Mega Brands America

Mega Brands America, Inc., formerly known as Rose Art Industries, LLC, is an American arts and stationery company based in Irvine, California. It sells products primarily under the brands RoseArt, The Board Dudes, The Write Dudes, USA Gold, Moon Products, MEGA Puzzles and Fuzzy Poster. It is owned by parent company MEGA Brands Inc., a Montreal-based company. It has additional operations in Fife, Washington; Lafayette, Indiana; and Lewisburg, Tennessee.

2013 marked the 90th anniversary of RoseArt. The company was established when Isidor Rosen founded the Rosebud Art Company in New York City in 1923.^[1] During the 1970s, the company renamed itself RoseArt. RoseArt has been a subsidiary of Mega Brands since 2005.^[2]

On January 24, 2010, Mega Bloks Inc. agreed to acquire The Board Dudes, Inc., a privately held company based in Corona, California. The Board Dudes designs and distributes a range of products for the school, home and office supply markets. Primary product categories include dry erase boards, cork boards, school and locker products, writing instruments, novelty items and storage products sold under the Board Dudes, Locker Dudes, Write Dudes, and related brands. These goods are sold in mass and specialty channels throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Board Dudes founders and principals, Ben Hoch and Michael Cerillo, both maintain senior managerial roles within the arts and stationery division of MEGA Brands.^[3]

In September 2006, the former owners of Rose Art Industries filed suit against Mega Brands, alleging insider trading by company executives in 2005 and 2006.^[4] MEGA Brands counter sued and in November 2009 the parties settled. The Rosens agreed to pay back $17.2 million and forgo claims of an additional $54.8 million. ^[5]

Art supplies

Since the beginning, RoseArt has many different art supplies (including crayons, markers, colored pencils, chalk, paint, etc.). Over the years, RoseArt supplies have come in many different colors. Below is a list of art supplies.

Colored pencils

Name – Issued – Retired – Notes

1. Apricot – 1949
2. Black – 1949 –
3. Blue – 1949
4. Blue Berry – 1992
5. Blue Green – 1949
6. Blue Violet – 1949
7. Brown – 1949
8. Green – 1949
9. Green Blue – 1949
10. Green Yellow – 1949
11. Grey – 1949
12. Orange – 1949
13. Orange Red – 1949
14. Orange Yellow – 1949
15. Peach – 1949
16. Pink – 1949
17. Purple – 1949
18. Red – 1949
19. Red Orange – 1949
20. Red Violet – 1949
21. Rose – 1949
22. Sky Blue – 1958
23. Teal – 1958
24. Turquoise – 1958
25. Violet – 1949
26. Violet Blue – 1949
27. White – 1949
28. Yellow – 1949
29. Yellow Green – 1949
30. Yellow Orange – 1949

Crayons

Name – Issued – Retired – Notes

1. Apricot – 1946
2. Black – 1923 –
3. Blue – 1923
4. Blue Green – 1934
5. Blue Violet – 1934
6. Brown – 1923
7. Green – 1923
8. Green Blue – 1934
9. Green Yellow – 1934
10. Grey – 1923
11. Orange – 1923
12. Orange Red – 1934
13. Orange Yellow – 1934
14. Peach – 1946
15. Pink – 1923
16. Purple – 1923
17. Red – 1923
18. Red Orange – 1934
19. Red Violet – 1934
20. Rose – 1934
21. Violet – 1923
22. Violet Blue – 1934
23. Violet Red – 1934
24. White – 1923
25. Yellow – 1923
26. Yellow Green – 1934
27. Yellow Orange – 1934

See also

• Crayola
• List of Crayola crayon colors

References

External links

• MEGA Brands home page