 greens, 19 blues, 16 purples, 14 oranges, 11 browns, 8 yellows, 2 grays, 2 coppers, 2 blacks, 1 white, 1 gold and 1 silver. Although Crayola crayons come in 120 different colors, the labels are only made in 18, which cover the full color spectrum. Nearly 3 billion crayons are made each year, an average of 12 million daily. That’s enough to circle the globe 6 times with color!

120 Crayon Names and Color Codes

Aaron at ColorSchemer.com created a fun list of all 120 Crayon Colors with their hex codes and RGB values. “All of these colors are rough approximations from Crayola’s current list of 120 Crayon Colors. -CS”

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Name Hex RGB
Mahogany CD4A4A 205,74,74
Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown CC6666 204,102,102
Chestnut BC5D58 188,93,88
Red Orange FF5349 255,83,73
Sunset Orange FD5E53 253,94,83
Bittersweet FD7C6E 253,124,110
Melon FDBCB4 253,188,180
Outrageous Orange FF6E4A 255,110,74
Vivid Tangerine FFA089 255,160,137
Burnt Sienna EA7E5D 234,126,93
Brown B4674D 180,103,77
Sepia A5694F 165,105,79
Orange FF7538 255,117,56
Burnt Orange FF7F49 255,127,73
Copper DD9475 221,148,117
Mango Tango FF8243 255,130,67
Atomic Tangerine FFA474 255,164,116
Beaver 9F8170 159,129,112
Antique Brass CD9575 205,149,117
Desert Sand EFCDB8 239,205,184
Raw Sienna D68A59 214,138,89
Tumbleweed DEAA88 222,170,136
Tan FAA76C 250,167,108
Peach FFCFAB 255,207,171
Macaroni and Cheese FFBD88 255,189,136
Apricot FDD9B5 253,217,181
Neon Carrot FFA343 255,163,67
Almond EFDBC5 239,219,197
Yellow Orange FFB653 255,182,83
Gold E7C697 231,198,151
Shadow 8A795D 138,121,93
Banana Mania FAE7B5 250,231,181
Sunglow FFCF48 255,207,72
Goldenrod FCD975 252,217,117
Dandelion FDDB6D 253,219,109
Yellow FCE883 252,232,131
Green Yellow F0E891 240,232,145
Spring Green ECEABE 236,234,190
Olive Green BAB86C 186,184,108
Laser Lemon FDFC74 253,252,116
Unmellow Yellow FDFC74 253,252,116
Canary FFFF99 255,255,153
Yellow Green C5E384 197,227,132
Inch Worm B2EC5D 178,236,93
Asparagus 87A96B 135,169,107
Granny Smith Apple A8E4A0 168,228,160
Electric Lime 1DF914 29,249,20
Screamin Green 76FF7A 118,255,122
Fern 71BC78 113,188,120
Forest Green 6DAE81 109,174,129
Sea Green 9FE2BF 159,226,191
Green 1CAC78 28,172,120
Mountain Meadow 30BA8F 48,186,143
Shamrock 45CEA2 69,206,162
Jungle Green 3BB08F 59,176,143
Caribbean Green 1CD3A2 28,211,162
Tropical Rain Forest 17806D 23,128,109
Pine Green 158078 21,128,120
Robin Egg Blue 1FCECB 31,206,203
Aquamarine 78DBE2 120,219,226
Turquoise Blue 77DDE7 119,221,231
Sky Blue 80DAEB 128,218,235
Outer Space 414A4C 65,74,76
Blue Green 199EBD 25,158,189
Pacific Blue 1CA9C9 28,169,201
Cerulean 1DACD6 29,172,214
Cornflower 9ACEEB 154,206,235
Midnight Blue 1A4876 26,72,118
Navy Blue 1974D2 25,116,210
Denim 2B6CC4 43,108,196
Blue 1F75FE 31,117,254
Periwinkle C5D0E6 197,208,230
Cadet Blue B0B7C6 176,183,198
Indigo 5D76CB 93,118,203
Wild Blue Yonder A2ADD0 162,173,208
Manatee 979AAA 151,154,170
Blue Bell ADADD6 173,173,214
Blue Violet 7366BD 115,102,189
Purple Heart 7442C8 116,66,200
Royal Purple 7851A9 120,81,169
Purple Mountains’ Majesty 9D81BA 157,129,186
Violet (Purple) 926EAE 146,110,174
Wisteria CDA4DE 205,164,222
Vivid Violet 8F509D 143,80,157
Fuchsia C364C5 195,100,197
Shocking Pink FB7EFD 251,126,253
Pink Flamingo FC74FD 252,116,253
Plum 8E4585 142,69,133
Hot Magenta FF1DCE 255,29,206
Purple Pizzazz FF1DCE 255,29,206
Razzle Dazzle Rose FF48D0 255,72,208
Orchid E6A8D7 230,168,215
Red Violet C0448F 192,68,143
Eggplant 6E5160 110,81,96
Cerise DD4492 221,68,146
Wild Strawberry FF43A4 255,67,164
Magenta F664AF 246,100,175
Lavender FCB4D5 252,180,213
Cotton Candy FFBCD9 255,188,217
Violet Red F75394 247,83,148
Carnation Pink FFAACC 255,170,204
Razzmatazz E3256B 227,37,107
Piggy Pink FDD7E4 253,215,228
Jazzberry Jam CA3767 202,55,103
Blush DE5D83 222,93,131
Tickle Me Pink FC89AC 252,137,172
Pink Sherbet F780A1 247,128,161
Maroon C8385A 200,56,90
Red EE204D 238,32,77
Radical Red FF496C 255,73,108
Mauvelous EF98AA 239,152,170
Wild Watermelon FC6C85 252,108,133
Scarlet FC2847 252,40,71
Salmon FF9BAA 255,155,170
Brick Red CB4154 203,65,84
White EDEDED 237,237,237
Timberwolf DBD7D2 219,215,210
Silver CDC5C2 205,197,194
Gray 95918C 149,145,140
Black 232323 35,35,35

