All 120 Crayola Names (and how to build them)

Next time you’re in an argument with a kid over what a colour is called you can pull this up on your screen. It probably won’t make any difference to whether you win or lose the argument, but you’re an adult dammit, if your computer says it’s right, it must be so.

Complete with hex code and RGB values

Mahogany	CD4A4A	205,74,74
Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown	CC6666	204,102,102
Chestnut	BC5D58	188,93,88
Red Orange	FF5349	255,83,73
Sunset Orange	FD5E53	253,94,83
Bittersweet	FD7C6E	253,124,110
Melon	FDBCB4	253,188,180
Outrageous Orange	FF6E4A	255,110,74
Vivid Tangerine	FFA089	255,160,137
Burnt Sienna	EA7E5D	234,126,93
Brown	B4674D	180,103,77
Sepia	A5694F	165,105,79
Orange	FF7538	255,117,56
Burnt Orange	FF7F49	255,127,73
Copper	DD9475	221,148,117
Mango Tango	FF8243	255,130,67
Atomic Tangerine	FFA474	255,164,116
Beaver	9F8170	159,129,112
Antique Brass	CD9575	205,149,117
Desert Sand	EFCDB8	239,205,184
Raw Sienna	D68A59	214,138,89
Tumbleweed	DEAA88	222,170,136
Tan	FAA76C	250,167,108
Peach	FFCFAB	255,207,171
Macaroni and Cheese	FFBD88	255,189,136
Apricot	FDD9B5	253,217,181
Neon Carrot	FFA343	255,163,67
Almond	EFDBC5	239,219,197
Yellow Orange	FFB653	255,182,83
Gold	E7C697	231,198,151
Shadow	8A795D	138,121,93
Banana Mania	FAE7B5	250,231,181
Sunglow	FFCF48	255,207,72
Goldenrod	FCD975	252,217,117
Dandelion	FDDB6D	253,219,109
Yellow	FCE883	252,232,131
Green Yellow	F0E891	240,232,145
Spring Green	ECEABE	236,234,190
Olive Green	BAB86C	186,184,108
Laser Lemon	FDFC74	253,252,116
Unmellow Yellow	FDFC74	253,252,116
Canary	FFFF99	255,255,153
Yellow Green	C5E384	197,227,132
Inch Worm	B2EC5D	178,236,93
Asparagus	87A96B	135,169,107
Granny Smith Apple	A8E4A0	168,228,160
Electric Lime	1DF914	29,249,20
Screamin Green	76FF7A	118,255,122
Fern	71BC78	113,188,120
Forest Green	6DAE81	109,174,129
Sea Green	9FE2BF	159,226,191
Green	1CAC78	28,172,120
Mountain Meadow	30BA8F	48,186,143
Shamrock	45CEA2	69,206,162
Jungle Green	3BB08F	59,176,143
Caribbean Green	1CD3A2	28,211,162
Tropical Rain Forest	17806D	23,128,109
Pine Green	158078	21,128,120
Robin Egg Blue	1FCECB	31,206,203
Aquamarine	78DBE2	120,219,226
Turquoise Blue	77DDE7	119,221,231
Sky Blue	80DAEB	128,218,235
Outer Space	414A4C	65,74,76
Blue Green	199EBD	25,158,189
Pacific Blue	1CA9C9	28,169,201
Cerulean	1DACD6	29,172,214
Cornflower	9ACEEB	154,206,235
Midnight Blue	1A4876	26,72,118
Navy Blue	1974D2	25,116,210
Denim	2B6CC4	43,108,196
Blue	1F75FE	31,117,254
Periwinkle	C5D0E6	197,208,230
Cadet Blue	B0B7C6	176,183,198
Indigo	5D76CB	93,118,203
Wild Blue Yonder	A2ADD0	162,173,208
Manatee	979AAA	151,154,170
Blue Bell	ADADD6	173,173,214
Blue Violet	7366BD	115,102,189
Purple Heart	7442C8	116,66,200
Royal Purple	7851A9	120,81,169
Purple Mountains’ Majesty	9D81BA	157,129,186
Violet (Purple)	926EAE	146,110,174
Wisteria	CDA4DE	205,164,222
Vivid Violet	8F509D	143,80,157
Fuchsia	C364C5	195,100,197
Shocking Pink	FB7EFD	251,126,253
Pink Flamingo	FC74FD	252,116,253
Plum	8E4585	142,69,133
Hot Magenta	FF1DCE	255,29,206
Purple Pizzazz	FF1DCE	255,29,206
Razzle Dazzle Rose	FF48D0	255,72,208
Orchid	E6A8D7	230,168,215
Red Violet	C0448F	192,68,143
Eggplant	6E5160	110,81,96
Cerise	DD4492	221,68,146
Wild Strawberry	FF43A4	255,67,164
Magenta	F664AF	246,100,175
Lavender	FCB4D5	252,180,213
Cotton Candy	FFBCD9	255,188,217
Violet Red	F75394	247,83,148
Carnation Pink	FFAACC	255,170,204
Razzmatazz	E3256B	227,37,107
Piggy Pink	FDD7E4	253,215,228
Jazzberry Jam	CA3767	202,55,103
Blush	DE5D83	222,93,131
Tickle Me Pink	FC89AC	252,137,172
Pink Sherbet	F780A1	247,128,161
Maroon	C8385A	200,56,90
Red	EE204D	238,32,77
Radical Red	FF496C	255,73,108
Mauvelous	EF98AA	239,152,170
Wild Watermelon	FC6C85	252,108,133
Scarlet	FC2847	252,40,71
Salmon	FF9BAA	255,155,170
Brick Red	CB4154	203,65,84
White	EDEDED	237,237,237
Timberwolf	DBD7D2	219,215,210
Silver	CDC5C2	205,197,194
Gray	95918C	149,145,140
Black	232323	35,35,35

