--- description: Crayola plans to replace the Dandelion yellow crayon in its 24-pack with a new blue crayon. Tell us which shade of blue you think is best title: Pick the Perfect Shade of Blue for Crayola’s New Crayon image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt932afa5736b00f58/6988c0fe0a4a224d9a9cd83a/blue-crayons.jpg?branch=production ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Art](/tag/art/) ## Art Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pick the Perfect Shade of Blue for Crayola’s New Crayon  by [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 31, 2017 9:05 PM CUT  by [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 31, 2017 9:05 PM CUT Crayola announced Friday that it’s [removing the yellow shade “Dandelion”](http://time.com/4720579/crayola-dandelion-crayon-blue/ "undefined") from its 24-pack of crayons and replacing it with an as-yet-unrevealed shade of blue. The [current pack already includes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%5Fof%5FCrayola%5Fcrayon%5Fcolors#24%5Fpack%5FMini%5FTwistables "undefined") “Blue,” “Cerulean” and combinations of blue with violet and green. The color blue comes in infinite varieties, to the extent that there is even a [shade that has a name in Japanese](https://news.osu.edu/news/2017/03/28/mizu-blue/ "undefined") but not in English. So we thought we’d give you the chance to pick a hue yourself and nominate it for the new blue. Just choose from the palette below and hit the submit button, and we’ll aggregate all the votes and come up with the most popular choices. Disclaimer: This vote is not binding. Crayola is picking its own color blue, and will reveal more details in May. Also, since the blues your screen can produce are not exactly the same as those that can be infused in wax, there isn’t a perfect correspondence between what you see on a phone or computer and what your toddler is using to deface the dining room walls. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4721216/crayola-crayon-new-blue-color/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4721216/crayola-crayon-new-blue-color/"},"headline":"Pick the Perfect Shade of Blue for Crayola’s New Crayon","datePublished":"2017-03-31T21:05:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:09:02.741Z","description":"Which color blue should Crayola use?","url":"https://time.com/4721216/crayola-crayon-new-blue-color/","keywords":["Art"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt932afa5736b00f58/6988c0fe0a4a224d9a9cd83a/blue-crayons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Wilson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt932afa5736b00f58/6988c0fe0a4a224d9a9cd83a/blue-crayons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Color Stack","caption":"Color Stack","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/art/","name":"Art"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4721216/crayola-crayon-new-blue-color/","name":"Pick the Perfect Shade of Blue for Crayola’s New Crayon"}}]}] ```