Recently we found a wonderful pin on Pinterest that our followers loved too--an editorial photo of a dozen shades of crayons all labeled flesh. Awesome!
We've been actively trying to track down the creator of the photo (any help is welcome). And it's not just a pic: we're delighted to see that you can indeed buy fleshtone crayons from Crayola now. Gone are the days of one-skin-fits-all, icky peachy-orange. Now, it's not like they're perfect--I have yet to see a snow-white person who wasn't made up for kabuki theater, and I have yet to see a shiny licorice-black person, either. But I think kids (and grownups!) will be excited about the variety, with eight shades ranging from apricot to sepia and mahogany, representing a heck of a lot more of the world.
As for purple dogs and turquoise suns? Well, those still require the standard Crayola packs. -Liz
Find the Crayola skin tone crayons online at the Crayola Store.
[thanks karissa!]
We've been actively trying to track down the creator of the photo (any help is welcome). And it's not just a pic: we're delighted to see that you can indeed buy fleshtone crayons from Crayola now. Gone are the days of one-skin-fits-all, icky peachy-orange. Now, it's not like they're perfect--I have yet to see a snow-white person who wasn't made up for kabuki theater, and I have yet to see a shiny licorice-black person, either. But I think kids (and grownups!) will be excited about the variety, with eight shades ranging from apricot to sepia and mahogany, representing a heck of a lot more of the world.
As for purple dogs and turquoise suns? Well, those still require the standard Crayola packs. -Liz
Find the Crayola skin tone crayons online at the Crayola Store.
[thanks karissa!]
