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Sekhmets Daughter

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59. I was born in 1948...
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 04:48 PM
Nov 2012

but we always had our own crayons at home for coloring and drawing. As my friends had their own as well, much swapping went on.

Art classes are among the first to go when budgets become tight. I live in Florida and when we moved here in 1987 with our 3 children the first grader was placed in a Portable classroom with a teacher hired at the last minute and given no money for supplies of any type. We parents provided paper, chalk, erasers, crayons, pencils etc. It was appalling. Fortunately half the student body came from an upscale neighborhood and our PTA always raised lots of money as well. Public education in Florida is a disgrace...our children eventually ended up in private schools.

I'll leave the "name each color" part to others, but share my story here: NYC_SKP Nov 2012 #1
No love for orange red? jberryhill Nov 2012 #2
I'm a HUGE fan of Prussian Blue librechik Nov 2012 #3
#5 is, of course, not prussian blue jberryhill Nov 2012 #8
yup-- I'm mostly wrong on CT Yankee's quizzes,too--I really love them tho librechik Nov 2012 #11
That was always my favorite as well.... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #54
Hang on.... jberryhill Nov 2012 #58
I was born in 1948... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #59
Oh yes Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #60
Not only did it hold crayons... jberryhill Nov 2012 #61
That is too funny! Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #62
Love it (and #6 has real possibilities)... CTyankee Nov 2012 #4
Stumped you, did I? jberryhill Nov 2012 #5
sure did but if it is what I suspect it is, it may have relevance to today's challenge... CTyankee Nov 2012 #6
Okay, I'll bite... jberryhill Nov 2012 #7
You are a mind reader! I was researching him just yesterday and found an interesting work that CTyankee Nov 2012 #10
Ah, then it's that other guy who isn't Giacommeti jberryhill Nov 2012 #13
Oh, jberryhill, once again you nailed it! CTyankee Nov 2012 #16
What you probably don't know jberryhill Nov 2012 #26
I didn't know that. Thanks. CTyankee Nov 2012 #44
Are numbers 2 and 5... IcyPeas Nov 2012 #9
#2 is correct! Missed on #5 jberryhill Nov 2012 #12
omg lol n/t librechik Nov 2012 #21
This thread is fall down funny malaise Nov 2012 #14
#5 has got to be Yves Klein Blue--how cool to have your name attached to a color librechik Nov 2012 #15
Ultramarine? pinboy3niner Nov 2012 #18
ooh yeah-- with fringe on! librechik Nov 2012 #20
It is not ultramarine jberryhill Nov 2012 #24
Ultramarine is only in the big big box of 128 colors. librechik Nov 2012 #27
....which always made me wonder jberryhill Nov 2012 #28
my son, a computer programmer & graphic designer, did a project where he "named" ALL the colors librechik Nov 2012 #32
Is number 6 "bronze"? surrealAmerican Nov 2012 #17
The same artist has done one in bronze, but # 6 it is not jberryhill Nov 2012 #22
#5, cornflower blue? woo me with science Nov 2012 #19
BINGO jberryhill Nov 2012 #23
A cornflower is a blue-flowering weed that is common in cornfields. yardwork Nov 2012 #29
On second look, #6 might be plain old Gold. yardwork Nov 2012 #31
Bingo on #6 jberryhill Nov 2012 #37
Magenta is definitely not up there. I thought that #4 might be Periwinkle. yardwork Nov 2012 #40
No, no. I's yellow green. I'm sure of it! That's the ticket. yardwork Nov 2012 #42
Yay! jberryhill Nov 2012 #47
Aaaaargh! I changed my mind!!!! LOL. yardwork Nov 2012 #48
Does the new one work any better? jberryhill Nov 2012 #50
No. I want the old one back. Wait. I can't decide..... yardwork Nov 2012 #51
Yay! woo me with science Nov 2012 #34
It is fun! I forgot to mention that "corn" in Europe doesn't mean what it means in the U.S. yardwork Nov 2012 #35
Cool! woo me with science Nov 2012 #36
No guesses yet on #1, #3 or #4 jberryhill Nov 2012 #25
#1 and #3 are tough! But is #4 Wisteria? nt pinboy3niner Nov 2012 #33
Whoo hoo - You nailed #4! jberryhill Nov 2012 #38
The girl who sat next to me ate crayons Generic Other Nov 2012 #30
If the broken edges are sharp enough, sure jberryhill Nov 2012 #39
is 3 just called "yellow-green" IcyPeas Nov 2012 #41
Close but no cigar jberryhill Nov 2012 #46
Two is Aerows Nov 2012 #43
It is burnt, but not an orange jberryhill Nov 2012 #45
I'm just slightly better than the guy in the chart here... Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2012 #49
I sort of "red" or "not red" jberryhill Nov 2012 #52
Only one left is #1 - I'm sure someone with sleuth it out jberryhill Nov 2012 #53
No. 1 is GREEN IcyPeas Nov 2012 #56
Awesome! How did you know? jberryhill Nov 2012 #57
mr. jberryhill, I believe you favor the cool end of the spectrum blogslut Nov 2012 #55
We did the crayon shavings and iron thing.... IcyPeas Dec 2012 #63
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