# What is YOUR favorite crayon??? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 10, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218 "2002-08-10T00:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PeppermintPatty85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PeppermintPatty85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeppermintPatty85)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/1 "2002-08-10T00:19:26Z")
I went on a date last week with a guy, quirky but fun at the time. Anywho he was the first guy to ever ask me “What’s your favorite crayon? What’s your least favorite crayon?” Of all the things to ask… I thought it was a pretty genius thing to ask because I think the color of choice that one used most often is a good indication as to what kind of person one is. So if you’d like to know… My favorite crayon was Brick Red because it wasn’t as annoying and vibrant as RED… my least favorite crayon was Burnt Sienna because wasn’t exactly orange, nor was it brown… What were yours? and why? ---
**Author:** ![erin\_uh\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@erin\_uh\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erin_uh_oh)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/2 "2002-08-10T01:22:37Z")
my favorite was a blue called something unpronouncable, like “cerulean” or something. i can’t remember since as a child, i never could pronounce it. and my least favorite was carnation pink. it looked like it was going to be so pretty, but then when you drew with it, it looked all streaky and ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/3 "2002-08-10T02:01:37Z")
Hmmmm… _opens the **Crayola Big Box of Crayons** next to her computer and starts sorting through_ Denim. Least favorite is white. It’s useless on white paper and almost useless on colored paper. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/4 "2002-08-10T02:08:16Z")
Favorite: **midnight blue** , thick, vibrant, and almost velvety Least Favorite: **periwinkle** , too waxy, the color was weak and splotchy bella ---
**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/5 "2002-08-10T11:28:00Z")
My favorite color is that light red strawberry sumthinorother. My least favorite is that one that’s kind of yellowy-brown. I don’t remember what it’s called. Every time I see it the word “putrid” pops into my mind. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/6 "2002-08-10T12:37:26Z")
My favourite crayon is **black**. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/7 "2002-08-10T13:31:43Z")
\ “Crayola crayon collector here” erin, it pronounce sir-rule-ee-en. It is one of my favorites. Here are the approximately 234 colors released by the Crayola company the last 50 years. Many are from the special collections, not the standard 72 or 96 crayon box. aero green almond antique brass apricot aqua pearl aquamarine asparagus atomic tangerine aztec gold baby’s blanket banana mania beaver big block blue bittersweet black black coral pearl blacklight purple blazing bonfire blizzard blue blue blue bell blue gray retired blue green blue neon blue steel blue violet brick red brink pink broadway red brown burnished brown burnt orange burnt sienna butternut squash cadet blue canary candy apple red caribbean green caribbean green pearl carnation pink cerise cerulean cerulean frost chestnut chiffon yellow cinnamon satin coffee comet tail tan cool and crazy copper copper penny cornflower cosmic cobalt cotton candy cranberry cultured pearl cutting torch orange dandelion dark ruby red denim desert sand eggplant electric lime fern fireworks blue foggy blue forest green fuchsia fuzzy wuzzy brown ghost white glistening pine tree glitter ribbon rose glossy grape gold goldenrod granite gray granny smith apple gray green green blue retired green sheen green yellow heavy metal purple high performance teal holiday foil green hot magenta hybrid rose pink indian red (now chestnut) indigo jungle green kewl teal key lime pearl laser lemon lavender lemon lime zing lemon yellow retired lilac luster macaroni-n-cheese magenta magenta mix-up magic mint mahogany maize retired manatee manderin pearl maroon mauvelous mellow grape melon metallic blue metallic copper metallic dark blue metallic gold metallic gray metallic green metallic lavender metallic lime metallic maroon metallic orange metallic purple metallic red metallic rose metallic teal metallic violet metallic yellow midnight blue midnight pearl misty moss mixed veggies moonglow green mountain meadow mulberry mystic maroon mystic pearl navy blue neon carrot ocean blue pearl ocean green pearl off-road olive green orange orange red ret orange yellow ret orchid orchid pearl outer space outrageous orange pacific blue peach peaches 'n cream pearly purple periwinkle petty blue pewter blue pig pink pine green pink flamingo plum polished lime polished pine pumpkin purple heart purple mountain majesty purple pizzazz quick silver radical red rainforest raw sienna raw umber retired razzle dazzle rose razzmatazz red red orange red violet robin’s egg blue root beer brown rose dust rose pearl royal purple rusty red salmon salmon pearl scarlet screamin green sea green sepia shadow shadow blue shamrock shiny shamrock shocking pink shrimp cocktail silver sky blue southwest sparkling black cherry spring green star bangled banner starry night black steel teal stonewashed sugar plum sunglow sunny pearl sunset orange sunset pearl super lavender surts up tan teal blue thistle tickle me pink timber wolf tropical rain forest tumbleweed turquoise blue turquoise pearl twilight lavender twister unmellow yellow violet (purple) violet blue retired violet red vivid tangerine vivid violet warm and fuzzy white wild strawberry wild watermelon wintergreen dream wisteria yellow yellow green yellow orange I like purple mountain majesty. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/8 "2002-08-10T13:38:45Z")
