Crayola crayons, 24 pack, 2005.

A crayon is a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk, or other materials used for writing and drawing. A crayon made of oiled chalk is called an oil pastel; when made of pigment with a dry binder, it is simply a pastel. A grease pencil or china marker (UK chinagraph pencil) is made of colored hardened grease and is useful for marking on hard, glossy surfaces such as porcelain or glass. Crayon may refer to: Crayon, a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk or other material used for writing and drawing Crayon, band, an early-nineties indiepop band from Bellingham, Washington. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 721 KB) Summary Crayola crayons as photographed by me, George Hernandez (George Hernandez), on 2005-08-25. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 721 KB) Summary Crayola crayons as photographed by me, George Hernandez (George Hernandez), on 2005-08-25. ... candle wax This page is about the substance. ... Charcoal is the blackish residue consisting of impure carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances. ... For other uses, see Chalk (disambiguation). ... For scale drawings or plans, see Plans (drawings). ... Oil pastel (also called wax oil crayon) is a painting and drawing medium with characteristics similar to pastels and wax crayons. ... Natural Ultramarine pigment in powdered form. ... Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. ... Crayola brand crayons A crayon is a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk, or other material used for writing and drawing. ... Petro redirects here. ... Gloss is an optical property, which is based on the interaction of light with physical characteristics of a surface. ... “Fine China” redirects here. ... This article is about the material. ...

Wax crayons

Wax crayons are commonly used for drawing and coloring by children. Crayons are a staple at most schools worldwide. They are easy to work with, not messy (as are paint and markers), blunt (removing the risk of sharp points present when using a pencil or pen), non-toxic, and are available in a wide variety of colors.

A girl draws with crayons in a toystore.

The world's largest manufacturer and inventor of wax crayons is Binney & Smith Inc., the manufacturer of Crayola crayons, which are made of paraffin wax, a petroleum product. Soybean oil can also be used to make crayons, although this is not as common. The brand's first box of eight Crayola crayons made its debut in 1903. The crayons were sold for a nickel and the colors were: black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, yellow, and green. The word Crayola was created by Alice Stead Binney, wife of Edwin Binney, who took the French words for chalk, craie, and oily, oleaginous, and combined them. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 575 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1472 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 575 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1472 pixel, file size: 1. ... Binney & Smith Inc. ... Crayola logo 2002-present Crayola past logo, 1997-2002 Crayola is a brand of crayons and other writing and drawing utensils, such as markers, chalk, and colored pencils manufactured by Binney & Smith, Inc. ... Paraffin is a common name for a group of high molecular weight alkane hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH2n+2, where n is greater than about 20. ...

Some fine arts companies such as Swiss Caran d'Ache manufacture water-soluble crayons. With or without water, once applied to media the crayons' colors are easily mixed. Caran dAche is Swiss manufacturer of high-quality writing instruments, fine art products, and accessories. ...

Jean-François Millet is an example of one artist who used conté crayon in his work.^[1][2] Melting points in crayons are 120 °F or 40 °C.^{[citation needed]} Jean-François Millet (October 4, 1814 – January 20, 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. ...

History

Europe was the birthplace of the “modern” crayon. Which was a man-made cylinder that resembled contemporary sticks. The first such crayons are purported to have consisted of a mixture of charcoal and oil. Through time, powdered pigments of various hues replaced the charcoal. It was subsequently discovered that substituting wax for the oil in the mixture made the resulting sticks sturdier and easier to handle.

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External links

• PBS Kids movie about how crayons are made
• Timeline of Crayola crayon colors
• Inventors of crayons