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It is unclear who created the first crayon or began to produce it as well as the company but they were first publicized in 1881 with boxes of 6, 12, and 18.
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Crayola was founded in 1885 by their founder Edwin Binney,
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The first Crayola Crayon is created by Binny and Smith
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This accorded in the 1920s.
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Crayola once again changes the paper and it begins to look like the look we see today.
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Crayola adds a box simply named #52
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Crayola's "Name the Colors" contest kicked off in 1992 with 16 unnamed colors that were to be named by the public.
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1 tropical rain forest named by Walker Watson Age: 62 robin’s egg blue named by Christopher Straub Age: 83 cerise named by Connie Johnson Age: 32 1992 Color Contest Winner Names#4 tickle me pink named by Sam Marcus Age: 12 5 macaroni and cheese named by Adrienne Watral Age: 66 tumbleweed named by Julee Robinson Age: 337 asparagus named by Sharon Kopriva Age: 458 granny smith apple named by Ashley Rempe Age: 11
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9 purple mountain’s majesty named by Mildred Sampson Age: 8910 timber wolf named by Katherine Donohoue Age: 4211 denim named by Sherry Powell Age: 4412 shamrock named by Patricia A. Hoh Age: 1113 razzmatazz named by Laura Bartolomei-Hill Age: 5 ½14 wisteria named by Lisa Maclldoon Age: 1715 mauvelous named by Susan Rissover Age: 3116 pacific blue named by Dharam Kaur Khalso Age: 40
