Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:12 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
Friday Art Quiz! - Cray-zee Over CTYankee
A Friday Art Quiz For The Rest Of Us
Yeah, I know, I know... it's another Friday afternoon here at DU, and you know what that means. All week long you've been waiting and wondering what CTYankee is going to post for the "Friday Art Quiz" and you figure that for the first time in your life you'll be able to recognize anything it or know what it is. IF this Friday is like most Fridays, you'll again be totally flummoxed, look at the pictures, shrug your shoulders and move on. But not this week. Not this week. This week, we have an art quiz for everyone. No stuffy museums, funny sounding foreign names, and nekkid ladies looking like they walked into a blender as viewed through a kaleidoscope. Oh no. Today's art quiz is for all of us who spent art class learning the fundamentals. Y'know things like how to coat your hand with Elmer's Glue and then peel it off in one sheet; that "non-toxic means you can eat it!"; and "lefties need different scissors, really?" Whether you had a box of 4, 12, 64, the really big one with the sharpener, or just a coffee can full of waxy little nubbins, this test will challenge your grasp of the subtle nomenclature of the Crayola spectrum. Below are six images of Crayola crayon colors. To get full credit, you must name the color and tell us your most vivid, strange, or unusual childhood memory of mastering the crayon. Bonus points if your memory is connected with the specific color. #1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
The usual rules apply: No cheating, don't run with scissors and SHARE!
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63 replies, 1637 views
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| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | OP | |
| NYC_SKP | Nov 2012 | #1 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #2 | |
| librechik | Nov 2012 | #3 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #8 | |
| librechik | Nov 2012 | #11 | |
| Sekhmets Daughter | Nov 2012 | #54 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #58 | |
| Sekhmets Daughter | Nov 2012 | #59 | |
| Sekhmets Daughter | Nov 2012 | #60 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #61 | |
| Sekhmets Daughter | Nov 2012 | #62 | |
| CTyankee | Nov 2012 | #4 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #5 | |
| CTyankee | Nov 2012 | #6 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #7 | |
| CTyankee | Nov 2012 | #10 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #13 | |
| CTyankee | Nov 2012 | #16 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #26 | |
| CTyankee | Nov 2012 | #44 | |
| IcyPeas | Nov 2012 | #9 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #12 | |
| librechik | Nov 2012 | #21 | |
| malaise | Nov 2012 | #14 | |
| librechik | Nov 2012 | #15 | |
| pinboy3niner | Nov 2012 | #18 | |
| librechik | Nov 2012 | #20 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #24 | |
| librechik | Nov 2012 | #27 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #28 | |
| librechik | Nov 2012 | #32 | |
| surrealAmerican | Nov 2012 | #17 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #22 | |
| woo me with science | Nov 2012 | #19 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #23 | |
| yardwork | Nov 2012 | #29 | |
| yardwork | Nov 2012 | #31 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #37 | |
| yardwork | Nov 2012 | #40 | |
| yardwork | Nov 2012 | #42 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #47 | |
| yardwork | Nov 2012 | #48 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #50 | |
| yardwork | Nov 2012 | #51 | |
| woo me with science | Nov 2012 | #34 | |
| yardwork | Nov 2012 | #35 | |
| woo me with science | Nov 2012 | #36 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #25 | |
| pinboy3niner | Nov 2012 | #33 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #38 | |
| Generic Other | Nov 2012 | #30 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #39 | |
| IcyPeas | Nov 2012 | #41 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #46 | |
| Aerows | Nov 2012 | #43 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #45 | |
| Gidney N Cloyd | Nov 2012 | #49 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #52 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #53 | |
| IcyPeas | Nov 2012 | #56 | |
| jberryhill | Nov 2012 | #57 | |
| blogslut | Nov 2012 | #55 | |
| IcyPeas | Dec 2012 | #63 |
Response to jberryhill (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:22 PM
NYC_SKP (48,725 posts)
1. I'll leave the "name each color" part to others, but share my story here:
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Back in the 60's.
In a little country school, 8 grades, two teachers, Mrs. Ramsey and Mrs. Goetz. I remember being just charmed by colors and I have vivid memories of the boxes of colors all mixed up, but also finding one color that was my very favorite. And it still is. Not orange, not red, but Red-Orange:
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Response to NYC_SKP (Reply #1)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:24 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
2. No love for orange red?
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Last edited Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:24 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) I think I should have also asked for "favorite flavor". |
Response to NYC_SKP (Reply #1)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:30 PM
librechik (24,983 posts)
3. I'm a HUGE fan of Prussian Blue
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I used to make my mom get me the big box of 64 colors just to be sure I got it.
