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Crayon Maker’s Longtime Secret
When Emerson Moser retired from Crayola, the crayon-making behemoth, he caused a bit of a stir. The man who had a 37-year-long career and worked his way up to senior crayon maker had a secret.
After making 1.4 billion crayons — including issuing a limited-edition Robin’s Egg blue to mark the billionth waxy color stick made by his company — Moser told his peers this:
He is colorblind.
Huh. And he made crayons?
Of course, colorblindness doesn’t mean one sees only in black and white. Rather, Moser was red/green colorblind, meaning he couldn’t distinguish between red and green (Fred Rogers and Paul Newman were red/green colorblind as well).
Still. Wow!
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[babble.com] Crayone Maker is Colorblind | Strollerderby | commented on Aug 26 10 at 1:00 pmbob commented on Aug 24 10 at 4:43 pmWell, color me periwinkle.
Emily commented on Aug 25 10 at 9:36 amGood for him. It’s good that he could do a job like that and be color blind. Again, Good for him.
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