If you had to pick a crayon from a box of 8, which would you pick. Red, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Green, Purple.Black

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or Brown. I would pick blue. How about your?

[SheltieLover]

1. Def purple

[debm55]

8. Thank you very much, SheltieLover. My son would take a purple crayon with him when he was very young.

[Onthefly]

9. Remember the book, "Harold and his Purple Crayon."

Crockett Johnson, 1955.

[debm55]

14. Yes, I read it to him. I think that is where he got the idea for always carrying a purple crayon. This was when he first

started to walk, Thank you for bringing those memories back, Onthefly.

[Onthefly]

16. My children loved it too!

[electric_blue68]

24. I loved those books!

[underpants]

2. Fleshtone - yes they used to have those

Great band

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[debm55]

6. Thank you very much, underpants. If I remember correctly. the eight pack had the primary and secondary colors.Plus black

and black and brown. The larger 24 count had more choices.

[underpants]

20. I know. That's thought I'd throw that out there. Green.

[debm55]

21. Thank you underpants. I understand---it's not easy being green.

[electric_blue68]

25. Hahahaha, I thought of that band before I saw your comnebt

I saw them once

[underpants]

66. I did too. Great show.

Kings Head Inn in Norfolk

My buddies were certain that the lead singer was flirting with me. Not homophobic but as you can imagine they never let me forget that.

[Norrrm]

31. Flesh crayon?

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36. Thank you m Norrm. Crayola has for a long time made a pack of crayons that give all shades of skin color. No primary or

or secondary, just skin colors. I had them in my classroom.

[Conjuay]

50. my wife as well

once she found them in walmart they became a featured item in her classroom.

[debm55]

73. Thank you, Conjuay.

[underpants]

63. 1962. They changed it from "flesh" to "peach"

I did my own research 🧐

[debm55]

65. Well, thank you for that.underpants. You are very sweet.

[electric_blue68]

70. I remembered seeing them, a good change.

[CrispyQ]

54. Oh no!! Crayola's gone woke!

Love these!

[debm55]

57. Thank you ,CrispyQ. they have been around for awhile. Wonderful idea. I had them in my classroom.

[CrispyQ]

67. I didn't realize you were a teacher, Deb.

I have two cousins who are teachers & a neighbor, too. I had some really great teachers growing up!

[debm55]

69. Oh yes, for 42 years.

[anciano]

3. Blue

[debm55]

10. I agree. Thank you anciano.

[CTyankee]

4. Red of course. My fave color. It stands out and I have always loved it so....

[debm55]

11. Thank you very much, CTyankee. Red for you

[Sneederbunk]

5. I will have to get back to you on this.

I have reserved a time later in the day to decide.

[debm55]

12. HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[JMCKUSICK]

7. As a Vikings fan, Purple 💜

[debm55]

13. Thank you, very much, John.

[EYESORE 9001]

15. Blue Violet

That color really resonated with me.

[debm55]

17. Thank you very much, EYESORE 9001. Beautiful color

[MiHale]

18. Black...

If coloring in a coloring book with the correct pressures you can still create a picture with reasonable variations in greyscale to somewhat replicate a multi-colored picture. Okay now I gotta go take a nap.

[debm55]

19. Thank you very much, MiHale. Great Theory.

[beemerphill]

22. This one is EASY!

RED.

[debm55]

23. Thank you so much, beemerphill.

[OLDMDDEM]

26. Green

[debm55]

37. Thank you very much , OLDMDDEM.

[tblue37]

27. Orange, my favorite color. Then yellow, then red.

[debm55]

38. Thank you very much, tblue37. The warm comforting colors.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. Probably Red

Maybe black. 2 of my electric guitars are red, 2 are black.
I wear nothing but black pants, but have 5 different shades of red sweaters. (In fact, I'm wearing black & red right now.)
I guess I can't choose.
I'll pick the red one, but I'm stealing the black one and hiding it in my pocket.

[debm55]

39. HAHAHAHAHAHHA. Thank you very much, Professor GAC. Great combination.

[Polly Hennessey]

29. Yellow followed by green.

🌻💚

[debm55]

40. Thank you very much, PollyHennessey. Enjoy your favorite colors.

[MIButterfly]

30. Blue.

As long as I could only pick one.

[debm55]

41. Thank you MIButterfly. Do you have another choice to go with blue?

[MIButterfly]

48. Purple!

Between the two, my favorite depends upon how I'm feeling at the time.

I once had a co-worker ask me in the parking lot "don’t you ever wear any other color besides purple?" which I thought was strange since although I did wear it often, it wasn't every single day.

[debm55]

49. HAHAHAHAHHA. Thank you very much, MIButterfly. Purple would be my second choice.

[doc03]

32. Green. nt

[debm55]

42. Thank you very much, doc03, Very relaxing color.

[PJMcK]

33. Green

It’s a happy color.

[debm55]

43. Yes it is ,PJMcK. Yes it is.

[AbagailRose]

34. Green for growth and prosperity

Definitely green

[debm55]

44. Thank you very much, AbagailRose and welcome to DU.

[SamKnause]

35. Black. It has always been my favorite color.

If I could pick two, I would pick black and white.

I love decorating with black and white.

[debm55]

45. Thank you very much, SamKnause. Very mod color combination,

[justaprogressive]

46. RED

best for marking things not supposed to be marked!

[debm55]

47. HAHAHAHHAH. Thank you very much, justaprogressive.

[calimary]

51. Blue. Accepting no substitutes.

[debm55]

71. Very true. Thank you, calimary.

[LoisB]

52. Orange.

[debm55]

72. Thank you very much. LoisB

[3catwoman3]

53. No pink?

It would have to be purple or blue then.

[debm55]

59. Thank you very much, 3catwoman3. No pink in the 8 pack. To get pink, you had to buy a larger pack with more crayons.

[Ritabert]

55. Blue although if I had the box with 128 it'd be periwinkle blue

[debm55]

61. Thank you very much, Ritabert. I love periwinkle blue.

[arkielib]

56. Orange

[debm55]

68. Thank you very much, arkielib.

[chouchou]

58. Green ...as in green eggs and ham.

[debm55]

64. Thank you very much, chouchou. It's not easy being green

[CrispyQ]

60. I will be flying in a blue dream. 💙☁️💙

I love ALL colors, though! A lot of people paint all their walls eggshell or beige & that would drive me crazy!! Here's a mnemonic for remembering the sequence of colors, from the outside to the inside of a rainbow. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.

Rinse Out Your Gondola Before Inviting Visitors.

[debm55]

62. Thank you very much, Crispy Q. I love it.

[OldBaldy1701E]

74. Black.

Always my favorite color... all of them!

[debm55]

75. Thank you very much, OldBaldy1701E, Agree all colors are beautiful.

[Lithos]

76. Green

Back in the day of editing documents, we were each given a specific color to make our comments in. My color was Green. So, Green is my color.

[debm55]

79. Thank you very much, Lithos,

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

77. Red. this thread would have made a good survey/poll thread

[debm55]

81. Thank you very much, BlueWaveNeverEnd.

[Ilikepurple]

78. I'm going to have to answer purple. Nt

[debm55]

80. HAHAHAHAH. Somehow, I knew it would purple. Thank you IIikepurple.

[WestMichRad]

82. (Empties box and replaces them with Sharpies)

What was the question? Oh yes…
Uh…
Can’t decide.

[debm55]

83. HAHAHAHhaHah. Thank you WestMichRad. You are funny.