100 Mind-Blowing Crayola Facts

Crayola is literally “oily chalk.” The name is a compound of the French craie (chalk) and ola (“oleaginous,” “oily”).

Crayola’s “Flesh” colour was renamed Peach. Whether you noticed it in your crayon boxes through the years or not, one of the interesting facts about this childhood brand is this colour rename. Since flesh comes in many different colours, it was deemed racist to say that just one colour or skin tone counts as “flesh.”