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Since the introduction of Crayola drawing crayons by Binney & Smith in 1903, more than two hundred distinctive colors have been produced in a wide variety of assortments. The line has undergone several major revisions in its history, notably in 1935, 1949, 1958, and 1990. Numerous specialty crayons have also been produced, complementing the basic Crayola assortment. ==1903: the original Crayola colors== After several decades producing commercial pigments, Binney & Smith produced their first crayon, the black Staonal Marking Crayon, in 1902. The following year, the company decided to enter the consumer market with its first drawing crayons. The name ''Crayola'' was suggested by Alice Binney, wife of company founder Edwin Binney, combining ''craie'', French for "chalk," a reference to the pastels that preceded and lent their name to the first drawing crayons, with the suffix ''-ola'', meaning "oleaginous," a reference to the wax from which the crayons were made. Initially this was just one of the brands produced by Binney & Smith; other crayons were produced under names such as ''Cerola'', ''Cerata'', ''Durel'', ''Perma'', and ''Boston'', among others; but the Crayola brand proved the most successful, and was produced in two lines: ''Crayola Gold Medal School Crayons'' and ''"Rubens" Crayola Artists' Crayons''.〔Ed Welter, ''The Definitive History of the Colors of Crayola'', (CrayonCollecting.com ).〕 Early Crayola advertising mentions thirty different colors, although there is no official list; in fact thirty-eight different crayons are known from Crayola boxes of this period. The largest labeled assortment was box No. 51, titled ''Crayola Young Artists' Drawing Crayons'', which included twenty-eight different crayons. Other colors were found in different boxes, including the "Rubens" No. 500, a twenty-four crayon assortment. The names of several crayons varied from box to box; in general the larger assortments tended to use names associated with oil paints, and in fact early Crayola literature frequently describes drawing with crayons as a form of painting.〔 Over time, simpler names were favored, and several colors were discontinued by 1910, including Light and Dark Venetian Red, Permanent Geranium Lake, Celestial Blue, Raw Sienna, and Charcoal Gray; the use of "Purple" as an alternative for "Violet" ended about 1914; and after 1915 Gold, Silver, and Copper were no longer available in assortments, although Gold and Silver were still available in bulk.〔 The colors in the following table approximate each of the thirty-eight colors produced during this early period. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of Crayola crayons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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