Crayola set to retire a color; but which one?

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Crayola is about to rock your childhood memory world.

On Friday, the Easton-based company will retire one of the iconic colors from its 24-count box, a ubiquitous fixture in classrooms, playrooms, bedrooms, and backpacks that dates to 1905, according to Wikipedia.

Which color will go and which will survive is a closely-guarded secret.

The company has a special countdown on its website and will broadcast the “One Will Say Goodbye” announcement in a Facebook Live event from Times Square in New York City.

“Something BIG is happening at Crayola. On March 31st we’ll retire one of our iconic colors. Will it be one of your favorites? #WhosLeaving,” the company posted.

Crayola will announce the color they intend to can from their 24-count pack on Friday. We’ve picked some likely suspects. Which of these colors do you think will get the axe?

who gave crayola the power to eliminate colors from existence pic.twitter.com/jaSBR1BgrY

— nina braca ~ (@oreokitty_) March 28, 2017

The current 24-count box contains red, yellow, blue, brown, orange, green, violet, black, carnation pink, yellow orange, blue green, red violet, red orange, yellow green, blue violet, white, violet red, dandelion, cerulean, apricot, scarlet, green yellow, indigo and gray, ABC reported.

Once the color is retired, the company says it will not produce any additional crayons in that shade, the station reported.

You were everyone’s best friend when you had this box of Crayola crayons. #MyChildhoodInAMeme pic.twitter.com/J0Ci4GJFop

— Michelle (@michellelavita_) March 25, 2017

Published: March 29, 2017 — 12:23 PM EDT | Updated: March 29, 2017 — 12:45 PM EDT

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