Orange You Glad?

This Crayola color journey has been an interesting one. In 2013, Smithsonian Magazine featured an article about how the same basic crayon color—BLACK, for example— has been repackaged over the years with many different names.

It kind of makes sense, really. What a great cost-effective marketing strategy. I mean, why reinvent the wheel? New collection of crayons? No problem! Take a basic crayon, print up new paper sleeves, and Voila! Black has turned into Leather Jacket, Licorice, Black Hole, Muscle Shell Black or New Sneakers!

This captured my curiosity. Made a chart for all the alias colors that ORANGE has been through the years, and what collection it was for. Here's what I found:

One of the challenges I have had with this collection is that there are so many angles that you can take when writing poems about a color name. I thought, why not do a post where I look at a color from several angles? So I chose three of the ORANGE color names and went to town.

These are the colors I chose this week:

• Freshly Squeezed

• Grandma's Perfume

• Huggable Bear Orange

Freshly Squeezed

Nothing says summer mornings like freshly squeezed OJ. Sticky-sweet, finger-licking deliciousness. For this Haiku, I imagined the orange as a king not wanting to share his treasure.

Grandma's Perfume

Coming up with a topic for this name was easy. My precious Grammie always smelled like Youth Dew. Here is the description of the fragrance:

"Embody the timeless elegance of another era when you wear Youth Dew, a classic eau de parfum for women released in 1953 by Estee Lauder. Absolutely captivating, with opulent flowers, rich spices, precious woods. It has been called one of the sexiest fragrances ever created, and more than 50 years after it was launched it continues to entice with its sensual, yet timeless appeal." - Estee Lauder

All I know, is that to me it smelled like love.

Huggable Bear Orange

Who doesn't love Winnie the Pooh? When I saw this name, I searched for some clips to remind myself of this huggable "hunny-loving" bear. I came across a quote:

I immediately noted the double dactyl words "Rumbly, Tumbly" and knew the right poetic. form to use. I imagined him seeing a hive with his beloved "hunny" up in the tree.