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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. Many methods require [[Palming]] a card. More advanced methods allow the magician to apparently be holding only a single card before and after the change, such as [[Ross Bertram|Ross Bertram's]] TeBe Change. | |
| − | 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). | + | The Color Change seems to be a creation of [[Felicien Trewey]], dating from sometime near the end of 19th century. |
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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 the 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 Print == | ||
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* [[Tarbell Course in Magic]] Vol 2 (pg. 172) | * [[Tarbell Course in Magic]] Vol 2 (pg. 172) | ||
* [[Magic without Apparatus]] (1945) (pg. 108). | * [[Magic without Apparatus]] (1945) (pg. 108). | ||
| − | * [[Expert at the Card Table]] ( | + | * [[Expert at the Card Table]] (1902) Under the title Transformations. Two Hands. First Method. Now more commonly referred to as the '''Erdnase Change''', and sometimes mistakenly called the '''Houdini Change''' |
==Color Changes in Genii Magazine== | ==Color Changes in Genii Magazine== | ||
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| − | * | + | * [[Genii 2007 September|2007, September]] - '''The Backhanded Change''', by [[Kostya Kimlat]]. A delayed color change that takes place with the deck face up in left-hand dealing position when the right hand is ''palm up'' over the deck, as opposed to palm down. |
| + | * [[Genii 2005 July|2005, July]] - '''Erdnase Sideways''', by [[Guy Hollingworth]]. A side-to-side (instead of back-to-front) method for executing the Erdnase Change '''(see video on right)''' | ||
[[Category:Card Sleights]] | [[Category:Card Sleights]] | ||
Revision as of 22:13, 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. Many methods require Palming a card. More advanced methods allow the magician to apparently be holding only a single card before and after the change, such as Ross Bertram's TeBe Change.
The Color Change seems to be a creation of Felicien Trewey, dating from sometime near 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 the 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
- The Modern Conjurer (pg. 62)
- Greater Magic (pg. 212) (1938)
- Expert Card Technique (pg. 161) (1940)
- Tarbell Course in Magic Vol 2 (pg. 172)
- Magic without Apparatus (1945) (pg. 108).
- Expert at the Card Table (1902) Under the title Transformations. Two Hands. First Method. Now more commonly referred to as the Erdnase Change, and sometimes mistakenly called the Houdini Change
Color Changes in Genii Magazine
- 2007, September - The Backhanded Change, by Kostya Kimlat. A delayed color change that takes place with the deck face up in left-hand dealing position when the right hand is palm up over the deck, as opposed to palm down.
- 2005, July - Erdnase Sideways, by Guy Hollingworth. A side-to-side (instead of back-to-front) method for executing the Erdnase Change (see video on right)