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Response to librechik (Reply #3)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:58 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
8. #5 is, of course, not prussian blue
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I always wondered where Prussia was, and why it was that color, though. |
Response to jberryhill (Reply #8)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:16 PM
librechik (24,983 posts)
11. yup-- I'm mostly wrong on CT Yankee's quizzes,too--I really love them tho
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and love CTYankee!
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Response to librechik (Reply #3)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:57 PM
Sekhmets Daughter (7,005 posts)
54. That was always my favorite as well....
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I would trade with other kids so I could have more than one!
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Response to Sekhmets Daughter (Reply #54)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:07 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
58. Hang on....
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My wife has suggested, and it seems to proven out here, that there generational differences in crayon memories. We went to school when schools were actually funded, and the year didn't start with a shopping list for parents. There was no "trading" of crayons, because the crayons - of assorted colors and whatnot - belonged to the school. These would be kept in cigar boxes (yes actual boxes that formerly held cigars) which was at that time a common household item, coffee cans (which were pretty large back in the day), and so on, and distributed with random colors and conditions of crayons in them. Are school art class supplies no longer community items across the board? |
Response to jberryhill (Reply #58)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:48 PM
Sekhmets Daughter (7,005 posts)
59. I was born in 1948...
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but we always had our own crayons at home for coloring and drawing. As my friends had their own as well, much swapping went on.
Art classes are among the first to go when budgets become tight. I live in Florida and when we moved here in 1987 with our 3 children the first grader was placed in a Portable classroom with a teacher hired at the last minute and given no money for supplies of any type. We parents provided paper, chalk, erasers, crayons, pencils etc. It was appalling. Fortunately half the student body came from an upscale neighborhood and our PTA always raised lots of money as well. Public education in Florida is a disgrace...our children eventually ended up in private schools. |
Response to jberryhill (Reply #58)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:50 PM
Sekhmets Daughter (7,005 posts)
60. Oh yes
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my father worked for AMF's cigar division machinery, he supplied many of those boxes for the classrooms when I was a child.
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Response to Sekhmets Daughter (Reply #60)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 04:22 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
61. Not only did it hold crayons...
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...but provided examples of fine Dutch Masters.
I still remember a friend of mine preferring crayons that came from the "Perfectos" ![]() |
Response to jberryhill (Reply #61)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 04:29 PM
Sekhmets Daughter (7,005 posts)
62. That is too funny!
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My father passed away before cigars became all the rage again. In fact AMF went out of the cigar machinery business in 1972. He would have so enjoyed seeing the revival. Of course, we had many laughs about those hand rolled Cuban cigars...among the assets seized when Castro took over were dozens of cigar machines manufactured and serviced by AMF. I still have this tiny jacket my father brought home for me from one of his Cuban trips pre-1959.
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Response to jberryhill (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:48 PM
CTyankee (34,997 posts)
4. Love it (and #6 has real possibilities)...
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Actually, YOU are going to LOVE today's Friday Afternoon Challenge...and as you know, I can NEVER stump DUers...the wisdom of crowds and lots of art savvy people!
Thanks for the plug for my humble challenges...hope lots of DU folks visit around 5 right here in GD. No nekkid ladies tonight tho... |
Response to CTyankee (Reply #4)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:48 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
5. Stumped you, did I?
Response to jberryhill (Reply #5)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:51 PM
CTyankee (34,997 posts)
6. sure did but if it is what I suspect it is, it may have relevance to today's challenge...
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but maybe not...
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Response to CTyankee (Reply #6)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:56 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
7. Okay, I'll bite...
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Call it the Friday psychic challenge Alberto Giacommeti? |
Response to jberryhill (Reply #7)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:11 PM
CTyankee (34,997 posts)
10. You are a mind reader! I was researching him just yesterday and found an interesting work that
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I had never seen before (it's apparently on sale for just under half a million bucks).
