Adult Colouring Books

snubbleste

Ok, when did this become a thing?
Whoy?
Is it a marketing gimmick?

Arghus

What about the adult join the dots books, I says!

gozunda

Colour me beautiful?

I believe it is proposed to reduce stress and anxiety. I suppose whatever floats your boat.

everlast75

Well if it's an "adult" colouring book, surely the only colour you'd really need is pink?

5rtytry56

Every man to his own poison ......or "colouring book".

Feck off with ya if ya don't like what colours I use.

5rtytry56

everlast75 wrote: »

Well if it's an "adult" colouring book, surely the only colour you'd really need is pink?

that'd be popular alright on a site like 4chan

Harry Palmr

Its part of a movement which is turning its back on digital and retuning to analogue values and one that could never have happened without the internet acting as the channel to disseminate same!

mahoganygas

everlast75 wrote: »

Well if it's an "adult" colouring book, surely the only colour you'd really need is pink?

Racist!! :eek:

gozunda

everlast75 wrote: »

Well if it's an "adult" colouring book, surely the only colour you'd really need is pink?

The little boy went first day of school
He got some crayons and he started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw
And the teacher said, "What you doin' young man?"
"I'm paintin' flowers" he said

She said, "It's not the time for art young man
And anyway flowers are green and red"
"There's a time for everything young saw
And a way it should be done
You've got to show concern for everyone else
For you're not the only one"

And she said, "Flowers are red young man
And green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen"

But the little boy said
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one"

Read more: Harry Chapin - Flowers Are Red Lyrics

Bacchus

snubbleste wrote: »

Ok, when did this become a thing?
Whoy?
Is it a marketing gimmick?

- It's been a thing for a couple of years now (in Ireland at least)
- It's quiet relaxing. The logic behind it I'd say is that we're constantly dealing with a flow of information (work, social media, TV, boards.ie, etc.) and this is a simple way to switch off.
- Don't see the gimmick. It's colouring but for adults (i.e. it's not Thomas the Tank Engine or Frozen you're colouring in)

5rtytry56

Bacchus wrote: »

It's colouring but for adults (i.e. it's not Thomas the Tank Engine or Frozen you're colouring in)

Yes!
It's been slow enough to take off in Ireland tbh. Over the Irish sea though, it has come on a lot over the last 10 years and more.

maudgonner

For those who like politics, can I suggest the Ted Cruz colouring book.

The comments are as good as you might hope.

As a bigot, it's hard for me to find books that advocate for and advance my position. Especially books designed for little kids. Thank God for this book. Now, I can stimulate the creativity of my little children, while still installing in them important lessons. Lessons like guns are good, health care is bad (at least if it comes from a Democrat president), and America is always right. If there are any facts that don't support my positions, I would prefer to ignore them. And if I can't ignore them, then I'd like to be able to shout them down. And I want to teach my children the same lessons. Without books like this one, we are in danger of raising a new generation of open-minded and tolerant adults . . . and it will be impossible to maintain our way of thinking if this happens.

I'm looking forward to the next book in this series: "I am not a witch (but if I were, it would totally be okay to cast a spell and turn President Obama into a newt)."

conorhal

maudgonner wrote: »

For those who like politics, can I suggest the Ted Cruz colouring book.

The comments are as good as you might hope.

"Daddy, how did President for Life Donald Trump become the ruler of America?"


"Beats me honey, I was busy colouring in pictures in some hipster ironic trend at the time."

fleet_admiral

I drew a big willy on mine

biko

It was never a thing.

bodice ripper

JUST DRAW THE DAMN THING