crayon

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The grain of the canvas will be found to be clearly reproduced, and, as the crayon is absolutely black, the effect is capable of reproduction by the ordinary photographic processes CHAPTER IV VALUES Side note: The Color Scheme After the subject has been mapped out in pencil, and before beginning the pen work, we have to consider and determine the proper disposition of the Color.

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  1. noun A stick of colored wax, charcoal, or chalk, used for drawing.
  2. noun A drawing made with one of these sticks.
  3. transitive verb To draw, color, or decorate with a stick of colored wax, charcoal, or chalk.

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  • The stars were colored in crayon, and he suddenly recognized their pattern. —  Marv wolfman - Superman Returns
  • November 18th, 2008 at 10: 24 pm wow, namecalling like a crayon-eating 1st grader. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Crayon Physics Deluxe allows you to do some pretty amazing things with just a crayon, and many of the things you will come up with will leave you with an incredibly great sense of accomplishment. —  Destructoid
  • I'm reminded of Homer Simpson's infamous utterance after a crayon is re-inserted into his brain, —  Search Engine Optimization and Marketing News provided by Cumbrowski.com
  • Using almost any medium that will leave a mark-crayon, pencil, charcoal, chalk, pastel, pen and ink, gouache and watercolor-visual thinkers have produced a wide range of artistic images, from intimate expressions of the individual's innermost thoughts to highly refined master works. —  Art Knowledge News
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  1. French, diminutive of craie, chalk, from Latin crēta.

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  1. from French crayon, from craie, chalk, from Latin creta, chalk: see cretaceous.
  2. = French crayonner; from the noun.
 

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