Multicultural Crayola Crayons 8 and 16 count


Crayola came out with the Multicultural crayons in 1990. Multicultural crayons were an "assortment" containing "six tone colors of the world which can be blended with black & white to create a wide variety of skin tones. By varying pressure while crayoning, deeper or lighter tones" could "be achieved to expand the color range in this culturally inclusive assortment." The box did not contain any new colors, they were colors from the standard Crayola crayons; black, sepia, mahogany, burnt sienna, tan, peach, apricot, and white. A 16 count box was also made that contained eye and hair colors.

Crayola also included Multicultural paint, colored pencils and markers.

In 2020 Crayola announced a new assortment of crayons "Colors of the World" that expands the MultiCultural line even more. These are a set of 24 specially formulated crayons for various skins tones. I can not wait to get my hands on them.

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Color Information 
Boxes: 8 count Crayola Multicultural Crayons (1992), 16 Count Crayola Multicultural Crayons (2000), 8 Count Multicultural Large Crayons (2000), 8 Count Multicultural Large Crayons (2013), 16 Count Multicultural Crayons (1998)
What's inside the box: 
8 count:  black, sepia, mahogany, burnt sienna, tan, peach, apricot, and white
16 count:  black, sepia, mahogany, burnt sienna, tan, peach, apricot, white, salmon, goldenrod, olive green, cerulean, periwinkle, silver, burnt orange, raw sienna 
Purchase Information: from fellow collector
Where to buy: Amazon
2013 8 Count crayons
1992 8 Count crayons

2000 16 Count Crayons

Collecting Information
Some of these are lightly collectible boxes because they are hard to find.
Boxes: 8 count Crayola Multicultural Crayons (1992), 16 Count Crayola Multicultural Crayons (2000), 8 Count Multicultural Large Crayons (2000), 8 Count Multicultural Large Crayons (2013), 16 Count Multicultural Crayons (1998)
Other Boxes: These went into production in 1990 and have been continuing ever since. There are many other boxes. The boxes typically start at -200 style numbers. 
Year: 1992, 1998, 2000, 2013
Style Numbers: 52-080W (2000 8 count large crayons), 52-080W (2013 8 count large crayons), 52-0716 (16 count box), 52-0716 (1998 16 count crayons), 52-008W (1992 8 count crayons)
Code Numbers: 52-080W-0-255 (2000 8 count large crayons), 52-080W-0-202 (2013 8 count large crayons), 52-0716-0-203 (16 count box), 52-0716-0-202 (1998 16 count crayons), 52-008W-0-202 (1992 8 count crayons)
UPC Numbers: 071662108007 (2000 8 count large crayons), 071662108007 (2013 8 count large crayons), 071662007164 (16 count box), 071662108003 (1992 8 count box),  071662007164 (1998 16 count crayons)
Manufacturing Location: USA
Where to buy: Amazon

2000 8 Count Multicultural Large Crayons
2013 8 Count Multicultural Large Crayons
1992 8 count Crayola Multicultural Crayons

2000 16 Count Crayola Multicultural Crayons
1998 16 Count Crayola Multicultural Crayons

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