Rainbow!: The Evolution Of Crayola Colors

I remember when I was growing up I only had one crayon color: stick. You had to really bear down on the paper, but it was kind of a brownish-green. Sometimes more brown, sometimes more green, but always ready to poke your eye out. Maybe your parents bought you things though, maybe you had a plethora of colors, which is even more likely if you were born in the past ten or fifteen years. Which, according to a quick calculation, would make you around 10 to 15. My target demographic. I'm hip, I know what's up with you guys. So, you cats wanna slam some pogs or what? Yeah? Cool, I'll Rollerblade right over.

Color Me A Dinosaur [weathersealed]
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Crayola Color Chart, 1903-2010 [buzzfeed]

Thanks to Martin, who used to smear shit on the wall by his crib. Still does.

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