Johanna Basford illustrator and inventor of colouring in books for adults Credit: Photo: Laurence King A Scottish illustrator has been credited with boosting the fortunes of the global pencil industry ...

COLOURING pencils and crayons are to be “banned” by the European Union – because bureaucrats are worried about kids eating them. In the latest clampdown from Brussels, many brands of children’s ...

So many adults are spending their days colouring in the lines, pencil companies are struggling to cope with the demand for coloured pencils and felt tip pens. Jenni Ryall is Mashable's VP of Content ...

IT’S THE craze that’s brought out the artist in all of us. But as fun as the pastime may be, colouring books have drawn one big problem. Whether you’re 13 or 30, the pastime of putting pencil to paper ...

Russell Brand called them a sign of the impending apocalypse and now they’ve been blamed for a world-wide shortage in pencils. Adult colouring-in books have been getting a fair amount of bad press in ...

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New limits on the amount of lead in the colouring materials mean many brands can no longer be sold across Europe COLOURING pencils and crayons are to be "banned" by the European Union - because ...