He Won A Crayola Crayon-Naming Contest In 1992 As A Boy–Now It’s Been Voted 2 Color In The World
He Won A Crayola Crayon-Naming Contest In 1992 As A Boy–Now It’s Been Voted 2 Color In The World
He Won A Crayola Crayon-Naming Contest In 1992 As A Boy–Now It’s Been Voted 2 Color In The World World’s Top 3 Favorite Crayola Colors An iconic and charming shade of blue-green has a surprising origin story, one that was just recognized in a worldwide poll as one of the most popular crayon colors ever made. It turns out an 8-year-old boy hatched the idea and name for “robin’s egg blue”—not a chic design catalogue. He won a Crayola crayon color naming contest in 1992 with the idea. Chris Straub from Vermont gave the iconic name to the iconic color, and in a international survey of 180 countries, Crayola recently revealed that of all the crayon colors they’ve ever produced (and they’ve made a lot), robin’s egg blue was the second favorite. “My mom being a third grade teacher, that was just something that we had,” Straub told ABC 22. So, I was definitely always coloring always drawing. Obviously with Crayola products. So, I think this contest was the natural extension of things we had around…