# First it was Monopoly, then it was Crayola-When will this massacre end? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250 "2017-03-28T21:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/1 "2017-03-28T21:18:38Z")
[Crayola is permanently retiring one of the colors in the 24-count box.](https://consumerist.com/2017/03/28/crayola-is-getting-rid-of-one-crayon-color-from-its-24-count-box/) On March 31st, one of these colors- red, yellow, blue, brown, orange, green, violet, black, carnation pink, yellow orange, blue green, red violet, red orange, yellow green, blue violet, white, violet red, dandelion, cerulean, apricot, scarlet, green yellow, indigo or gray-will be sent to the cornfield. Which do you think will be “disappeared”? Which do you _want_ to be “disappeared”? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/2 "2017-03-28T21:22:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Crayola is permanently retiring one of the colors in the 24-count box.](https://consumerist.com/2017/03/28/crayola-is-getting-rid-of-one-crayon-color-from-its-24-count-box/) On March 31st, one of these colors- red, yellow, blue, brown, orange, green, violet, black, carnation pink, yellow orange, blue green, red violet, red orange, yellow green, blue violet, white, violet red, dandelion, cerulean, apricot, scarlet, green yellow, indigo or gray-will be sent to the cornfield. Which do you think will be “disappeared”? > Which do you _want_ to be “disappeared”? Hmmm…I’m gonna go with indigo. Blue violet or violet should be close enough. I don’t remember scarlet in my Crayolas. Is it really similar to either red or violet red? Then maybe one of those can go. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/3 "2017-03-28T21:26:20Z")
I don’t remember dandelion or apricot. They can go. But please, for the love of god, not yellow-green!! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/4 "2017-03-28T21:28:20Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I don’t remember dandelion or apricot. They can go. But please, for the love of god, not yellow-green!! ☹ Apricot’s been there as long as I remember. “Peach” is the one I remember more in the basic pack, but “apricot” was definitely part of the extended set of 48 or 64. Either was the usual color used for caucasian skin tones. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/5 "2017-03-28T21:42:02Z")
There are 3 shades of violet. Perhaps one of those? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/6 "2017-03-28T21:43:53Z")
Orange. But it’s coming right back with a new name. It’s going to be great (again)! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/7 "2017-03-28T21:45:21Z")
Ghod, I miss Burnt Umbra! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/8 "2017-03-28T22:28:09Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Ghod, I miss Burnt Umbra! Burnt umber, I think. That’s an old, old one, though, being retired sometime in the 40s. Perhaps you’re conflating raw umber and burnt sienna. (Or you are referring to one of the original colors.) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/9 "2017-03-28T22:31:37Z")
I hope they’re adding rust. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/10 "2017-03-28T22:33:26Z")
Cerulean is so 2009. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/11 "2017-03-28T22:34:27Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I hope they’re adding rust. Apparently, there was a [rust in a Canadian metallic back](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Crayola_crayon_colors) released way back in 1987. [Here’s a picture of the colors](http://www.crayoncollecting.com/ccolor17.htm). I think I like “bluetonium” the best. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/12 "2017-03-28T22:45:31Z")
When I was a kid, no self-respecting Santa brought less than 64 colors. What was really needed was a 12-unit supplement box, containing six Sky and six Grass. The bunnies could be variously colored, and use up several colors. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/13 "2017-03-28T22:50:19Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Apparently, there was a [rust in a Canadian metallic back](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Crayola_crayon_colors) released way back in 1987. [Here’s a picture of the colors](http://www.crayoncollecting.com/ccolor17.htm). I think I like “bluetonium” the best. 🙂 Mucked up that second link. Let’s try again. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/14 "2017-03-28T22:51:16Z")
Cerulean absolutely should be the sacrificed crayon. I don’t even know off the top of my head what color it is. I’m going to guess some shade of blue, but I don’t know. Hand me a bunch of random crayons with no labels, and tell me to select the cerulean one, and I’m going to pick something bluish. Fuck you, cerulean! ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/15 "2017-03-28T23:09:04Z")
Yeah, I’m not all that clear on what colour cerulean is either (blue-greenish, maybe), so I can’t imagine I’d miss it too much. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/16 "2017-03-28T23:09:20Z")
Cerulean is useful for skies. Not as light as “sky blue,” though, and it does seem to have a slight tinge of green to it. I find one of the violet-type colors to be the most similar to another color. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/17 "2017-03-28T23:11:32Z")
Get rid of blue. So damn arrogant. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/18 "2017-03-28T23:12:44Z")
I vote for **RED**! (I guess Crayola wasn’t dumb enough to do this as an easily-gamed Internet poll, huh?) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/19 "2017-03-28T23:18:06Z")
If you tell me to draw a picture of a dandelion, I’m going to grab a yellow crayon. I’m not even going to bother checking to see if the box contains a crayon called “dandelion”, because I already know what color dandelions are: They’re yellow. If that other crayon isn’t even good for what it’s named after, then what good is it at all? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250/20 "2017-03-28T23:25:05Z")
I always thought the dandelion crayons were supposed to represent what dandelions taste like, but then again, it’s possible that I ate some of the paint off the walls in the rooms where I used crayons. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-it-was-monopoly-then-it-was-crayola-when-will-this-massacre-end/783250.md?page=2)