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The Color Change is card sleight that mysteriously changes one card into another. The usual procedure is done by passing a hand over a deck which is being held face-up by the other. Most methods requiring [[Palming]] a card. Move advanced methods appear as if the magician is only holding a single card.
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"Color Change" is generic term for any card sleight in which one card is apparently (and often visually) changed into another. The usual procedure is done by passing a hand over a deck which is held face up by the other hand. Most methods require [[Palming]] a card. More advanced methods allow the magician to apparently be holding only a single card before and after the change.
  
The classic color change seems to be a creation of [[Felicien Trewey]] at the end of 19th century.
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The classic '''Color Change''' seems to be a creation of [[Felicien Trewey]] at the end of 19th century.
  
One of the first description is in [[Sleight of Hand]] by [[Edwin Sachs]] (1877) (page 114 in Dover Publications, Inc. 1980) as "Trewey's Back Card Palm" (which is noted as a Color-Change). One of the earliest books to use the actual term "color change" was [[New Era Card Tricks]] by [[August Roterberg]] (1897).  
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One of the first descriptions of a Color Change is "Trewey's Back Card Palm" in [[Sleight of Hand]] by [[Edwin Sachs]] (1877) (page 114 in Dover Publications Inc. edition, 1980). One of the earliest books to use the actual term "color change" was [[New Era Card Tricks]] by [[August Roterberg]] (1897).
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== Color Changes in Print ==
  
== Publications ==
 
 
* [[The Modern Conjurer]] (pg. 62)
 
* [[The Modern Conjurer]] (pg. 62)
 
* [[Greater Magic]] (pg. 212) (1938)
 
* [[Greater Magic]] (pg. 212) (1938)
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* [[Magic without Apparatus]] (1945) (pg. 108).
 
* [[Magic without Apparatus]] (1945) (pg. 108).
 
* [[Expert at the Card Table]] (under the title Transformations. Two Hands. First Method.) (1902)
 
* [[Expert at the Card Table]] (under the title Transformations. Two Hands. First Method.) (1902)
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==Color Changes in Genii Magazine==
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* Erdnase Sideways, by [[Guy Hollingworth]], in the [[Genii 2005 July|July 2005 Genii]] '''(see video on right)'''
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[[Category:Card Sleights]]
 
[[Category:Card Sleights]]

Revision as of 18:11, 23 May 2010

"Color Change" is generic term for any card sleight in which one card is apparently (and often visually) changed into another. The usual procedure is done by passing a hand over a deck which is held face up by the other hand. Most methods require Palming a card. More advanced methods allow the magician to apparently be holding only a single card before and after the change.

The classic Color Change seems to be a creation of Felicien Trewey at the end of 19th century.

One of the first descriptions of a Color Change is "Trewey's Back Card Palm" in Sleight of Hand by Edwin Sachs (1877) (page 114 in Dover Publications Inc. edition, 1980). One of the earliest books to use the actual term "color change" was New Era Card Tricks by August Roterberg (1897).

Color Changes in Print

Color Changes in Genii Magazine