Name	Hex	RGB
Almond	EFDBC5	239,219,197
Antique Brass	CD9575	205,149,117
Apricot	FDD9B5	253,217,181
Aquamarine	78DBE2	120,219,226
Asparagus	87A96B	135,169,107
Atomic Tangerine	FFA474	255,164,116
Banana Mania	FAE7B5	250,231,181
Beaver	9F8170	159,129,112
Bittersweet	FD7C6E	253,124,110
Black	232323	35,35,35
Blue	1F75FE	31,117,254
Blue Bell	ADADD6	173,173,214
Blue Green	199EBD	25,158,189
Blue Violet	7366BD	115,102,189
Blush	DE5D83	222,93,131
Brick Red	CB4154	203,65,84
Brown	B4674D	180,103,77
Burnt Orange	FF7F49	255,127,73
Burnt Sienna	EA7E5D	234,126,93
Cadet Blue	B0B7C6	176,183,198
Canary	FFFF99	255,255,153
Caribbean Green	1CD3A2	28,211,162
Carnation Pink	FFAACC	255,170,204
Cerise	DD4492	221,68,146
Cerulean	1DACD6	29,172,214
Chestnut	BC5D58	188,93,88
Copper	DD9475	221,148,117
Cornflower	9ACEEB	154,206,235
Cotton Candy	FFBCD9	255,188,217
Dandelion	FDDB6D	253,219,109
Denim	2B6CC4	43,108,196
Desert Sand	EFCDB8	239,205,184
Eggplant	6E5160	110,81,96
Electric Lime	1DF914	29,249,20
Fern	71BC78	113,188,120
Forest Green	6DAE81	109,174,129
Fuchsia	C364C5	195,100,197
Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown	CC6666	204,102,102
Gold	E7C697	231,198,151
Goldenrod	FCD975	252,217,117
Granny Smith Apple	A8E4A0	168,228,160
Gray	95918C	149,145,140
Green	1CAC78	28,172,120
Green Yellow	F0E891	240,232,145
Hot Magenta	FF1DCE	255,29,206
Inch Worm	B2EC5D	178,236,93
Indigo	5D76CB	93,118,203
Jazzberry Jam	CA3767	202,55,103
Jungle Green	3BB08F	59,176,143
Laser Lemon	FDFC74	253,252,116
Lavender	FCB4D5	252,180,213
Macaroni and Cheese	FFBD88	255,189,136
Magenta	F664AF	246,100,175
Mahogany	CD4A4A	205,74,74
Manatee	979AAA	151,154,170
Mango Tango	FF8243	255,130,67
Maroon	C8385A	200,56,90
Mauvelous	EF98AA	239,152,170
Melon	FDBCB4	253,188,180
Midnight Blue	1A4876	26,72,118
Mountain Meadow	30BA8F	48,186,143
Navy Blue	1974D2	25,116,210
Neon Carrot	FFA343	255,163,67
Olive Green	BAB86C	186,184,108
Orange	FF7538	255,117,56
Orchid	E6A8D7	230,168,215
Outer Space	414A4C	65,74,76
Outrageous Orange	FF6E4A	255,110,74
Pacific Blue	1CA9C9	28,169,201
Peach	FFCFAB	255,207,171
Periwinkle	C5D0E6	197,208,230
Piggy Pink	FDD7E4	253,215,228
Pine Green	158078	21,128,120
Pink Flamingo	FC74FD	252,116,253
Pink Sherbet	F780A1	247,128,161
Plum	8E4585	142,69,133
Purple Heart	7442C8	116,66,200
Purple Mountains’ Majesty	9D81BA	157,129,186
Purple Pizzazz	FF1DCE	255,29,206
Radical Red	FF496C	255,73,108
Raw Sienna	D68A59	214,138,89
Razzle Dazzle Rose	FF48D0	255,72,208
Razzmatazz	E3256B	227,37,107
Red	EE204D	238,32,77
Red Orange	FF5349	255,83,73
Red Violet	C0448F	192,68,143
Robin Egg Blue	1FCECB	31,206,203
Royal Purple	7851A9	120,81,169
Salmon	FF9BAA	255,155,170
Scarlet	FC2847	252,40,71
Screamin Green	76FF7A	118,255,122
Sea Green	9FE2BF	159,226,191
Sepia	A5694F	165,105,79
Shadow	8A795D	138,121,93
Shamrock	45CEA2	69,206,162
Shocking Pink	FB7EFD	251,126,253
Silver	CDC5C2	205,197,194
Sky Blue	80DAEB	128,218,235
Spring Green	ECEABE	236,234,190
Sunglow	FFCF48	255,207,72
Sunset Orange	FD5E53	253,94,83
Tan	FAA76C	250,167,108
Tickle Me Pink	FC89AC	252,137,172
Timberwolf	DBD7D2	219,215,210
Tropical Rain Forest	17806D	23,128,109
Tumbleweed	DEAA88	222,170,136
Turquoise Blue	77DDE7	119,221,231
Unmellow Yellow	FDFC74	253,252,116
Violet (Purple)	926EAE	146,110,174
Violet Red	F75394	247,83,148
Vivid Tangerine	FFA089	255,160,137
Vivid Violet	8F509D	143,80,157
White	EDEDED	237,237,237
Wild Blue Yonder	A2ADD0	162,173,208
Wild Strawberry	FF43A4	255,67,164
Wild Watermelon	FC6C85	252,108,133
Wisteria	CDA4DE	205,164,222
Yellow	FCE883	252,232,131
Yellow Green	C5E384	197,227,132
Yellow Orange	FFB653	255,182,83

