--- title: Adults: Crayola Now Has Coloring Books For You description: And colored pencils and markers canonical: https://time.com/4106154/crayola-coloring-book-adults-color-escapes/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-10T14:16:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:45.691Z og:title: Crayola Now Has Coloring Books for Adults og:description: There are special markers and colored pencils too og:url: https://time.com/4106154/crayola-coloring-book-adults-color-escapes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c584d39a4c92845/6988704a428a9ed0efcd0039/138197338.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Assorted Studio Shoot og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Crayola Now Has Coloring Books for Adults twitter:description: There are special markers and colored pencils too twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c584d39a4c92845/6988704a428a9ed0efcd0039/138197338.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Crayola Now Has Coloring Books for Adults by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Nov 10, 2015 2:16 PM UTC  Close-up detail of a selection of colored pencils Close-up detail of a selection of colored pencilsPhotoPlus Magazine—2010 Future Publishing by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Nov 10, 2015 2:16 PM UTC Crayola is hopping on the trend of coloring books for adults, releasing a line of intricately drawn pages that grown-ups can spend hours filling with colors. [Crayola ](http://shop.crayola.com/art-and-craft-supplies/adult-coloring)says its “Color Escapes” line of books and art supplies offers “a soothing, creative experience that’s easy to do and easy on your mind.” The kit includes four collections—nature, kaleidoscope, geometric and garden—and there are even markers and colored pencils marketed toward the 18-and-up crowd. What has long been considered an activity to keep kids busy has[ increasingly been adopted by adults](http://gizmodo.com/why-millions-of-grownups-are-buying-this-coloring-book-1694045777) seeking stress relief. “Coloring offers that relief and mindfulness without the paralysis that a blank page can cause,” writes Julie Beck in the [_Atlantic_](http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/11/sorry-benedict-cumberbatch-your-head-is-fine/414010/)_._ “It’s easier in the way that ordering from a restaurant with a small menu is easier than deciding what you want at Denny’s, where you could eat almost anything.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4106154/crayola-coloring-book-adults-color-escapes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4106154/crayola-coloring-book-adults-color-escapes/"},"headline":"Crayola Now Has Coloring Books for Adults","datePublished":"2015-11-10T14:16:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:45.691Z","description":"There are special markers and colored pencils too","url":"https://time.com/4106154/crayola-coloring-book-adults-color-escapes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Business topic","mindfulness"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c584d39a4c92845/6988704a428a9ed0efcd0039/138197338.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c584d39a4c92845/6988704a428a9ed0efcd0039/138197338.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Assorted Studio Shoot","caption":"Assorted Studio Shoot","creditText":"PhotoPlus Magazine—2010 Future Publishing","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4106154/crayola-coloring-book-adults-color-escapes/","name":"Crayola Now Has Coloring Books for Adults"}}]}] ```