 

Crayon Color Fun Facts & Photo Inspiration

Rolling Rainbow Crayons
Photo by bookgrl

The first box of Crayola crayons was sold in 1903 for a nickel and included the same colors available in the eight-count box today: red, blue, yellow, green, violet, orange, black and brown.

Crowded Crayon Colors
Photo by scottwills

In the last 98 years, more than 100 billion Crayola crayons have been made.

Crowded Crayon Colors
Photo by Robem

Most Crayola crayon color names are taken from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Bureau of Standards book called “Color: Universal Language and Dictionary of Names.” Many crayon names are also borrowed from traditional artists’ paints.

Primary Crayon Colors
Photo by EJP Photo

The average child in the United States will wear down 730 crayons by his 10th birthday (or 11.4 boxes of 64s). Kids, ages 2-8, spend an average of 28 minutes each day colouring. Combined, children in the US spend 6.3 billion hours colouring annually, almost 10,000 human lifetimes!

Rolling Rainbow Crayons
Photo by laffy4k

Crayola crayon colour names rarely change. However, there are exceptions. In 1958, Prussian blue was changed to midnight blue in response to teacher recommendations that children could no longer relate to Prussian history. In 1962, the colour flesh was changed to peach recognizing that not everyone’s flesh is the same shade.

Crayon Stack
Photo by bookgrl

The name Crayola was coined by Alice Binney, wife of company founder Edwin, and a former school teacher. She combined the words craie, which is French for chalk, and ola, for oleaginous, because crayons are made from petroleum based paraffin.

Red Crayon
Photo by parl

Some Crayon Inspired Color Palettes

My crayon box Crayon Juice

Crayon Jar Is Rigged Crayon Happyness

Cheap crayon crayon doodles

Crayon Box Renewed Crayon Sharpener

crayons 2.0 crayon of the gods

crayon box Crayon´s box

 

Title Photo by davidz

Crayola Crayon Trivia from Crayola.com

Crayon Color Code List Compiled by ColorSchemer.com

 

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