But no Giacommeti will appear today. Actually, I was of thinking someone else... |
Response to CTyankee (Reply #10)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:21 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
13. Ah, then it's that other guy who isn't Giacommeti
Response to jberryhill (Reply #13)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:28 PM
CTyankee (34,997 posts)
16. Oh, jberryhill, once again you nailed it!
Response to CTyankee (Reply #16)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:52 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
26. What you probably don't know
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...is that he started working with Crayola crayons, but somebody stole the box. So after that, he had to use the "lost wax" casting method. Heh. |
Response to jberryhill (Reply #26)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:39 PM
CTyankee (34,997 posts)
44. I didn't know that. Thanks.
Response to jberryhill (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:09 PM
IcyPeas (3,199 posts)
9. Are numbers 2 and 5...
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Burnt Sienna
and Ultramarine Blue? if so, what do I win? |
Response to IcyPeas (Reply #9)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:19 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
12. #2 is correct! Missed on #5
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Last edited Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:20 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) I always felt sorry for the people of Sienna, having lived through that horrible fire.
It was one of the other options to using what Crayola has long since discontinued as "flesh". And the name of #5 was one that always puzzled me. |
Response to jberryhill (Reply #12)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:41 PM
librechik (24,983 posts)
21. omg lol n/t
Response to jberryhill (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:25 PM
malaise (105,899 posts)
14. This thread is fall down funny
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and I'm a big fan of CTYankee
DU is the best(est) |
Response to jberryhill (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:26 PM
librechik (24,983 posts)
15. #5 has got to be Yves Klein Blue--how cool to have your name attached to a color
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while you are still alive!
(just kidding--I doubt the Crayola people ever heard of Yves Klein.) that's just standard ultramarine |
Response to librechik (Reply #15)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:29 PM
pinboy3niner (27,430 posts)
18. Ultramarine?
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Is that like really, REALLY in the Navy?
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Response to pinboy3niner (Reply #18)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:40 PM
librechik (24,983 posts)
20. ooh yeah-- with fringe on!
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lol
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Response to librechik (Reply #15)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:49 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
24. It is not ultramarine
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I didn't know there was an ultramarine. |
Response to jberryhill (Reply #24)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:52 PM
librechik (24,983 posts)
27. Ultramarine is only in the big big box of 128 colors.
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You know, the X rated package with taco pink and fabulous lavender.
Oh no, did I say that out loud? |
Response to librechik (Reply #27)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:53 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
28. ....which always made me wonder
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How many colors ARE there, anyway? |
Response to jberryhill (Reply #28)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:58 PM
librechik (24,983 posts)
32. my son, a computer programmer & graphic designer, did a project where he "named" ALL the colors
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and there were over 2 million colors visible to human eyes. It was a project he did for the National Gallery of Victoria, but it's a sort of table of colors that everyone can use now (mostly in computers)
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Response to jberryhill (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:28 PM
surrealAmerican (7,469 posts)
17. Is number 6 "bronze"?
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I'm thinking our carving friend would have found that irresistible.
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Response to surrealAmerican (Reply #17)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:47 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
22. The same artist has done one in bronze, but # 6 it is not
Response to jberryhill (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:34 PM
woo me with science (19,548 posts)
19. #5, cornflower blue?
Response to woo me with science (Reply #19)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:47 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
23. BINGO
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I could never figure that out. "Corn is yellow, why is this blue?" |
Response to jberryhill (Reply #23)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:55 PM
yardwork (37,074 posts)
29. A cornflower is a blue-flowering weed that is common in cornfields.
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I always hated that particular Crayola crayon color because it doesn't lay down properly. It is much too light.
My favorite color was magenta. I don't see magenta in your choices. #4 is Periwinkle I think. #3 is either yellow green or green yellow. I can't tell. #6 is that color I didn't like. I forget what it's called. |
Response to yardwork (Reply #29)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:57 PM
yardwork (37,074 posts)
31. On second look, #6 might be plain old Gold.
Response to yardwork (Reply #31)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:18 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
37. Bingo on #6
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#4 is neither magenta the color, nor Magenta the Rocky Horror character. You are going to have to commit to one choice on green/yellow or yellow/green. Those are two entirely different colors. |
Response to jberryhill (Reply #37)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:22 PM
yardwork (37,074 posts)
40. Magenta is definitely not up there. I thought that #4 might be Periwinkle.
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Last edited Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:22 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) Argh. #3 - it's the 50/50/90 rule. I have a 90% chance of making the wrong choice. I could cheat but instead I'll just cover my eyes and say..........green yellow?
