Descriptive Essay: Crayola Color

Examining my personality, it is immediately apparent that the color that describes me best would have to be of a blue hue. Many aspects of myself, from my quiet nature and mellow outlook on life, to my desire for knowledge and creative drive, are, in my mind, tinted with a cool blue. Out of all of the blue hued Crayola colors, however, I find that I most associate myself with the color periwinkle.
The name of this Crayon fascinated me when I first discovered it as a child in my 96-color Crayola box, a well-received gift from my grandmother that would mark the beginning of a life-long love of art. It sounded fanciful, like it had originated from the pages of one of my many fairytale books. I now know that the name comes from the periwinkle flower, a lovely little five-petal flower that, though as a child I was unaware, blooms in large blue swaths not far from my house. Periwinkle, as a crayon, is a light and washed out grayish-blue with just a tinge of purple. Such a color would accompany deeper blues, purples, pinks, and oranges in painting the sky as the sun sets, but in a Crayola box periwinkle finds itself wanting for purpose. It is far too light and subtle a color to be appreciated there, most likely to end up in the hands of a child who would prefer the brighter cerulean or the bolder dark blue. In the hands of an artist periwinkle would find
To be where my abilities could be understood, encouraged, and expanded upon, to move on from that restricting Crayola box and into better hands, is a dream I have held onto quite dearly, and one that I am determined to realize. I will not be tossed aside and prevented from achieving my full potential. My circumstances do not determine my value nor do they define what my future will look