Talk:History of Crayola crayons#rfc C6F0FDF
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Table layout proposal
The color names superimposed on the color samples are hard to read and generally not good practice. I propose changing the tables to the following layout. I don't have a strong preference for the order or headings, however this style is very easy to create by moving each color name to the next line. –dlthewave ☎ 01:42, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
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| width=10% | Color{{efn|name=TableNote|Due to several factors, the values given should only be considered approximations. The apparent color of any crayon depends on the thickness with which the wax is laid down, the color and brightness of the surface being colored, and other considerations, such as the age and quality of individual crayons. In addition, crayons are produced using pigments, which are normally described using subtractive colors, with the primary colors of red, yellow, and blue; but electronic displays produce colors using the additive method, combining the primary colors of red, green, and blue.}}
! width=15% | Name ! width=10% class="unsortable" | Hexadecimal in their website depiction{{efn|name=HexNote|Unless otherwise indicated, the hex colors were found in the source code of the Crayola website.Crayola: Explore Colors, [http://www.crayola.com/explore-colors.aspx#], retrieved 5 May 2015.}} ! width=47% class="unsortable" | Notes{{efn|name=WelterNote|Unless otherwise indicated, notes in this table are sourced to Ed Welter's website}} |
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| style="background: #ED0A3F; color: white" |
| Red | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | #ED0A3F | |
| style="background: #FF8833; color: white" |
| Orange | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | #FF8833 | |
| style="background: #FBE870; color: white" |
| Yellow | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | #FBE870 | |
| style="background: #B5B35C; color: white" |
| Olive Green | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | #B5B35C | |
| style="background: #FFFF9F; color: #B5B35C" |
| Light Chrome Yellow | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | {{efn|Swatch matches the hue of "Laser Lemon" and "Unmellow Yellow."}} | On labels "Chrome Yellow, Light." Same color as "Light Yellow" (1903–1958) and "Lemon Yellow" (1903–1910, 1958–1990). |
| style="background: #3AA655; color: white" |
| Green | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | | |
| style="background: #2EB4E6; color: white" |
| Blue | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | #4997D0 | Same color as "Celestial Blue" (1930–1949) and "Azure Blue" (1949–1958). |
| style="background: #00468C; color: white" |
| Prussian Blue | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | {{efn|The digital swatch provided by Crayola gives the values 0, 51, 102, considerably darker than the actual crayon.}} | Same color as "Midnight Blue" (1958–present). |
| style="background: #7070CC; color: white" |
| Celestial Blue | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | | Discontinued by 1910. |
| style="background: #732E6C; color: white" |
| Purple | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | | "Violet" from about 1914. |
| style="background: #FFA6C9; color: white" |
| Rose Pink | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | #FFA6C9 | Same color as "Pink" (1903–1917) and "Carnation Pink" (1958–present). |
| style="background: #E97451; color: white" |
| Burnt Sienna | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | #E97451 | |
| style="background: #664228; color: white" |
| Van Dyke Brown | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | | Same color as "Brown" (1903–1935). |
| style="background: #FFCBA4; color: white" |
| Flesh Tint | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | #FFCBA4 | Same color as "Flesh" (1949–1956, 1958–1962), "Pink Beige" (1956–1958), and "Peach" (1962–present). |
| style="background: #805533; color: white" |
| Burnt Umber | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | | |
| style="background: #E6BC5C; color: white" |
| Raw Sienna | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | | Discontinued by 1910. |
| style="background: #92926E; color: white" |
| Gold | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | | Metallic; swatch represents nominal hue only. Available only in bulk after 1915. |
| style="background: #C9C0BB; color: white" |
| Silver | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | #C9C0BB | Metallic; swatch represents nominal hue only. Available only in bulk after 1915. |
| style="background: #DA8A67; color: white" |
| Copper | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | #DA8A67 | Metallic; swatch represents nominal hue only. Discontinued in 1915. |
| style="background: #000000; color: white" |
| Black | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | #000000 | |
| style="background: #736A62; color: white" |
| Charcoal Gray | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | | Discontinued in 1910. |
| style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black" |
| White | align="center" style="background:#E9E9E9" | #FFFFFF | |
Should have the "in their website depiction" in the hex heading that I that I just added. Without that it is unsourced and unsourcable.North8000 (talk) 18:46, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
:{{done}} –dlthewave ☎ 19:16, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
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