On children’s drawings, the sun will no longer shine due to the retirement of one of the many shades of yellow in a crayon box.

Crayola scratched the color “dandelion” from its 24-count crayon box with an event in Times Square on National Crayon Day, March 3. On that day, they also introduced a new, unnamed color to replace it.

This is the first time that a color has ever been dropped from its iconic 24-count box.

Crayola has retired crayons before, but the last time was 2003. “Blizzard blue,” “magic mint,” “teal blue” and “mulberry” disappeared that year. “Dandelion” will be replaced with a blue color over the summer and fans will be asked to help name the new crayon.

Right now, the other 23 colors in the box are used more often. While this dark yellow crayon color may make some children happy while coloring their suns and flowers, Crayola should get rid of it. Out with the old, in with the new.

Dandelion is a not necessary color, but another shade of blue should not be introduced either.

There are five yellow-based colors in the 24-count pack of crayons, including dandelion. A 4-year-old will not miss one of their shades of yellow. 

In addition to removing dandelion, Crayola should also get rid of the color apricot. Apricot is not the color of any human skin, but is the go-to color when coloring in people. We need more colors in the 24-pack to represent the diversity of human skin.

In 1992, Crayola released a set of eight multicultural crayons. According to the product line description, the crayons “come in an assortment of skin hues that give a child a realistic palette for coloring their world.”

The colors in the multicultural pack included apricot, black, burnt sienna, mahogany, peach, sepia, tan and white. Although there was some criticism in this multicultural pack, some of these colors should be introduced into the 24 pack, replacing one of the many red, blue, yellow or green shades.

Why should they sell a separate pack full of multicultural colors when they could include them in the most commonly used pack, the 24 pack?

Eventually it will get daunting to keep adding or retiring colors. It is cool that Crayola wants to implement a new color, but honestly, other shades of blue, orange, yellow, red or whatever are not needed.

Small children do not care that there is a difference between sea blue and sky blue. They just care about scribbling a pretty picture for their mom or dad.