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Response to yardwork (Reply #40)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:24 PM
yardwork (37,074 posts)
42. No, no. I's yellow green. I'm sure of it! That's the ticket.
Response to jberryhill (Reply #47)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:50 PM
yardwork (37,074 posts)
48. Aaaaargh! I changed my mind!!!! LOL.
Response to yardwork (Reply #48)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:52 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
50. Does the new one work any better?
Response to jberryhill (Reply #50)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:54 PM
yardwork (37,074 posts)
51. No. I want the old one back. Wait. I can't decide.....
Response to jberryhill (Reply #23)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:59 PM
woo me with science (19,548 posts)
34. Yay!
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Good question. You made me look it up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornflower Thanks for stepping in to do the quiz. |
Response to woo me with science (Reply #34)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:03 PM
yardwork (37,074 posts)
35. It is fun! I forgot to mention that "corn" in Europe doesn't mean what it means in the U.S.
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What we call corn is maize, which comes from Mexico originally. What Europeans call "corn" is any grain grown as a crop, like wheat.
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Response to yardwork (Reply #35)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:14 PM
woo me with science (19,548 posts)
36. Cool!
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I learned something today!
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Response to jberryhill (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:50 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
25. No guesses yet on #1, #3 or #4
Response to jberryhill (Reply #25)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:59 PM
pinboy3niner (27,430 posts)
33. #1 and #3 are tough! But is #4 Wisteria? nt
Response to pinboy3niner (Reply #33)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:18 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
38. Whoo hoo - You nailed #4!
Response to jberryhill (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:57 PM
Generic Other (20,293 posts)
30. The girl who sat next to me ate crayons
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Last edited Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:59 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) No. 6 especially has made me feel enormous guilt for being a 1st grade shark about her obsessive behavior. While my desk partner's crayons did not look quite as figural as these crayons, her crayons had the indelible tooth marks to prove her obsession. I imagine she was tasting the colors maybe. Or seeing the pictures she would draw. Touching her tongue against the rainbow on those rainy days we sat so hard at work in the classroom. I could hear her nibbling the crayons. I saw the bits of wax, the gnawed crayons stripped of their paper even.
To me this was sacrilege. My crayons were perfect--without flaws. I reacted as if at my best friend had died if I dropped one and it broke. As if I had destroyed something magic. And that poor thing next to me with her chewed up awful crayons gnawed into nasty looking bits. And often on Monday, she would bring a new box to replace the old. At some point I convinced myself and her that if she merely meant to mutilate all hers anyway, she should trade me her perfect ones for my broken ones. I could have spent a lot of years in therapy over this incident, but luckily you helped me reveal the terrible secret. My undying gratitude. Now, would you like to trade my broken crayons for your whole ones? |
Response to Generic Other (Reply #30)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:20 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
39. If the broken edges are sharp enough, sure
Response to jberryhill (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:23 PM
IcyPeas (3,199 posts)
41. is 3 just called "yellow-green"
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sea green was one of my favorite colors, but this does not look like it.
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Response to IcyPeas (Reply #41)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:46 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
46. Close but no cigar
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These were tasty: |
Response to jberryhill (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:25 PM
Aerows (13,813 posts)
43. Two is
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Burnt Orange. I had the 64 color box, which I believe is the only box it comes in. I often used it to color horses since I thought they were pretty when they were reddish brown
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Response to Aerows (Reply #43)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:43 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
45. It is burnt, but not an orange
Response to jberryhill (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:52 PM
Gidney N Cloyd (10,442 posts)
49. I'm just slightly better than the guy in the chart here...
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For instance, I can also distinguish 'dark blue,' 'light blue,' and 'regular blue.'
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Response to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #49)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:55 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
52. I sort of "red" or "not red"
Response to jberryhill (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:57 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
53. Only one left is #1 - I'm sure someone with sleuth it out
Response to jberryhill (Reply #53)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:02 PM
IcyPeas (3,199 posts)
56. No. 1 is GREEN
Response to IcyPeas (Reply #56)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:03 PM
jberryhill (29,844 posts)
57. Awesome! How did you know?
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Leave it to DU to make that the toughest challenge in the box. |
Response to jberryhill (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:58 PM
blogslut (27,290 posts)
55. mr. jberryhill, I believe you favor the cool end of the spectrum
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Last edited Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:58 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) Someone already guessed the only Crayola color I can recall.
I do remember composing great works of art with crayon shavings, wax paper and an iron, under the enthusiastic supervision of our art teacher. Anyone remember art teachers? Sigh. |
Response to blogslut (Reply #55)
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 04:44 PM
IcyPeas (3,199 posts)
63. We did the crayon shavings and iron thing....
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too in school. I always remember that - and the smell. I thought those were beautiful. We used some black thread too. sort of made a design out of the thread then filled in the areas with color so it was light stained glass. ahhh what a nice memory you have brought back.
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