• Description

  Rich, radiant and shiny! Crayola Metallic Markers add an extra sleek sheen and shimmery effects to homemade cards, crafts and colorful art projects on both light and dark paper! There are eight steely tones to choose from including Cobalt Blue, Green Machine, Slick Silver, Copper Mine, Gold Ingot, Purple Steel, Black Iron and Pink Bling markers. Includes 8 Metallic Markers

• Features

  Metallic markers make your artwork shine!

  Non-Toxic.

  Add shimmery effects to both light and dark paper!Great for paper, posters and crafts!

  8 shimmery colors: Blue, Silver, Gold, Black, Green, Copper, Purple, Pink

FAQ

• How should I store Crayola Markers?

  For best results, please store the following markers horizontally:

  • Crayola Metallic Markers
  • Crayola Project Metallic Markers
  • Crayola Glitter Markers
  • Art with Edge
  • Glitter Markers
  • Art with Edge Metallic Markers
  • All Crayola dry-erase markers, including Washable Dry-Erase and Visi-Max Dry-Erase Markers
  • All Crayola gel markers, including Gel FX and Washable Gel Markers Crayola Window Markers
  • Take Note! Dry-Erase Markers
  • Crayola Project Glitter Markers
  • Signature Liquid Metal Craft Markers

  
  

  Traditional Crayola Markers (washable and regular) should be stored vertically with the capped tip of the marker facing upward.

• How are Crayola Markers made?

  Crayola® Markers are made with six components consisting of: a color solution, a porous plastic nib, a plastic barrel, a cotton filament (ink reservoir), an end plug, and a cap. Although specific ingredient information is proprietary, most of the color solutions in Crayola Markers are made from water and dyes. Below is the process we follow to make Crayola Markers.

  
  

  1. Tiny beads of plastic are fed into a molding machine where they are melted and then molded into marker barrels. The liquid plastic becomes solid, white marker barrels in a matter of seconds.
  2. Any extra plastic from the molding process goes back into the molding machine to make new marker barrels.
  3. The marker barrels are screen printed with the Crayola brand name and most with the color name of the marker. The process is like screen printing t-shirts, where the ink colors pass through a pre-made screen onto the printing surface. Up to 6 distinct colors can be used to decorate the marker barrel at one time! The ink dries quickly as the marker barrel passes through a drying tunnel.
  4. The assembly machine lines up the marker barrels in the same direction as they move along a conveyor belt. The end plug and ink reservoir are inserted into the marker barrel, and the color solution is injected into the soft reservoir. The marker nib, or drawing tip, is added to the open end of the marker, followed by the cap. It takes a minute or two for the ink to travel up from the reservoir to color the nib, so the marker is ready to write!
  5. The finished markers are placed in a sorter - a machine with separate sections for the assorted colors. A chute drops one marker of each color onto a conveyor belt, creating the colorful assortment that will fill the marker box.
  6. A robotic arm opens the flat marker boxes and sends them down the conveyor belt. Another robotic arm pushes the markers into the boxes and closes them. After the assembled markers are packed in large cartons, they are ready to be shipped to stores.

  
  

  Did you know....

  Crayola makes more than 700 million markers a year!

  
  

  • The first box of Crayola Markers was introduced in 1978 and included 8 bright colors.
  • In 2014, Crayola introduced Ultra-Clean Washable Markers. They clean up easily from skin, clothing, and painted walls.
  • Crayola Broad Line Markers are tested to write a minimum of 300 feet - almost the length of a football field!
  • Crayola Fine Line and Super Tips Markers are tested to write a minimum of 600 feet.

  
  

  Learn more about Crayola Markers on the Crayola Markers Page.

• Does Crayola make watercolor markers or pens?

  Crayola® does not produce a product called “watercolor markers.” Since most Crayola markers are water-based, they are frequently referred to as “watercolor markers” or “watercolor pens.” View our Crayola Marker products!

   

• What dyes are used in Crayola Markers?

  The basic ingredients in Crayola® Markers are water and dye. A common experiment is to use paper chromatography to separate the dyes. When performing this experiment, you will find that not all Crayola Marker colors separate into different colors due to the nature of dyes utilized in creating marker colors. (Brown, violet and green markers work best). For example, only one dye is used to make our red color marker, but a number of dyes are used to make our brown color marker. In a chromatography experiment, the brown will separate into different colors; however, the red will not.

• How many crayon colors does Crayola make?

  Crayola® Crayons are made in 148 unique colors, but don’t stop counting there! Some colors are offered in special effects, further expanding our color selection with specialty crayons like glitter, pearl, confetti, metallic, bold & bright, and more! Learn more about our colorful collections on Crayola.com.