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We read this book frequently in our Storytimes. The overlays demonstrate how the colors mix. The optical illusion, is more suited to one on one situations. We leave the book out after storytime so the children can try the illusion. One word of warning about the illusion, it will not work with children who are color blind. It took me 10 minutes to figure out why my red/green color blind cousin could not see the effect. :-P

My 6 1/2 year old daughter brought this book home from the school library, read it with dad and after that still rushed to find me and read it all again. Her delight as each concept unfolded was contagious. The use of overlays made the concepts of mixing colors and printing come alive and sparked her imagination. Each page was a new discovery. This self-avowed young artist said, "We've GOT to get this book, mama!" Congratulations to Ruth Heller for producing a non-fiction work that inspires and thrills the young.

I had this book when I was a child, and would look through the vibrantly coloured pages with a sort of dazzled amusement. What I didn't realize then was that I was learning colour theory, tint and shade, and about CMYK printing... concepts which some people don't learn until high school or later... if ever! This book joined others like Hello Red Fox and Panda Bear's Paintbox in promoting my grasp of colour and my desire to create. Today I am a painter by trade, and I think it is in part because of an early start thanks to this book. It will give a leg-up to the young artists and creative thinkers in your life.

When I was a little girl, I loved art and wanted to be an artist when I grew up. This was one of my favorite books. I loved going through the book, enjoying the colorful pictures and basically being amazed by the transparency pages. I had no idea I was learning about color theory. Now I'm a high school art teacher and I pull this out and, just for fun, read it to my students to introduce color theory. It does a great job of covering the basics of color!

Ruth Heller Rocks!
This is a great book to teach about color and the printing process. I love the images and the text. Great book! Too bad it is out of print!

"Color" uses a catchy poem to explain about how colors are printed on paper, primary and secondary colors, complimentary and achromatic, the color wheel, tint and shade. It has beautiful pictures and even includes a few transparency pages that illustrate how colors are layered on when printing. A VERY cool book that my kids have loved at all ages!