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Crayola Is Getting Rid Of An Iconic Color

<div><p>Be prepared to bid adieu to a bright piece of your childhood this week. </p><p>Crayola announced last week that it'll be retiring one of its beloved colors this Friday, March 31st, which is also National Crayon Day. How ironic!</p><p>The crayon company isn't revealing which iconic color it'll be eliminating from their portfolio so you'll have to keep guessing until the scheduled Facebook live-stream event. </p><div><amp-facebook data-href="https://www.facebook.com/crayola/posts/10155051277715070" layout="responsive" height="600" width="640"></amp-facebook></div><p></p><p>Everything about this seems to be happening too quickly and fans have taken to social media to express their feelings following the announcement. </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>There were many who couldn't wrap their heads around the impending change. </p><div><amp-twitter height="472" width="375" layout="responsive" data-tweetid="844072934209552384"></amp-twitter></div><div><amp-twitter height="472" width="375" layout="responsive" data-tweetid="844281582211022850"></amp-twitter></div><p>This user thinks the company may be setting us up for an April Fools joke.</p><div><amp-twitter height="472" width="375" layout="responsive" data-tweetid="846961056283013125"></amp-twitter></div><p>Some Facebook users think this whole situation is ridiculous and reflects a deeper problem with the world.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><amp-iframe sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin" layout="responsive" frameborder="0" height="9" width="16" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/comment_embed.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcrayola%2Fposts%2F10155075908650070%3Fcomment_id%3D10155080663850070&amp;include_parent=false"></amp-iframe><amp-iframe sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin" layout="responsive" frameborder="0" height="9" width="16" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/comment_embed.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcrayola%2Fposts%2F10155075908650070%3Fcomment_id%3D10155078371370070&amp;include_parent=false"></amp-iframe><amp-iframe sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin" layout="responsive" frameborder="0" height="9" width="16" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/comment_embed.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcrayola%2Fposts%2F10155051277715070%3Fcomment_id%3D10155080334540070&amp;include_parent=false"></amp-iframe><p>On the other hand, some people simply want to make sure their favourite colors will be spared. </p><amp-iframe sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin" layout="responsive" frameborder="0" height="9" width="16" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/comment_embed.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcrayola%2Fposts%2F10155051277715070%3Fcomment_id%3D10155054072515070&amp;include_parent=false"></amp-iframe><amp-iframe sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin" layout="responsive" frameborder="0" height="9" width="16" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/comment_embed.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcrayola%2Fposts%2F10155051277715070%3Fcomment_id%3D10155080684895070&amp;include_parent=false"></amp-iframe><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><amp-iframe sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin" layout="responsive" frameborder="0" height="9" width="16" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/comment_embed.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcrayola%2Fposts%2F10155075908650070%3Fcomment_id%3D10155079906525070&amp;include_parent=false"></amp-iframe><p>The good news is that the 24 and 64 count boxes "will always have that number of crayons" according to Joshua Kroo, Director of Marketing Communications &amp; Virtual Creativity Platform. He told Mashable that "Crayola is all about innovating with color so consumers can expect that there will be a new, exciting color coming soon!"</p><p>You can RSVP to the live-stream event <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/268873913525280/">here</a> and be one of the first to find out which crayon color gets the boot and what the "exciting" new color will be. </p><p>What's your favorite Crayola shade?</p></div>

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