Diversified shopping

[Joel S. Berson]

Do they have one labeled "Flesh"?  [Pause ...]  Indeed!
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Prismacolor Col-Erase Pencils

Prismacolor Col-Erase, the erasable colored
pencil, is great for colored layouts and design ­
it makes it so easy to erase a color or a whole
color scheme. These pencils are pre-sharpened.

12-Color Set ­ Includes the colors, Vermilion,
Brown, Terra Cotta, Tuscan Red, Blue, Carmine
Red, Green, Yellow, Black, Purple, Light Blue, and Light Green.

24-Color Set ­ Includes all of the pencils in the
12-color set, plus White, Flesh, Pink, Violet,
Light Gray, Indigo Blue, Grass Green, Lavender,
Canary Yellow, Orange, Rose, and Scarlet Red.
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http://www.dickblick.com/products/prismacolor-col-erase-pencils/

Apparently the Brown, Red, Yellow, and Black
peoples -- not to mention the Green -- don't have
Flesh color.  I expect Mars attacks.

Crayola was more sensitively multicultural -- Wikipedia says:

Some colors have been renamed rather than
replaced, often due to cultural sensitivity
issues. For example, "Flesh" was changed to
"Peach", since not all people have the same
complexion, and "Indian Red" was changed to
"Chestnut" out of concern the name was thought to
be a reference to the skin color of Native
Americans, although the name actually referred to
a red pigment from India.[25] "Prussian Blue" was
renamed "Midnight Blue", since the country of
Prussia had long since ceased to exist and the name had fallen into disuse.

Joel

At 3/23/2011 12:32 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>When I was at the appropriate age,
>the teacher called them "colored pencils."
>
>"Color pencils" and "coloring pencils" sound and look weird. "Coloring book"
>- that's different.
>
>JL
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>On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:
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> > I meant to mention this weeks ago, but forgot. A listing on Buy.com:
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> > > Prismacolor Premier Lightfast Colored Pencils, Set of 24
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> > I am used to "color pencils" or, at worst, "coloring pencils", but, I
> > suppose, one could say that the lead is the same, differing only by
> > addition of coloring.
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