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He Won A Crayola Crayon-Naming Contest In 1992 As A Boy–Now It’s Been Voted 2 Color In The World

October 31, 2025 0 comments

He Won A Crayola Crayon-Naming Contest In 1992 As A Boy–Now It’s Been Voted 2 Color In The World

He Won A Crayola Crayon-Naming Contest In 1992 As A Boy–Now It’s Been Voted 2 Color In The World — World’s Top 3 Favorite Crayola Colors

An iconic and charming shade of blue-green 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 and name for “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 always drawing. Obviously with Crayola products. So, I think this contest was the natural extension of things we had around the house.”

The favorite was cerulean, followed by robin’s egg blue, and wisteria.

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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.

He lives in Dover, New Hampshire with his wife, dog, and soon-to-be-born baby girl, who 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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