Crayola’s Law: The Number of Colors Doubles Every 28 Years

By John Farrier in Art on Jan 18, 2010 at 6:54 pm

In this infographic, Stephen Von Worley observes that the number of discrete colors in a box of Caryola Crayons doubles about every 28 years. That’s an annual growth rate of 2.56%. Von Worley writes:

If the Law holds true, Crayola’s gonna need a bigger box, because by the year 2050, there’ll be 330 different crayons! Shortly thereafter, frazzled packaging designers rejoice, for to the rescue comes a revolution in household appliances: the new-fangled Replicator-Dissociator! Load it with the Crayola plugin, and you’re seconds away from every shade in the rainbow – no boxes required!

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  1. Johnny Cat
    Jan 18th, 2010 at 11:59 pm

    Get my color broker on the phone; I’m all in for Ochre.

  2. anotherguy
    Jan 19th, 2010 at 2:06 am

    > Shortly thereafter, frazzled packaging designers rejoice, for to the rescue comes a revolution in household appliances: the new-fangled Replicator-Dissociator!

    I think by the time that sort of technology comes, everyone would already be using e-paper….

  3. Chad Cloman
    Jan 19th, 2010 at 3:24 am

    Stephen Von Worley observes that the number of discrete colors in a box of Caryola Crayons

    Note that there’s a typo in the article: “Caryola”.

  4. Skyfrog
    Jan 20th, 2010 at 12:19 am

    Remember the CGA boxes that only had four crayons, and the ugliest four colors imaginable at that. Those were the days.

  5. icecycle
    Jan 26th, 2010 at 12:40 pm

    they do drop a color on occasion, we have stored legacy boxes of same.

  6. Dunedin Attorney
    Apr 29th, 2010 at 11:52 pm

    Hi…Your post really got me thinking man….. an intelligent piece ,I must say.


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