Colors - Therapy Coloring Book
By Erin Brereton,
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Simple coloring experience would be better without ads.

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What’s It About?
Kids add hues to the animal, pattern, and other drawings in COLORS -- THERAPY COLORING BOOK. After opening an image, they can choose a palette and colors from a color wheel. Tapping on the image with a bucket tool fills portions in, and a marker offers more precise shading. An eraser removes color, and an undo button corrects mistakes. Moving two fingers apart on the screen lets kids zoom in to see detail. They also can add outlines, filters, and other effects to drawings and save them to use as a phone background or share them on social media.
Is It Any Good?
Kids -- and adults -- can color dozens of cat, mandala, and other drawings with this easy-to-use app. Brief instructions in Colors -- Therapy Coloring Book explains how the process works, although it's fairly intuitive. Kids select a palette, choose colors, and can fill large spaces or use a marker tool for smaller details.
There are plenty of drawings to choose from, and new items are offered daily. But the actual coloring experience doesn't differ much, which may discourage some kids from utilizing the app indefinitely. Although it's free to use, there's a cost associated with some items. Certain color palettes, for instance, are locked unless kids watch a video or pay to remove ads from the app. That can be an enticing option, since ads appear fairly frequently when you click on drawings to color. Unlike the color palettes that require you to view an ad to access (which feature a small play button symbol), the drawing selections aren't marked -- so there's no way to know if clicking on one will trigger a lengthy ad appearing. Kids can end up pausing to watch things often as a result, which takes away from some of the fun. Otherwise, though, Colors – Therapy Coloring Book can be a fairly enjoyable way for kids to spend some free time that will provide more opportunities to be creative than a number of other apps might.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about creativity. What hobbies and jobs involve being creative? Are these things you want to pursue for your career? Why or why not?
What was the inspiration to use certain colors in each drawing? Was there a reason at all?
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android
- Pricing structure: Free
- Release date: April 21, 2020
- Category: Entertainment
- Publisher: NST Pictures
- Version: 1.1.8
- Minimum software requirements: Requires iOS 11.0 or later or Android 5.1 and up.
- Last updated: May 11, 2020
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