Banned Crayon Color Names

Crayola changed a few crayon color NAMES that weren't politically correct. They also "retired" many other color names that weren't popular. Jim and Dawn tell the stories behind Flesh color, Indian Red, and Prussian Blue. We try to tell a fun story in this film. If our little films make you feel good please consider subscribing. Thank you from Jim and Dawn.

VIDEO NOTES YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT:
1) "Banned"?? Didn't they just "change" the name? Yup, at least two of the names are banned by management and won't return in a "discontinued colors" special issue or a future "Retired Colors" issue. They want to avoid trouble.

2) "Hey, I had the Flesh Crayon years after 1962!" Many people found FLESH in new boxes years after they changed the name in 1962. That's because tons of old stock was still on shelves and warehouses over a decade later. But 1962 is correct as the year they changed the name. Other colors that children had loved for decades have have been "retired" rather than banned.

3) "This is woke and political!" It's not. Go somewhere else for that. We're just reporting what people said and did. We didn't say it. They did.

3) ERROR FIX: at 07:09 it's actually orange-red and orange-yellow.

4) AI Voice? Nope. We don't use AI voices. It's just us.

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[JimCutler]

THANKS to 2.4 Million views! There are 5 notes in the video description that answers the most common questions.

[gabriendoesthingssometimes]

crayola: lets remove dandelion because we already have a yellow in the 24 pack
also crayola: *adds a sixth blue*

[Caitilizzie]

Imagine a conversation like:
“What’s your favorite color?”
*“FLESH”*

[pennyrainer]

I loved this trip down memory lane. In my 71 years, I have purchased many boxes of crayons. They have to be Crayola because the others are like trying to color with a tinted candle. My favorite was always periwinkle. Thanks for the memories.

[jeannedolan]

My favorite was actually periwinkle and it still is. I bought myself the prized 64 box when I was about 50, the very smell of those crayons makes me giddy for school to start in the fall. I have not started school in the fall for nearly sixty years, but I always have a few crayons to bring out for my granddaughters. I got into a little trouble back in preschool when I tried to eat a purple crayon, I think I tried to pretend it was a grape lifesaver. Thank you for your charming

[MyriamSaldarriaga]

My favorite was “dandelion” because I didn’t like the regular yellow when I was smaller

[zazzue]

The best thing about Crayola is the smell. Open a box and the smell takes you right back to your childhood.

[mooster]

You didn't mention the meme from a number of years ago that said, "I can smell this picture". The smell of crayolas is such an iconic part of the coloring experience of childhood. Thanks for the memories!

[ginnieplato]

Can’t believe they offed Raw Umber! I felt so smart knowing what that color was when I would see it in the world—like “what color is that tree?” “oh, I’d say it’s RAW UMBER”
Your vid made me able to smell that unmistakable smell when you opened the box——thanks for the memories!

[zym]

i coulda SWORN i’ve seen prussian blue crayon before tho

also dandelion was a color i used a ton growing up, literally was more common than yellow HOW was that retired

[ShortHax]

I thought flesh was changed to stop kids from eating the crayons, because they craved flesh more than peaches

[helenfierro]

I remember Flesh, indian red, and a lot of the others thanks for the video brought back good memories

[dlherzog]

Silver & Sky Blue...just ...heavenly🤗 Thank you so much for this video, made my day by helping me to remember precious childhood memories! ☺️

[colajuly]

I got quite emotional when I saw the names/drawing of the kids that once were. Such small details in a lifetime but they give a glimpse of how cherished they once were. It makes you wonder who these kids grew up to be and where life took them.

[relaxium]

It's quite interesting, that back than a lot of crayons had names of actual existing colours and pigments, that look similar to that crayons. Now they are more focused on "fun" names, that are meant to catch attention, rather than help to define different colours.

[fireguy_]

This gave me Christmas Story vibes (in a good way) and the narration was done very well.

[LovlyHorror]

My favorite shade of blue is cerulean. Every time I needed a blue crayon from the box, without fail, that was the one I was drawn to.

[NIntender]

Ironically, everyone in my first grade class who didn't know what Peach was actually called referred to it as "skin-color" before our art teacher corrected us.

[theladyfausta]

I love that the drawing style of children hasn't changed--the stick figures we start out with are almost universal in a sense, and something about that is comforting.

[robertkroberjr.]

I remember when I was little, my mom was like a professional artist when it came to coloring books! They almost looked like paintings.
RIP Mom and Dad.
🙏❤️