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coloring books form of adult therapy have seen growth in popularity in 2010s. adult coloring books reportedly bring people sense of childhood, , developing fine motor skills , vision, reducing anxiety , creating focus, , relieving stress , anxiety in manner similar meditation. concentrating on coloring may facilitate replacement of negative thoughts , images pleasant ones. coloring books can used in daily activity. books way away technology, regard beneficial people s health. coloring books can used people uncomfortable more creatively expressive forms of art.

while coloring books adults popular in 1960s, satirical works rather therapeutic works define adult coloring book form today. first commercially successful adult coloring books published in 2012 , 2013, , began increasing in popularity in 2015. in april of year 2 such coloring books became top sellers @ amazon. november reported amazon.ca books top wished item 9 of top ten consisting of such books. month crayola began offering own line of adult coloring books. publishers began packaging of colouring books pencils , cds. sales in continued grow in 2016, began fall year end, less newcomers trying pastime.

adult coloring books offered digitally, via ebooks, digital apps, , coloring pages can colored online or downloaded. users digital work-products can saved , shared. dominic bulsuto theorized trend of digital purchasing helped spread of genre, noting relative anonymous nature of act allowed customers feel more secure perusing books embarrassed buy in real life.

by 2016, faber-castell, worldwide color pencil supplier, reported have trouble keeping demand products due craze, while blue star coloring sold on million titles in 1 year.

criticism

author susan jacoby has criticized adult coloring books, along popularity among adults of young adult fiction, artifact of broader cultural shift. , cultural shift bad thing.” jacoby believes great recession has contributed shift, adults unable find employment have moved home live parents. new york city futurist , blogger dominic bulsuto describes adult coloring book fans stuck in shallows, mindfully coloring books counter existential angst of living in digital society. goes on ...the endless internet parade of silly cat photos, infantile comments , adolescent memes has dumbed down. however, bulsuto sees trend thing, noting adults increasingly buying books want buy, rather books supposed buy.