Self-Conscious Environments

I wonder how long ago it was that the first person said “If you’re trying to be cool, then you’re probably not”?

I noticed in the States that the nebulous hipster culture walks this fine line. The actors, but also the stage.

After lunching on what might possibly be the best siew long bao in the world, in NYC’s Chinatown, we took a walk into the Lower East Side. Our friend wanted to show us a coffee shop where you chose your regional variety and it was sucked through clear tubes from the container, across the ceiling, into the grinder, where the pierced, goth-lite, lit-student barista did his thing. Woo hoo! I just wanted to get out the door and run back to the Italian cafe where I’d had breakfast.

We had narrow run-ins with similarly painfully self-conscious retail in the US, and the Lower East Side seemed to have more than its fair share. Yet a lot of the spaces we passed through in NY, like Roebling Tea Room , were equally carefully targeted and put together but managed to avoid coming across as trying too hard.

It’s tricky to know how much is too much I guess.

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Streets of New York City

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Take A Little New York Home

We’re in New York at the moment, Williamsburg, near Brooklyn, to be more location-specific. The accommodation isn’t the best (Yang hates it) but it’s an authentic area where Hasidic Jews, Latinos, yuppies and art students collide.

Today we hit MOMA and I kept hearing my dad, Eddie’s voice in my head saying “I could donate one of my old paint rags, it’d be better than some of the stuff on display”. And actually, honestly, it probably would have been.

And today I discovered the phenomenon of people going through galleries taking photos. Some were taking photos of everything they looked at. Given that MOMA was already crowded on a rainy day, it put pressure on the traffic flow and I spent most of my time peering over the shoulders of amateur photographers to see the work on the walls.

Really I didn’t think that a lot of the art was worth capturing as a keepsake, but is you must, much better pictures available in the books in the gift shop people!

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Streets of Boston

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Andre The Giant Does Boston

There’s a truly awesome Shepard Fairey retrospective at ICA in Boston until August 16, and even more fun playing “spot the Andre” around town. Lots of Obey paste-ups to be found if you’re looking.

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Statistics Suck

I’ve got two almost identical keys to the loft we’re staying in. One does the street doors, one does the apartment. The first time I tried them of course I picked the wrong one for the door, and I thought I’d keep count of the stats.

So far I’ve used them 16 times and I’ve picked the right key once.

I’m glad we’re in Boston and not Atlantic City or Las Vegas.

