Color Quest: Challenging Color-by-Number Art for Adults

This really is a challenging, fun book. I wasn't sure what to expect even after reading the other reviews but I have really enjoyed this book. It takes a while to complete a picture but it is a fun, relaxing way to have something to do while watching TV or just sitting outside and enjoying the sunshine. This is a somewhat over-sized book, and the little squares, etc. are somewhat small, but you can still see the numbers so you will know what color to fill in each square. There are a variety of pictures to complete, from animals to geometrical designs, and you won't know what picture you are completing until you are about half done. If you want to cheat, you can look in the back of the book, as there is a picture of each completed design there. The paper is heavier and the designs are, thankfully, just printed on one side of each page, so you don't have to worry about your markers or pens bleeding through the paper onto a design on the other side of the page. Not only is this a great book for someone who likes coloring by numbers and puzzles, but this would be also be a great item for someone who likes to have something to do while watching TV or someone who is in the hospital. I plan to bring this book to work along with my colored pencils so I can work on this during my lunch hour. It's a great quality book with a nice, heavier feel and is definitely gift quality. I highly recommend it!

I’ve had many a coloring book in my day, and I’ve enjoyed many of them. There is something very cathartic about coloring, and it is a great way to pass the time in a way that allows for free thought. This coloring book is so different though. I have found that not only am I free to de-stress and relax, I am not pressured to be ultimately super creative yet I can still make something beautiful and worthwhile. The small color by number shapes give me very precise areas in which to concentrate my attentions. I have found myself taking this book everywhere and wanting more and more time to continue the relaxation and mindlessness of coloring. I have already bought the other two books in the series and am anxiously awaiting more!

Good quality, no bleeding through the pages with the markers I used. The pictures are a fun complexity for adults, teens, maybe some older children.

There are so many things to love about this coloring book! I really like that the image reveals as you color it. Without turning to the back and seeing the finished images, it's virtually impossible to tell what you're coloring when you pick a blank page. This first book has a nice variety of images, from animals to people to buildings and bugs. I also love that this book is time consuming but not difficult. The pixelated images look incredible when they're completed. The pages are thick enough that I don't have to worry about bleed-through when using washable markers, and the pages are all single sided and perforated. Because the coloring areas are so small, the marker strokes from water-based markers are less visible than most coloring books, leaving the finished images looking a lot nicer than many other books. I've used water-based markers, fine-liner pens, gel pens, and Prismacolor colored pencils and they all look great in this book. My only complaint is that I wish there were a larger variety of geometric shapes to color. Most of the images are made up of of triangles, with a couple pentagon, square, and hexagon images. There is only one image made from circles, and I'd have liked to see more of those as well.

Just got this today and I can't wait to get started. This book is BIG 10x14 inches. The pages are perforated and of heavy weight, good for markers or gel pens as will as pencils. This is a "color-by-numbers" book with a twist! You are coloring in small "pixels" and you don't know what the finished "picture" will be. There is a color ledger for each page in the margins, so you don't have to refer to one ledger for the whole book. You can tear out a page grab the colors needed for that page and you can color on the go if you wish. There is also a page of thumb nail pictures of what the finished pages will look like. My only complaint is that the numbers on each page are a bit light and can be a little hard to see, but is VERY good for the finished page because the numbers will not show through. For that reason only is why I gave this 4 stars instead of 5.

I love this coloring book! The patterns are a mystery (unless you look at the back of the book) that are slowly unveiled as you color the page. The book is very large, much larger than a regular coloring book. There are 30 patterns; each is printed on one side of the page, and the paper is nice and thick. The pages are perforated and easily tear out of the book. The only way this book could be better is if it were spiral bound so that I wouldn't need to tear each page out of the book in order to color it comfortably. Most of the patterns are very intricate and require lots of time and patience -- I find them really fun to color. Someone with less patience or attention to detail may not enjoy it as much. The numbers on the spaces are rather small and light, and you need good lighting to see them. Some of the lighter colors do not fully cover up the numbers, but the finished pages still look good regardless. You wouldn't want the numbers to be too dark or too large, or there would be more of an issue with numbers showing through. I really like how these pictures look when colored with gel pens. However, a quick note to gel pen users - these pages use up a lot of ink! I try to start each picture with fresh, unused pens, but on some patterns I will go through an entire pen of one color, and then I struggle to find another color that matches up with the one I was using. It may be better if you have multiples of the same color. Another note is that if you want to color these with the actual colors that are suggested (and of course I do!), then you will need to have lots of browns, yellows, and oranges at your disposal. Even if you buy the gel pens that come in packs of 100, there are not too many shades of browns, yellows, and oranges ... and those are hard colors to buy separately. So, be warned. I've gone through multiple packs of 100 in search of those colors ... and now I have an unnecessarily large number of gel pens in other colors. You could also use colored pencils or fine markers to color these patterns. I just find that the gel pens (especially the sparkly ones) are more fun to use.

Absolutely love these books. I have had 3 so far, however this one by far is my favorite one to do. I plan on buying this book again as I'm almost done with the one I have now... thats how much I enjoyed this book! Great purchase!

My Daughter loves to color, she really liked this one!