When Penguin Random House announced recently that it had acquired world rights to the next two adult coloring books from Johanna Basford, the so-called queen of coloring, it was just the latest sign ...

A few years ago, Scottish illustrator Johanna Basford made her living creating complex black-and-white drawings for brands like Nike and Absolut Vodka. Her clients would joke about wanting to color ...

Coloring has therapeutic potential to reduce anxiety, create focus or bring about more mindfulness Like meditation, coloring allows the brain to switch off other thoughts and focus Coloring books are ...

Atop the Amazon bestselling books list this month sat an unexpected title: “Secret Garden.” It wasn’t Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 novel about a sour little girl’s magical place, making a book club ...

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The renewed popularity of adult colouring books is unsurprising: they appeal at times of prolonged uncertainty, cognitive overload and emotional fatigue.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. In 2015, adult coloring books became the dark horse of the ...

Gabe Coeli of Portland, Ore., is devotee of zen meditation. But in the middle of a busy work day, he often takes a shortcut to mindfulness and stress relief by doing a little coloring. His assistant ...

I've always been that adult who squeezes in with the kids at their mini coloring table and delves into the arts and crafts right along with them. I may have even snagged a page or two out of their ...

Crayons, of course. Scented markers. Colored pencils, pre-sharpened. And coloring books by the jillions. Why do people like coloring so much? For grownups, I can totally get the nostalgia — and the ...

It's a common scene in families all over the world: children taking crayons and pencils to the black-and-white illustrations of a coloring book, poring over the drawings determined to shade inside the ...

In these days of social distancing, I find myself drawn to the comfort of coloring books. I brighten the smile of bunnies having a picnic and blush the lips of two kissers. I animate the empty streets ...