Brain Games - Pixel Pictures: 104 Pictures to Color by Squares Spiral-bound – December 1, 2019

i love these, they help reduce my screen time !

My sister has ahlzheimer’s and she really enjoyed coloring in this book not knowing what the final picture would be.

This book is surprisingly sturdy given that it’s just an activity book, and it has many coloring pages to last you quite a while. However, the book requires you to have some very odd colors. For example, the first puzzle required some strange and specific shade of a crossover between pale green and dark yellow. So unless you have a collection of the strangest colors imaginable I wouldn’t recommend it.

This book is a mixed bag. I’ll list the pros and cons so you can decide for yourself:Pros:+Lots of nice pictures+Reference “answer key” in the back of completed pics+Nice book size (not too small, not too big)+Nice pixel size (I didn’t find them too small)+Spiral binding is good quality & handyCons:-I am normally great at distinguishing like colors, but since this book relies on a lot of shading, it can get insane! Even with 108 Tombows I had trouble figuring out some. See the example with 10 very close shades of light/gray blue!!!-No color key either, so it’s not like if you figure it out for one pic you can use that to help with another-All this means you may spend 10x more time figuring out the colors than you will coloring it-Paper is THIN. Like, even thinner than CreateSpace! So pretty much everything will shadow or bleed to the other side (see pics)-Double-sided pics mean if you don’t use something like light pencil you may not be able to color both sides-Cover is SUPER thin, not much thicker than the paper, and mine came already ripped-Color key uses LETTERS, not numbers: for me, it’s a lot easier to confuse since I’m mildly dyslexic, than numbers are, so I definitely made some mistakesFinal Thoughts: Once I figure out the colors, I really had a blast coloring the pics. But with so many similar shades and no consistency between pics, it makes for a frustrating experience. You NEED to have a large set of pens/markers/pencils— I would suggest a MINIMUM of 72, and 100+ would be better.I have a chronic illness so colored pencils aren’t always an option; markers use a lot less force and are less painful for me to use. So I was very disappointed that I couldn’t use the markers I had wanted to, and even the tombows with a light touch shadowed/bled.I understand the book is inexpensive and all, but it may prove too difficult/stressful for those who like color by number precisely BECAUSE it’s relaxing and easy.I’ll definitely keep the book and color other pics, but I’m not sure if I’ll buy others from this company.

Bought for my cousin, adults version of paint by number and more detailed, it’s a good sit down after a long day type of mind rest project or a dreary Sunday

I don't dislike this product at all this is my first time trying this out I've been doing it on my phone I've been wanting to do this for a long time but not find any until now I love doing pixel pictures I have games on my phone

Squares are way too small and the colors are absurd and way too similar in shade with no true color key. If I could rate 0 or even negative stars I would

This 'color by number' book by Brain Games made me laugh because the drawings looked like they were made for elementary kids! Some came prestamped with colors and only offered maybe 4 or 5 numbered colors for the rest of the drawing. I have been doing Color by Number mosaic type where there are small squares (or octagonal, circles) with numbers in them to determine what color to use in them. Usually any where from 15 to 20 colors are used in each of them. So you see where, compared to this book, I call it elementary! Also the wire coil binding was unsecured in the shipping box and was bent out and stuck into a garment that was shipped with it. I am returning this book for credit.