# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/21 "2002-08-11T22:39:34Z")
My favorite is Cornflower. And I really liked the “Maize” crayon because I thought it worked best for drawing blond hair. But then they got rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![Pink\_Lemonade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a8b319/32.png) [@Pink\_Lemonade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pink_Lemonade)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/22 "2002-08-12T00:49:52Z")
I like the “mauve” 1 that i think only came in the big boxes and i hat white whenever i tried to use it near the other colors on the paper all it did was smear ---
**Author:** ![c\_carol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@c\_carol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_carol)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/23 "2002-08-12T01:23:41Z")
My favorites are the scented crayons that Crayola put out a couple of years ago. I have both sets, the ones that smell like foods and the ones that smell like other things. I would have a hard time picking one favorite, but New Car (dark blue) is pretty cool. Re Racer’s list: Wouldn’t some of those make good band names? Neon Carrot, High Performance Teal, Shiny Shamrock, … ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/24 "2002-08-12T12:17:25Z")
Raw umber, raw sienna and burnt sienna were my tops. Loved teal. Just such a cool name. Liked copper too, but it left a waxy build-up, and never went on evenly. Hated salmon. Looked too weird for me. Ditto with sea green. “fuzzy wuzzy brown”?!?!? Is there a link to see how these colors differ from one another? I mean, what’s the difference between ‘white’ and 'ghost white"? Or is it a re-marketing thing I don’t understand? ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/25 "2002-08-13T03:51:00Z")
I also liked cornflower. Seemed like such an odd name but very soothing to say. I’ve never seen a cornflower (if there is such a plant) so I thought it was cool to know the color of something I’d never seen. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/26 "2002-08-13T15:04:01Z")
“Flesh,” because it’s stupid. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/27 "2002-08-13T23:04:38Z")
Favorite: **magenta** Least favorite: Add me to the list for **white**. It was so annoying – you’d want to draw something white, like snow, but it wouldn’t work anyway. \*\* mongrel\_8\*\* - thanks for reminding me about **Prussian Blue**. I loved the name, even though I didn’t like the color much. I still describe some things in terms of crayon colors, especially **sky blue** and **sea green**. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/28 "2002-08-13T23:13:50Z")
i have been to the crayola factory, i shopped at the crayola store. favourite: blue grey hated: red ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/29 "2002-08-14T11:46:48Z")
Vivid Tangerine was my favorite. So bright. So exciting. So daring. But there was never much to be colored orange, so I drew lots of pictures of the sun. Least favorite - that disgusting salmon color that you had to press really hard with the crayon to get it to show up, and when it did show up, it was ugly. It was amazing how the silver crayon was really cool and sparkly, and the gold crayon just looked like crap and it was always clumpy and streaky. ---
**Author:** ![grettle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@grettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grettle)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/30 "2002-08-14T14:08:14Z")
olive green is my favourite crayon, I make as much of the clothes that colour as i can, everytime. macaroni and cheese is another good one, my best friend in high school dyed her hair that colour for about a month. i HATED the florescent ones, **Peppermint**! I also hated cornflower, blue is ugly to begin with (IMO, obviously), why ruin it more? ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/31 "2002-08-14T16:03:22Z")
My favorite used to be lemon yellow. . .but they retired it. Fortunately, when they created the shamrock color, I was able to find a new favorite. My least favorite was either salmon or raw umber. Yech. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/32 "2002-08-14T18:01:26Z")
Red. No… blue. Aaaaaiiiiiiiieeeeegggggghhhhhhh!!! ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/33 "2002-08-14T18:49:36Z")
lol. **lieu** **racer** , wow, good one. You can find out ANYTHING on the sdmb. I’ll say I like white because I always cheer for the underdog. ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/34 "2002-08-14T19:41:10Z")
My favorite was always **cornflower** as well. Such a pretty shade of blue! And I did NOT like burnt sienna. I really disliked brown as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/35 "2002-08-14T20:42:59Z")
Here are some of the less well known, well, actually rejected colors: [http://www.geocities.com/rick\_dauria/crayon.html](http://www.geocities.com/rick_dauria/crayon.html) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/36 "2002-08-14T22:19:43Z")
Lake Michigan blue ---
**Author:** ![orion007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@orion007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orion007)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218/37 "2002-08-15T01:56:45Z")
Hey, White isn’t _completely_ useless. You can blend colors with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-crayon/123218.md?page=1)