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Crayola to retire color on National Crayon Day

By Madeline Kenney

Crayola will announce the retirement of one of its signature crayon colors. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Crayola announced that it’s celebrating National Crayon Day on March 31 by retiring one of its signature crayon colors.

But one question remains: Which color will it be?

Crayola said it will reveal which color is getting nixed in a Facebook livestream Friday morning.

People took to social media to suggest what color Crayola should retire and which ones are are off limits for retirement.

You must be tossing out the "flesh" crayon. There's so many flesh tones
— Gregory Knight (@gregsart) March 29, 2017

I swear to everything, if you get rid of cerulean nothing will ever be good in this world again.
— Caterpillar Girl (@sarahjewel) March 29, 2017

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