Metallic Effects Crayola Crayons

Crayola made it's first box of metallic crayons in the 80's. In the US they released a box of 8 containing gold, silver and copper. In Canada they released a test box with new metallic colors in it.

I bought the Metallic Effect crayons off of eBay when I picked up some more GemTones and Silver Swirls.  I was a little disappointed when it came and it only contained silver, gold and bronze.  It seemed a little silly to me, but I am glad to have the box, because it is one of the first times that Crayola decided to use the name Metallic, even if they were not new crayons.

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Crayola Metallic FX and Metallic Crayons: What's Inside the Box

In 2000 Crayola introduced the Metallic box and had a contest to name them. That is why the original colors were not named. The contest was open to residents of Canada and the United states. The contest was judged by a panel at Binney & Smith, Inc based on Creativity, Originality and Appropriateness. The winners were awarded with 16 Crayola brand product assortments. Here are the winners for each crayon color. They were announced on the website and not the crayon. Unfortunately I was not able to find all the winners names because not all the pages were archived. Let me know if you know some.

• blast off bronze (Gregory A. Milton, FL)
• shimmering blush (Darla C.J. Evington, VA)
• big dip o'ruby (Audrey B. Auburn, IN)
• bittersweet shimmer
• alloy orange
• metallic sunburst
• gold fusion (Dale K. Griggsville, IL)
• sheen green (Amy N.C. Monroe, MI)
• illuminating emerald (Joanna Masher from Hanover Township, PA)
• metallic seaweed (Jennifer T. Brentwood, TN)
• steel blue (Karen T. Fort Wayne, IN) 
• b'dazzled blue
• cyber grape
• razzmic berry
• sonic silver
• deep space sparkle

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A story of  one of the winners Joanna says, "I entered the contest online. I used a thesaurus for words relating to space and colors. Then put the word and color together. Illuminating Emerald was my winner! I received a box of goodies from Crayola and they were in an old Crayola wood crate. It’s awesome to tell everyone I named a Crayola crayon!!"

I have had the Crayola Metallic FX crayons for years.  I like them, but I do not like them as much as I like the Silver Swirls, nothing can ever replace that crayon.  I do not have the original box, but I have two of them.  These crayons can still be found in big boxes of Crayola crayons and some specialty boxes such as the Star Wars crayon boxes.  

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