What Colors Are in an 8 Pack of Crayons?
In 1903, the American firm of Binney & Smith marketed its first package of Crayola Crayons. Already involved with the educational market, Binney & Smith set about designing quality crayons for use in schools, which had only poor-quality domestic crayons and could not afford the better-quality European crayons for students. The yellow-and-black box of Crayola Crayons contained eight nontoxic wax crayons, and the assortment of colors included black, red, blue, green, yellow, orange, brown and purple crayons. Today, the same assortment of colors is still available to consumers. History Joseph W. Binney founded the Peekskill Chemical Company in 1864 in the town of Peekskill, New York. It produced pigments for use in industrial applications, such as paint. In 1885 the company changed ownership and came into the hands of Edwin Binney and his cousin Harold Smith, who changed the company’s name to Binney & Smith. The cousins continued to expand the company and by 1900 had introduced slate penc
