This Crayola Drawing Chalk - 24-Pack produces strong, brilliant colors for artwork and paper and surfaces other than chalkboards. Chalk can be blended directly by applying one color over another or by rubbing with fingers. This package contains twenty-four chalk sticks in assorted colors. From its earliest beginnings, Crayola has been about color. They came into being when cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith took over Edwin"s father"s pigment business in 1885. More than 120 years later, color - along with creativity, learning and most of all, fun - is the hallmark of the Crayola company who stands out as the premiere name in crayons, markers and paint for kids.