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When crayola started.
\The name Crayola was suggested by Alice Binney, wife of company founder Edwin Binney, combining craie, French for "chalk," a reference to the pastels that preceded and lent their name to the first drawing crayons, a reference to the wax from which the crayons were made. -
The first couple colors made
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, brown and black. -
The first box
The first box of Crayola Crayons was produced in 1903 as an 8 count box. -
how many total crayons
120 crayons -
how long has crayola been around
They have been around for 133 years
