Comments on: Name That Color

By: Robert DiNapoli

Robert DiNapoli — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 12:22:19 +0000

Chromographic activism. gotta love it . . .

By: Jill Morrow

Jill Morrow — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 21:34:45 +0000

In reply to Robert DiNapoli. Robert, funny you should ask about burnt sienna (and another indication of how lucky you are that blog posts are limited in length). Crayola wanted to retire burnt sienna in the early 2000s, but customer protest saved it. And now you know. I'm as particular about pencils as I am about pens. Mechanical all the way.

By: Robert DiNapoli

Robert DiNapoli — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 11:01:48 +0000

The only traditional Crayola colour I still remember is good old ‘burnt sienna’. I wonder if it’s still in the line-up? The smell and (truth be told) the taste of those waxy sticks lingers just as powerfully. My fountain pens are all display pieces now I work almost exclusively in pencil.

By: Jill Morrow

Jill Morrow — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 02:10:26 +0000

In reply to Kristina Riggle.

Kristina, everyone should have a favorite pen!

I like Midnight Blue as well, and I confess that I probably wouldn’t know what made a blue “Prussian,” either.

By: TJS

TJS — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:04:14 +0000

Fun!

By: Kristina Riggle

Kristina Riggle — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 23:29:33 +0000

My very favorite pen is fairly basic. The Pentel RSVP. It’s thicker than your average pen, which is more comfortable in my hand, and it’s the perfect weight and balance for doing that twirly pen baton trick that I can’t stop doing if I have a pen in my hand (better then those clicky pens with the retractable tips, because those I used to click madly until I banned myself from using them for the sanity of anyone around me.)

Midnight Blue was always my favorite, and it’s fun to know it used to be Prussian Blue.