At the time of offering this article (August 2015), a quarter of Amazon’s top twenty best-selling books are coloring in gossip columns. So what is a grown-up coloring book, and the way do these are currently outselling top fiction authors with new releases such as E.L. James and Paula Hawkins?
Adult coloring books are, plain and simply, coloring in gossip columns for grown ups. Like children’s coloring books, these are full of outline illustrations designed to be completed with colored pencils, markers, crayons, or whatever other media you would like to use.
What’s in a adult coloring in book?
The main difference between adults’ and kids’ color books could be that the grown up versions generally feature less juvenile images and designs. As an alternative to superheroes, barnyard animals, and tv characters, adult coloring in gossip columns are more often filled with:
components of natural world, such as trees, flowers, leaves, gardens, animals and insects;
geometric designs;
psychedelic patterns;
repetitive ‘wallpaper’ type patterns;
cities and buildings;
anatomical drawings;
goddesses, angels, and mermaids;
mandalas; and
celtic designs.
There are also many ‘theme’ specific books available, featuring diverse subjects such as cars, steampunk designs, and Art Nouveau patterns.
Why are they very popular?
A Scottish illustrator named Johanna Basford published a adult coloring books for dog lovers called Secret Garden in 2013, featuring pages of beautifully hand-illustrated ink drawings. The modern York Times reported in March a Korean pop star named Kim Ki-bum posted a photograph on Instagram of the ‘delicately colored-in floral pattern’ from Secret Garden. At that time, Ki-bum were built with a massive 1.8 million Instagram followers. The post went viral and helped to ignite the craze.
The growth in interest in the books reportedly has much regarding adult relaxation and stress release. Many adults who use the books are convinced that they find the repetitive, low-stress nature of coloring in to be soothing, relaxing, and a way of de-stressing away from the pressures of life and work.
On the list of other benefits of adult coloring in gossip columns, they also claim to enjoy recapturing the nostalgia of childhood by participating in an activity usually reserved for children. It takes people returning to a less strenuous time, which enable it to also be a method for folks to get in touch and bond with their children to take a seat down to color along with them. Of course, many parents have been happily coloring in kids’ books for years, but now they have choices which are not limited by Dora the Explorer or SpongeBob SquarePants.
In conclusion, coloring for adults seems to be an increasing past-time that permits adults to chill and unplug from your stress within their lives, by participating in a hands-on activity that involves minimal commitment and maximum nostalgia.
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