Laurentien (originally Laurentian) was a Canadian brand of art supplies owned by Sanford Canada. The line of supplies included coloured pencils, markers and crayons. The line of Laurentian coloured pencils was discontinued around 2012 and their websites no longer exist. Laurentien was marketed in the United States under the name Paradise. [1]
Laurentien was originally owned by Venus Pencils [1] and was originally spelled Laurentian. During the 1960s, the packaging of Laurentien's products changed to become a portable vinyl pouch and the colour pencils now had space for labeling on the pencil supposedly to "deter theft from classmates". [1] In 1972, Laurentian's name was changed to Laurentien, supposedly in an attempt to increase sales in Quebec. In 1994, Sanford L.P. acquired Laurentien. In 2001, Sanford L.P. discontinued the vinyl pouch design and used a cardboard box instead. Laurentien's website stated that this was due to consumers being more likely to put the coloured pencils in a pencil case. [1] In 2012, Laurentien ceased the production of its coloured pencils.
Laurentien brand coloured pencils are also known as "pencil crayons" in Canada. [2] They were available in packages of differing sizes. Each coloured pencil is painted in a colour matching the lead, and labelled in white (Cotton White has yellow lettering) with both the name of the colour and a number assigned to each colour.
Past colours
Additional metallic colours were also available and appeared in a separate Laurentien Metallic Pencil Crayon Set in 2004. The colours in the metallic set were:
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The following is a partial timeline of Crayola's history. It covers the Crayola brand of marking utensils, as well as the history of Binney & Smith, the company that created the brand and is currently a subsidiary of Hallmark Cards known as Crayola LLC.
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