Bellen Woodard, 9, knew that when her classmates asked for the “skin color” crayon, they meant the “peach” one. To give children more options, she started the “More than Peach” project.

At just 9 years old, Bellen has made a name for herself by launching her “More than Peach” project, where she creates art kits that have packs of Crayola’s Multicultural crayons inside ...

Bellen Woodard was in third grade when she came home with a question. "My friends, they always called the peach crayon the skin-colored crayon," she recalled. Why? She handed over the crayon but ...

Bellen Woodard has made a name for herself by launching her More Than Peach Project, where she creates art kits that have packs of Crayola’s Multicultural crayons inside — emphasizing how the ...

A fourth grader in Leesburg, Virginia said every time her classmates asked for the "skin colored" crayon they were talking about the peach crayon. Loudoun County fourth grader Belle Woodard is ...

She handed over the crayon but it made her feel “weird.” Her mom suggested that next time she hand over the brown crayon, “because our skin color’s brown.” Bellen had another idea.