
Purple Chevrolet Bel Air in Havana, Cuba, November 2016


Hex colour ref: 7366bd
A colourful note: Blue violet became a Crayola colour in 1934. Interestingly, purple is one colour where Crayola have used plant names for most of their shades: violet, lavender, periwinkle, fuchsia, wisteria, …
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 19 March 2017
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Love those old cars.
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Ah, la Habana!
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Jus the name makes me smile 🙂
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Beautiful photo and perfect for this first day of spring! I also just love trivia like that! I still remember the fun of visiting my grandmother who had a 64-color box…!
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The Crayola history is very interesting – boxes with fitted pencil sharpener must have been a great innovation back then. And some of their colour names are fascinating.
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Amazing colours!
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Another beautiful colour 🙂
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