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Feeling Blue? Crayola Seeks Help Naming its New Crayon
http://www.readingeagle.com/article/20170630/AP/306309741 ^ | Friday June 30, 2017

Posted on 07/01/2017 4:10:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Crayola has the blues — five, to be exact.

The iconic crayon maker left it to fans to come up with a name for a new blue crayon replacing the recently retired color dandelion.

After receiving nearly 90,000 submissions, Crayola narrowed it down to five names for the crayon based on a pigment discovered in 2009.

(Excerpt) Read more at readingeagle.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; Education
KEYWORDS: blue; burnthyena; crayola; crayons; hallmark
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1 posted on 07/01/2017 4:10:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Name it "Flesh" in honor of the Smurf-American Community.


2 posted on 07/01/2017 4:17:24 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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My vote: Star Spangled Blue


3 posted on 07/01/2017 4:18:47 PM PDT by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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Never would have known Hallmark Cards owned Crayon. How about “over-priced blue”?


4 posted on 07/01/2017 4:19:48 PM PDT by Mark was here (Fake news = "Hands up ... Dont shoot")
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Electric Blue...
5 posted on 07/01/2017 4:23:05 PM PDT by Chode (My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America-#45 DJT)
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How about leave the damn crayons alone Blue.


6 posted on 07/01/2017 4:24:04 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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Butthurt blue to memorialize Nov 8, 2016


7 posted on 07/01/2017 4:25:19 PM PDT by doug from upland (Mayflower Hotel --- hotel of choice for Dem officials and their hookers)
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They should’ve shown a picture of the new color.


8 posted on 07/01/2017 4:27:01 PM PDT by Twotone
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Yep. They blue it.


9 posted on 07/01/2017 4:28:49 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ)
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To: nickcarraway

“Classy Blue”

and it can actually be Green pretending to be Blue


10 posted on 07/01/2017 4:29:26 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ( Mr. Comey, did you engage in or know of ANY OTHER leaks?)
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Indigo turquoise?

Image result for Crayola

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11 posted on 07/01/2017 4:29:29 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, the REAL Russia-US scandal (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
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To: nickcarraway

It’d help if we knew what flavor it is.


12 posted on 07/01/2017 4:30:23 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ( Mr. Comey, did you engage in or know of ANY OTHER leaks?)
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Just call it “one too many” or “enough is enough already”.


13 posted on 07/01/2017 4:31:25 PM PDT by Bullish (May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
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Turquoise is by definition the color of copper sulfate.
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14 posted on 07/01/2017 4:33:08 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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Breaking Bad Blue?


15 posted on 07/01/2017 4:33:33 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ( Mr. Comey, did you engage in or know of ANY OTHER leaks?)
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To: nickcarraway

Blue Wall or Two Time Loser


16 posted on 07/01/2017 4:33:46 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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The color illustrated has been known as Royal Blue for centuries.


17 posted on 07/01/2017 4:35:42 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: doug from upland

Butthurt blue to memorialize Nov 8, 2016
= = =

Democrat Blood Blue


18 posted on 07/01/2017 4:37:48 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
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To: generally

Yup

Star Spangled Blue


19 posted on 07/01/2017 4:39:02 PM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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To: Chode

Electric Blue:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgfR3AKCAQI


20 posted on 07/01/2017 4:39:23 PM PDT by Fungi (Mucor roxii is not a rock band.)
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