The Weirdest and Most Creative Crayola Color Names Ever Made
There’s a moment every kid has — digging through a fresh box of crayons, not even looking at the colors themselves, just reading the tiny labels. Because the names are half the fun.
Crayola has been naming colors since 1903, and somewhere along the way, the people in charge of that job got wonderfully strange with it. Some names are oddly specific.
Some are pure nonsense. And a few feel like they were named by someone who had been staring at a wall for too long.
Here’s a look at some of the best ones.
Macaroni And Cheese
Out of all the shades, this one stands out. Not some vague hint of orange or yellow – instead, Crayola went straight to dinner and called it after a well-known noodle meal.
Truth is, the hue really does match what you’d find in a serving from the box. You glance at it, and suddenly you’re picturing steam rising off a plate.
Naming it anything else would’ve felt off.
Atomic Tangerine
A different kind of tangerine shows up – not the usual sort. Something sharper was clearly called for, like radiation shaped its roots.
Brightness hits first – a near-glowing orange that doesn’t hold back. The title pulls you straight into its pulse.
Picking “Atomic Tangerine” feels like grabbing a crayon mid-explosion
Razzmatazz
This shade leans into red but carries a flush of pink, pulled straight from vintage stage lingo meant to shout flair and spectacle. Named during a fan-driven contest by Crayola back in ninety-three, it dodged obscurity when most voted-in hues faded fast.
Almost theatrical – like an incantation a performer might toss skyward just before revealing the impossible.
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Funny how names stick, even when they make little sense – take Fuzzy Wuzzy, a color more dirt-sunset than actual fuzz. Not hairy.
Definitely not bear-like. Yet rolling the words around your tongue makes up for what it lacks in accuracy.
Once longer on the label – “Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown” – it got shortened later by Crayola, quietly shedding syllables without fuss.
Mango Tango
Mango Tango pops with bright orange energy. A real human dreamed that name during Crayola’s 2003 contest.
Rhymes seem to charm the brand, especially when tied to snacks. This shade dances between fruit drink and dance move in your mind.
Public votes pushed it into boxes across America.
Unmellow Yellow
Not many names spark curiosity like this one does. Could it be bold?
Maybe even wired somehow? That bright yellow seems to hum straight off the paper, making the title feel oddly accurate – color that won’t sit still.
Introduced by Crayola among their glowing shades, it belongs exactly where it landed.
Screamin’ Green
Same energy as Unmellow Yellow, just in green form. The apostrophe makes it feel urgent, like the color itself is mid-shout.
It’s an electric, almost lime-adjacent green that looks best in contexts where subtlety is not the goal. School posters.
Birthday cards. Signs that need to be seen from a distance.
Purple Mountain’s Majesty
This one leans poetic. The name comes directly from “America the Beautiful” — “purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain.”
It’s a soft, blue-leaning purple that feels almost regal. Of all the Crayola names, this one might be the most earnest.
It’s genuinely trying to evoke something.
Wild Blue Yonder
An old phrase for the open sky, made famous in the Air Force song. Crayola took it and turned it into a muted, grayish blue that doesn’t quite match the drama of the name.
But there’s something charming about that gap between expectation and reality. It sounds like adventure.
It looks like fog. That’s fine.
Outer Space
A dark, cool gray that’s almost black. The name gestures at the void between stars and somehow lands.
It’s one of those Crayola names that sounds simple but works on multiple levels — it’s descriptive, slightly mysterious, and more interesting than just calling it “dark gray.”
Inch Worm
A lively shade of yellow-green, drawn from bugs you might see on leaves. Not that inchworms shine with color, yet their name squirms with charm, right at home among crayons.
Try spelling it small: inch worm. See how it crawls across the page.
Pig Pink
Out here being totally unapologetic. That pale rosy tint never pretended to be fancy – called Pig Pink plain and clear, nothing more than what you’d see on a farm animal.
Years went by with Crayola using that label until they quietly dropped it. Strange how blunt truth can feel like a breath of fresh air.
Antique Brass
Far from names like Pig Pink, this soft golden shade feels more suited to a high-end paint catalog. Sophisticated fits it well.
So does quiet elegance. Yet here it sits beside Screamin’ Green without warning.
Such odd pairings are why Crayola stands out – not despite the chaos, but because of it.
Jazzberry Jam
Funny how a name can feel real but isn’t. Out of nowhere came jazzberry – a shade too vivid to ignore.
Not from any tree, bush, or vine. Someone at Crayola dreamed up a fake fruit, gave it a jammy story, then colored a wax stick with it.
The hue hits hard. Strange? Sure.
But somehow fits just fine.
Razzle Dazzle Rose
Flamingos might come to mind when you see it, but Razzle Dazzle Rose started elsewhere. Not satisfied with just Razzmatazz?
Then here came another burst of boldness. This hot pink leans hard into spectacle, much like its name suggests.
Flash isn’t new – think ship paint meant to confuse eyes, stage tricks, glittering curtains. All those ideas somehow squeezed themselves into one waxy stick.
A crayon now holds what once danced on Broadway.
The Names Matter Most
For decades, children looked past what a crayon actually looks like, focusing only on the printed name. This wasn’t by chance.
From the start, Crayola saw how words like “burnt sienna” or “cornflower” do more than numbers ever might – they give shade a story, a scent, maybe even weather. It’s often the weirdest labels that stay longest in your head.
Long after those boxes are lost, the name on the thin paper lingers. Odd power for something worth less than loose change.
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