diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/crayons.dm b/code/game/objects/items/crayons.dm
index 039237c63c..af8b9341f9 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/crayons.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/crayons.dm
@@ -465,11 +465,13 @@
 	icon_state = "crayonblack"
 	paint_color = "#1C1C1C" //Not completely black because total black looks bad. So Mostly Black.
 	item_color = "black"
+	reagent_contents = list("nutriment" = 1, "blackcrayonpowder" = 1)
 
 /obj/item/toy/crayon/white
 	icon_state = "crayonwhite"
 	paint_color = "#FFFFFF"
 	item_color = "white"
+	reagent_contents = list("nutriment" = 1, "whitecrayonpowder" = 1)
 
 /obj/item/toy/crayon/mime
 	icon_state = "crayonmime"
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/reagentgrinder.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/reagentgrinder.dm
index 5c8d695007..6b02e1ed24 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/reagentgrinder.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/reagentgrinder.dm
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@
 				/obj/item/slime_extract = list(),
 				/obj/item/weapon/reagent_containers/pill = list(),
 				/obj/item/weapon/reagent_containers/food = list(),
-				/obj/item/weapon/reagent_containers/honeycomb = list()
+				/obj/item/weapon/reagent_containers/honeycomb = list(),
+				/obj/item/toy/crayon = list()
+
 		)
 
 		var/list/juice_items = list (
@@ -456,3 +458,13 @@
 				O.reagents.trans_to(beaker, amount)
 				if(!O.reagents.total_volume)
 						remove_object(O)
+
+		for (var/obj/item/toy/crayon/O in holdingitems)
+				if (beaker.reagents.total_volume >= beaker.reagents.maximum_volume)
+						break
+				for (var/r_id in O.reagent_contents)
+						var/space = beaker.reagents.maximum_volume - beaker.reagents.total_volume
+						if (space == 0)
+								break
+						beaker.reagents.add_reagent(r_id, min(O.reagent_contents[r_id], space))
+						remove_object(O)
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/other_reagents.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/other_reagents.dm
index cf956227ba..c25a1d050d 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/other_reagents.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/other_reagents.dm
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@
 //For colouring in /proc/mix_color_from_reagents
 
 
-/datum/reagent/crayonpowder
+/datum/reagent/colorful_reagent/crayonpowder
 	name = "Crayon Powder"
 	id = "crayon powder"
 	var/colorname = "none"
@@ -1137,50 +1137,72 @@
 	color = "#FFFFFF" // rgb: 207, 54, 0
 	taste_description = "the back of class"
 
-/datum/reagent/crayonpowder/New()
+/datum/reagent/colorful_reagent/crayonpowder/New()
 	description = "\an [colorname] powder made by grinding down crayons, good for colouring chemical reagents."
 
 
-/datum/reagent/crayonpowder/red
+/datum/reagent/colorful_reagent/crayonpowder/red
 	name = "Red Crayon Powder"
 	id = "redcrayonpowder"
 	colorname = "red"
+	color = "#DA0000" // red
+	random_color_list = list("#DA0000")
 
-/datum/reagent/crayonpowder/orange
+/datum/reagent/colorful_reagent/crayonpowder/orange
 	name = "Orange Crayon Powder"
 	id = "orangecrayonpowder"
 	colorname = "orange"
 	color = "#FF9300" // orange
+	random_color_list = list("#FF9300")
 
-/datum/reagent/crayonpowder/yellow
+/datum/reagent/colorful_reagent/crayonpowder/yellow
 	name = "Yellow Crayon Powder"
 	id = "yellowcrayonpowder"
 	colorname = "yellow"
 	color = "#FFF200" // yellow
+	random_color_list = list("#FFF200")
 
-/datum/reagent/crayonpowder/green
+/datum/reagent/colorful_reagent/crayonpowder/green
 	name = "Green Crayon Powder"
 	id = "greencrayonpowder"
 	colorname = "green"
 	color = "#A8E61D" // green
+	random_color_list = list("#A8E61D")
 
-/datum/reagent/crayonpowder/blue
+/datum/reagent/colorful_reagent/crayonpowder/blue
 	name = "Blue Crayon Powder"
 	id = "bluecrayonpowder"
 	colorname = "blue"
 	color = "#00B7EF" // blue
+	random_color_list = list("#00B7EF")
 
-/datum/reagent/crayonpowder/purple
+/datum/reagent/colorful_reagent/crayonpowder/purple
 	name = "Purple Crayon Powder"
 	id = "purplecrayonpowder"
 	colorname = "purple"
 	color = "#DA00FF" // purple
+	random_color_list = list("#DA00FF")
 
-/datum/reagent/crayonpowder/invisible
+/datum/reagent/colorful_reagent/crayonpowder/invisible
 	name = "Invisible Crayon Powder"
 	id = "invisiblecrayonpowder"
 	colorname = "invisible"
 	color = "#FFFFFF00" // white + no alpha
+	random_color_list = list(null)	//because using the powder color turns things invisible
+
+/datum/reagent/colorful_reagent/crayonpowder/black
+	name = "Black Crayon Powder"
+	id = "blackcrayonpowder"
+	colorname = "black"
+	color = "#1C1C1C" // not quite black
+	random_color_list = list("#404040")
+
+/datum/reagent/colorful_reagent/crayonpowder/white
+	name = "White Crayon Powder"
+	id = "whitecrayonpowder"
+	colorname = "white"
+	color = "#FFFFFF" // white
+	random_color_list = list("#FFFFFF") //doesn't actually change appearance at all