Crayola is a brand of coloured crayons, and also markers, paints, and other art things for children. The company is American, and the yellow-and-green box is the picture in many people’s heads.

CrayolaCrayola is a brand of coloured crayons是彩色蠟筆的一個品牌，and also markers, paints, and other art things for children也做麥克筆、顏料，還有其他兒童美術用品。The company is American這家公司是美國的，and the yellow-and-green box is the picture in many people's heads黃綠色的包裝盒是很多人腦海裡的印象。

Some speakers use Crayola loosely for a child’s crayon, the way some say Kleenex for a tissue — though actually it is still a proper name, not a general English word for every crayon, and other brands exist. It keeps a capital C.

Some speakers use Crayola loosely for a child's crayon有些人會鬆散地用Crayola泛指小孩的蠟筆，the way some say Kleenex for a tissue就像有人用Kleenex泛指面紙一樣——though actually it is still a proper name不過它其實還是一個專有名詞，not a general English word for every crayon不是泛指所有蠟筆的普通英文字，and other brands exist而且其他品牌也存在。It keeps a capital C它的C永遠大寫。

You meet it in schools, toy shops, and childhood stories; it is not formal and not slang, just a famous make.

You meet it in schools, toy shops, and childhood stories你會在學校、玩具店，和童年故事裡遇到這個字；it is not formal and not slang它不正式，也不是俚語，just a famous make就只是一個有名的牌子。

Alice Binney, the founder’s wife, coined the name from French craie, “chalk,” plus oleaginous, “oily,” because a crayon is colour in an oily stick. In Taiwan the brand is the one children recognise as 繪兒樂.

Alice Binney, the founder's wife創辦人的太太愛麗絲·賓尼(Alice Binney)，coined the name from French craie, "chalk,"用法文craie（意思是'粉筆'）造出這個名字，plus oleaginous, "oily,"再加上oleaginous（意思是'油的'），because a crayon is colour in an oily stick因為蠟筆就是裝在油性筆芯裡的顏色。In Taiwan the brand is the one children recognise as 繪兒樂在台灣，這個品牌就是小孩認得的繪兒樂。