An iconic and charming shade of light blue has a surprising origin story, one that was just recognized in a worldwide poll as one of the most popular crayon colors ever made.
It turns out an 8-year-old boy hatched the idea to name the color “robin’s egg blue”—not a chic design catalogue. He won a Crayola crayon color naming contest in 1992 with the idea.
Chris Straub from Vermont gave the iconic name to the iconic color, and in a international survey of 180 countries, Crayola recently revealed that of all the crayon colors they’ve ever produced (and they’ve made a lot), robin’s egg blue was the second favorite.
“My mom being a third grade teacher, that was just something that we had,” Straub told ABC 22. So, I was definitely always coloring—obviously with Crayola products.” (Watch the video below…)
The favorite was cerulean, followed by robin’s egg blue, and wisteria.
Back in ’92 when Straub came up with the name and won the contest, he was flown out to California to visit Universal Studios, and says it’s surreal to think that his 8-year-old brain created something loved by millions.
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“Britney Spears’s favorite color was Robin’s Egg Blue, which for a middle schooler, was absolute gold!” Chris reminisced, adding, “I’m having a daughter in about a month, and she’ll discover this color, so it is incredible to have named something that has provided joy generationally.”
He and his wife live in Dover, New Hampshire, where their baby girl may one day go to school and find a delightful shade of blue among the coloring supplies—and have her father to thank for it.
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