crayon marks

Colorful wall damage

Crayon marks are the waxy, colored traces left by crayons on surfaces.

The term usually implies unwanted marks—what children leave on walls, furniture, or books: How do I get crayon marks off the wallpaper?

The waxy composition makes them notoriously difficult to remove from porous surfaces.

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art project · paper · construction paper · children · streaks · pigment · rubbing · colorful · kindergarten · finger grip · doodles · coloring book · walls · mess · artwork · shading · blending · texture

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Opposites
marking instrument

crayon markschalk marks

Powdery drawn lines

brushstrokes

presence vs. absence

crayon marksblank canvas

Untouched painting surface

skill level/intentionality

crayon marksfine art

Aesthetic visual creations

technical drawing · masterwork

Family

crayon, crayons, crayoned, crayoning, mark, marks, marked, marking, marker

Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G