racer, Oh man how long did that take you? Shrimp Cocktail - good name. ---
**Author:** ![EggNogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EggNogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EggNogg)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/9 "2002-08-10T13:47:08Z")
The blue ones taste the best egg ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/10 "2002-08-10T17:04:06Z")
My favorite color was blue-green. (NOT to be confused with green-blue, there was a difference) My least favorite color was white. As someone said before, what a completely USELESS crayon. Even on colored paper, it didn’t work. However, my favorite crayon name was “periwinkle”. I dunno why…It’s just stuck with me over the years. Come to think of it, I can’t remember having used it either. ---
**Author:** ![PeppermintPatty85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PeppermintPatty85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeppermintPatty85)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/11 "2002-08-10T17:40:31Z")
Did anyone ever get the big box of like 96 crayons. why 96 I’m not sure, but did you get the section with the Florescent colors??? I always had a section of Florescent Crayons…But never did I use any of them… Did you ??? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/12 "2002-08-10T18:06:10Z")
When I was a kid, the Big Khahuna box had 64 colors, so I don’t know about all these new-fangled flavors. (You had to buy a separate set to get the fluorescents, but that was just too way out there for the likes of me.) Anyway, my favorite color was “raw umber” because of the intriguing name. What was raw about it? What was umber? Who would use this crayon? My least favorite color was also “raw umber.” What did it think it was doing, confusing me like that? The actual hue was, just _wrong_. What kind of psycho would color something with a crayon called “raw umber”? The love-hate relationship with this crayon left me a quite conflicted child. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/13 "2002-08-10T19:09:05Z")
I loved copper. White was useless. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/14 "2002-08-10T19:16:09Z")
I loved copper. White was useless. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/15 "2002-08-11T00:50:02Z")
I adore burnt sienna. While not necessarily the most beautiful of colors, I love the name! ---
**Author:** ![Deadly\_Nightlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/16 "2002-08-11T04:39:56Z")
My fave was sea green My least favorite was burnt sienna ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/17 "2002-08-11T06:01:27Z")
Favourite “Indina Red” now called “Chestnut” (though if IIRC the original name was based on a particular pigment commonly found in India, but they changed the name because people thought it was based on racist notions of the skin tone Native Americans). I loved Indian Red because it was a rich red that wasn’t so fire engine bright as “red.” I hated all “skin tones” because they were all weird peachy colours that gave me the creeps (still do!) ---
**Author:** ![clevername](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@clevername](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clevername)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/18 "2002-08-11T08:01:10Z")
I loved the silver crayon, it only came in some size boxes and always seemed to be used up the fastest. I guess I just wasn’t into realism as a child, all my refrigerator drawings had people with silver hair and eyes in silver shoes who lived in cerulean houses. Come to think of it, I rather wish I had silver hair and eyes and lived in a cerulean house. Oh well, I’ll have to make do with brown hair and green eyes and a yellow house. At least I’m not burnt sienna. ---
**Author:** ![mongrel\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mongrel\_8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongrel_8)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/19 "2002-08-11T12:16:26Z")
My favorite crayon is the late great **Prussian Blue**. My least favorite was probably those mutt crayons, the ones that aren’t exactly any color. Like yellow-green, burnt sienna ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/20 "2002-08-11T22:36:00Z")
Definitely **black** because it allowed me to alter the coloring book drawings prior to coloring it in. My least favorite is the eggshell blue color they had. Can’t remember the name of it even after reviewing the list above. But it was a pretty wimpy color. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218.md?page=2)