Yellow & Orange

According to this source- Crayola first introduced yellow and orange crayons in 1903. In 1949, lemon yellow, orange yellow, and yellow orange were added. 1958 saw the creation of burnt orange and goldenrod. Ultra orange and ultra yellow arrived on the scene in 1972. Not to be outdone, dandelion, vivid tangerine, and unmellow yellow were in, but lemon yellow, orange yellow, and yellow orange were out in 1990. Three years later, every kids favorite - macaroni and cheese - made it's debut. 1998 was the rookie year for banana mania and sunset orange.

Who knew there were this many shades of yellow and orange?

Thanks to Monkeyknits Jen, I can now demonstrate most of them. (I love her blog name!) She is my color swap partner for April's yellow & orange. Not a single item was left unyellowed or oranged from outside to in.

There is a card in Curious George yellow with the cutest shrinkydink monkey tucked inside, Koigu KPPPM in peach and pale yellow variegation (yummmm, Koigu), a goldenrod tin of Burt's Bees hand salve, Altoids Tangerine Sours in what else but a vivid tangerine tin, orange and orangish red Malabrigo (yummmm, Malabrigo), orange red stitch markers, and lemon yellow candy and gum in yellow and orange cases.

Thank you so much Jen! It is full of lovely and thoughtful details. I love every bit of it. Crayola can't begin to keep up with you.