The Fourth Place

Admittedly I’ve been in Boston less than 24 hours, but I thought it was a bit average until a couple of hours ago when I crossed the bridge to the south side and found the Fort Point harbour-front warehouse district. I got a big rush of “oh, that’s what all the fuss is about”. Actually it probably isn’t for most people, but any district that houses over 300 working artists, and seems to do it totally in converted wool warehouses, is a friend of mine.

I’m staying in an amazing loft just across the river in the Leather District (which sounded even more thrilling before I discovered it was named because it used to house the leather industry). Rosanna, our gorgeous host, was encouraging a walk into the South End. Probably because it’s the rainbow flag centre of the city and it’s full of appropriately fru-fru cafes, stately brownstones and shops with gorgeous dog accessories. We did the walk, it is beautiful, but I wasn’t excited.

Fort Point is edgy though. I like it. I’ve parked myself at the source of the city’s best BLTs, Flour, (Applewood-smoked bacon and fresh-from-the-oven wheat bread, what an unbeatable combo) along with what feels like a fair percentage of the district’s arts workers. Lots of people kicking back with friends, a magazine or their laptops… because Americans are great lovers and patrons of “the third place”.

If you haven’t heard the term, it was coined in the very late 90s, probably as the result of someone’s PHD thesis. It’s basically the place you feel comfortable relaxing in that’s not your home or workplace. In pop culture it would be Central Perk in the TV series Friends, or the bar in Cheers.

Marketers saw potential to exploit the need for a Third Place and it was developed into theories for product offerings, customer service and store design. Starbucks is the most obvious example. The idea is that you can charge a big premium for your product if people want to hang out in your store, and if someone adopts you they’ll invite their friends, so there’s a kind of word-of-mouth viral effect. Everyone will hang out (buying more) and they’ll come back every day (buying more).

On the train ride from New Jersey to Boston yesterday I had a chance to relax with some of the free reading you seem to be able to pick up on any US street corner and I read an interesting interview with the founder of Starbucks, who was saying that since the 90s he’s noticed a significant change in customer behaviour, which has significantly affected the theories of the Third Place.

Starbucks stores are (or at least were) designed to facilitate social interaction, but in the past 8 or 9 years, since the term Third Place was coined, many of us have stopped using cafes in that way. The classic combination of laptop and wireless internet (and now iPhones and other internet-enabled devices) means that many of us are now flying solo. People are still socialising in cafés, it’s just that their friends aren’t there. The actual interaction is taking place in a Fourth Place.

As you can imagine, Starbucks is taking this social trend seriously, and it’s starting to be reflected in store layouts and the services they offer. It’s also flowing on to all kinds of other businesses here in the US, from bars that offer free wireless to clothing and computer stores with cafés inside them.

Our ambience now has a name and businesses are competing to try to give it a location.

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Streets of Philadelphia

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The People’s Blackboards

I’m in Philly at the moment, staying in what has got to be the campest and most eclectic BnB in the US. It’s a turn of the century townhouse run by the Mrs Madrigal-like Barbara and every room (and the back garden) is filled with eclectic flea market finds in an over-the-top celebration of quirky style. We’re staying in the Sunset Room, but I was particularly taken with The Bohemian. It’s about as far from a Sheraton as you could possibly get. I love it.

Where Washington was all slick and woody, perfect for retired hippies and the young organic rice crowd starting a family, Philly is inner-city creativity gone wild. I loved it last time I was here and I love it this time. Art seems to be bursting from its seams, in doorways, on the back of street signs, in shops and cafes and of course in their public Mural Arts Program, which is so established and famous that other cities fly in to study it. There are more than 3000 public murals here.

It’s a city that you really feel is held up and maintained by the heart of its people, who are actively involved in its ecology, architecture and aesthetic on a neighbourhood and city-wide level. A modern-day evolution of “for the people, by the people” (which, as home of the Liberty Bell and the original Constitution, seems entirely appropriate).

And I spent some of yesterday in the Museum of Art, most famous as the steps that Rocky runs up in the original movie, staring at my childhood hero Dali’s Soft Construction with Boiled Beans. On a wall. On canvas that Dali touched. I can’t describe the feeling of awe that that provoked.

Oh… also so much Renoir, Manet and Monet that that my eyes almost started to bleed pastels. And Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, Duchamp’s urinal, Jasper Johns’ American Flag, lotsa Picasso and Miro and seriously, so much Rodin that I think America should be sued for hoarding it all and forced to distribute their pieces out to the rest of the world.

Creativity is life. Life is creativity. Philadelphia really brings that home.

I’ll post some pics tomorrow.

pic: Yang, Marc & Sam