True Colors! - The Story of Crayola - Chapter 1 Coloring B.C. (Before Crayola)

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True Colors! - The Story of Crayola - Chapter 1 Coloring B.C. introduces how people have long been drawn to drawing in color, even before crayons existed. It explores inspiration and creative habits, then surveys early examples of colored drawings and paintings, including cave art dating back to 37,500 BCE and the Lascaux Caves. The chapter explains what materials ancient artists used, such as easily found ocher pigments made from minerals and clay.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

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Pages52

Reading Time1 h 20 min

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Chapter 1 Coloring B.C. (Before Crayola)

Drawing inspiration and early color

Cave drawings and dates

Ocher as an ancient coloring material

How tools and materials shaped art

# READ7ZTO*READ LEVEL THRE # HISTORYOF FUNTrue Colors!STUFTThe Storg of Crayola ayola IGrayolaI CrayolaI gb Crayola By Jesse Burton Illustrated by Scott Burroughs Did you know that the creators ofCrayola crayons won a gold medalat the 1904 World's Fair?Or thatthe company has a Hall of Famewhere they place retired colors?What about the Crayola Solar Farmthat is made up of 30,000 solarpanels?Now you can become aHistory of Fun Stuff Expert on thecolorful world of Crayola crayons! 0CT -2018 WITHDRAWN WINNETKA-NORTHFIELDPUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICTWINNETKA,IL 60093847-446-7220 MWAROHTIW ISTORYFUNTrue Colors!The Story of CrayolaIllustrated by Scott Burroughs SIMON SPOTLIGHT这An imprint of Simon &Schuster Children's Publishing Division1230 Avenue of the Americas,New York,New York 10020This Simon Spotlight edition October 2018 ◎2018 Crayola,Easton,PA.18044-0431.Crayola Oval Logo⑧,Crayola⑧,Chevron Design⑧,andSerpentine Design⑧are registered trademarks of Crayola used under license. All rights reserved,including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. SIMON SPOTLIGHT,READY-TO-READ,and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon &Schuster,Inc.For information about special discounts for bulk purchases,please contact Simon &Schuster Special Sales at1-866-506-1949or business@simonandschuster.com. Manufactured in the United States of America 0818 LAK Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names:Burton,Jesse,author.|Burroughs,Scott,illustrator.Title:True colors!:the story of Crayola/ byJesse Burton;illustrated by Scott Burroughs.Description:New York:Simon Spotlight,2018.|Series: Ready-to-Read|Series:History of fun stuff|Audience:Ages 6-8.|Audience:Kto Grade 3. Identifiers:LCCN 2018026477(print)|LCCN 2018028961(ebook)|ISBN 9781534425682(e-book) ISBN 9781534425675(hardback)|ISBN 9781534425668(pbk)Subjects:LCSH:Crayola(Firm)—Juvenile literature.|Crayons—History—Juvenile literature.|Artists'materials industry—United States—History一 Juvenile literature.|BISAC:JUVENILE NONFICTION/Readers/Beginner.|JUVENILE NONFICTION/ Art/Drawing.|JUVENILE NONFICTION/Media Tie-In.Classification:LCC HD9791.U54(ebook)| LCC HD9791.U54C73382018(print)|DDC338.7/667—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018026477 Chapter 1:Coloring B.C. (Before Crayola)4Chapter 2:Cousins in Color12Chapter 3:An Explosion of Color20 Chapter 4:Coloring in the Future30But Wait...There's More!37 CHAPTER 1Coloring B.C.(Before Crayola) What inspires you to draw a picture?Isit a new experience like a family trip?Doyou like to draw pictures of people you know?Or do you tap into your imaginationand draw objects from dreams and evenpatterns and symbols?Whatever yourinspiration,chances are you grabbed abox of crayons and paper to make somecolorful art.But what did people do beforecrayons existed?How did their drawingtools look and feel? Throughout history people have beendrawn to drawing in color.There areexamples of drawings as far back as 37,500 BCE,when people drew andpainted objects and symbols from theireveryday lives.For example,the LascauxCaves of France(15,000 BCE)includemore than six hundred paintings anddrawings,showing all kinds of animals,like horses,deer,cows,and cats.Thereare symbols on the cave walls,too. Prehistory experts determined that theseancient painters used materials they could easily find,like red and yellow ocher. Ocher is made of minerals and clay found in the earth.

FAQs

What does the chapter say about why people like to draw?

The chapter asks what inspires someone to draw—new experiences, people they know, imagination, dreams, and symbolic patterns.

What evidence of colored drawings does the chapter mention from prehistoric times?

It describes drawings and paintings dating back to about 37,500 BCE and mentions the Lascaux Caves in France with hundreds of paintings and drawings.

What materials did early painters use according to the chapter?

The chapter says prehistoric artists used materials they could find easily, such as red and yellow ocher, made from minerals and clay in the earth.

Oct 13, 2026

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