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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Crayola Continues Its Progressive Bent

There are certain American icons that we rely on for stability in this topsy-turvy world. For many decades, Crayola had the honor and responsibility of setting the standard for color names. Burnt Umber was simply brown until Crayola called it Burnt Umber. Whether it was 8, 16, or 64 colors, Crayola defined color.
This isn't the first time that Crayola has caved in and renamed some of it's colors, we've begrudgingly accepted that a little change is occasionally necessary. We gradually accepted the trendy shift that introduced colors associated with well-known objects, eg. 'Macaroni & Cheese'.

But this time they've gone too far. It would have been barely tolerable to give the colors names of emotions (eg. 'Envy Green'). These latest changes, however, have to be a discouraging forecast of impending mamby-pambyism.
Without cheating, see if you can tell me what color is:
1) super happy
2) fun in the sun
3) giving tree
4) bear hug
5) happy ever after
6) famous
7) best friends
8) awesome

(OK, if you insist on cheating, here is the story that prompted this post.)

People, this has to be stopped or the next step will be: