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	Amazon.co.uk: The Colour of Magic (Discworld Novel): Books: Terry Pratchett
		The Colour of Magic (this book) is the first in the phenonemonly successful "Discworld" series by humour and fantasy British author Terry Pratchett.
		The Colour of Magic begins by explaining what the Discworld actually is. For those of you who don't know, it's actually a huge plate that is supported by 5 elephants that are supported by a huge turtle, known as the Great A'tuin.
		The colour of magic is outstanding.In the colour of magic,Rincewind,a failed wizard,has been given the task of keeping the first tourist,Twoflower of the Counterweight continent,...
	www.amazon.co.uk /Colour-Magic-Discworld-Novel/dp/0552124753 (1536 words)

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		High elves are masters of Colour magic and this is also expressed by the fact that with their high initiative they can quickly drain the Winds from an area and weave their magic, depriving all other spellcasters of the chance to finish their own sorceries.
		Indeed, each Colour has such distinct characteristics, styles, and qualities, that becoming a Colour wizard is a little like becoming a cleric in that the hopeful must study, learn, and even attune their very psyche and personality as close to that of the chosen power as possible if they are to reap its benefits.
		Colour wizards must also devote themselves utterly to their branch of energy and where independent wizards may acquire a broad base of spells, a college wizard must apply themselves to a limited chosen filed of the most potent kind.
	www.geocities.com /magic_chapters/colour_ice_high_wood_rune.doc (23955 words)

	Introduction to Spell Colour
		Arcane knowledge of one of the colours should either be established at the character's creation, or acquired through a later story event (the Magus reads a summae concerning an arcane colour or is taught how to use a new colour by someone both skilled in the colour and able to teach her in its use).
		This colour is also highly illegal according to the church, who perceive of the practice as contrary to the free-will God has given mortal man, and possessing a reputation for practicing the art is certain to attract the attention of ecclesiastical authorities.
		In this case, a lesser coloured spell (1st or 2nd magnitude shift) is elevated to 3rd magnitude shift by slaving it to an arcane connection to the target in addition to the required herbal token.
	www.unc.edu /~murphy/rabenstein/spell_colour.html (12932 words)

	Colour Magic: Days, Metals, Planets
		Seven colours from this selection, the three principal colours and their opposites, along with fl, have long been associated with the 7 Days of the week, the 7 Metals known to the ancients, and the 7 Planets which can be seen with the naked eye.
		The most common method of representing colour in computers is to assign a number of bits (binary digits, each of which can be '0' or '1') to each of the three primary colours.
		With nearly 17 million different colours available by this method, it is not usual to think of every colour by its 24-bit number but to think of the three components as separate 8-bit values.
	www.dacha.freeuk.com /colour (1470 words)

	Working With Colours
		The colour of blood, red may be attributed to a life-giving force, while a darker red is representative of the dark female energies of the menstrual period.
		In colour correspondence, yellow is connected with the element of air; the realm of the intellect.
		Representative of the rich, dark colour of fertile earth, fl became a popular colour for witches to wear in honour of the Earth Mother and her fertility, and thus was a positive colour.
	www.fortunecity.com /bally/wicklow/283/colour.htm (1235 words)

	Magic and Colour (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Colour applied to certain objects and allied with certain mental praxes could be the instrument of a change in consciousness.
		In the Rose, colour symbolism is combined with the colour attributes of the elements, the planets, the zodiac, the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet and the 22 paths of the Tree of Life to give a complex colour code of mystical knowledge.
		It is noteworthy that a number of her own works with clear magical content, such as Star Painting (1964) with its depiction of several sephirah, made use of either gold or silver foil as required.
	www.ithellcolquhoun.co.uk /4751 (485 words)

	Candle Magic : The Colour & The Flame - by Blackhawk
		So from red [the colour of passion, desire and emotion], to green [the colour of growth and prosperity]; from white for spiritual cleansing and peace to fl for dispelling negative energies - colours are identified with aspects of life which we may choose to enhance or seek protection against.
		Magic, ceremony, ritual and worship itself is, and should be, a work of art created by each person, suiting their requirements and their personality.
		As far as Candle Magic is concerned, the main body of the ritual will involve meditation and focus on the coloured candle [the relevance of the colour to the purpose of your ritual] and its flame, along with visualisation or chanting to focus on any desired outcome.
	www.gaias-garden.co.uk /Articles/Blackhawk/candle-magic.html (967 words)

	Colour Magic review, by Tom Vasel
		In fact, the game is almost non-existent, as Colour Magic is more of a puzzle than a game.
		It's a puzzle/game that I'm happy to own, and it is very interesting that the game can appeal to a four year old as well as an adult and be equally challenging to both.
		I enjoy trying the puzzle, which is rather fiendish, because it's a lot harder than it looks, and am glad to own Colour Magic because of this.
	www.thedicetower.com /reviews/colourmagic.htm (474 words)

	The Colour of Magic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Colour of Magic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the first of the Discworld series which was published in 1983.
		The idea of The Colour of Magic - that all that happens is due to the gods' gambling - is somewhat similar to traditional role-playing games, in that the roll of the dice determines what happens to the characters.
		The Colour of Magic - Discworld - Discworld 2 - Discworld MUD - Discworld Noir - GURPS Discworld - Thud
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Colour_of_Magic (464 words)

	Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic
		It's taken time to melt it away and reveal the to-die-for cheekbones and chiseled abs of the giant.
		Mark Twain (another brilliantly funny writer) used to say that when he was fourteen, he thought his father was totally ignorant; but by the age of twenty-one, Twain was amazed how much the old man had learned in the intervening years.
		I went through the same revelation on re-reading The Colour of Magic.
	www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_pratchett_colourofmagic.html (865 words)

	Frenzied soccer fans spray colour and magic ahead of World Cup 2006
		Miles away from Germany, which is hosting the Soccer World Cup-2006, frenzied Indian fans used their talent to drum up the spirit of the raging sport in the nation.
		In Kolkata, a magic road show was organised to create rage and excitement in the air.
		Children wearing shirts of their favorite teams mobbed the artists as they showcased a puppet and magic show and fluttered colorful flags in the air.
	news.webindia123.com /news/articles/Sports/20060609/358487.html (309 words)

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	Colour of Magic, The - Terry Pratchett - Printed Books Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Colour of Magic, The - Terry Pratchett : An introduction to a very silly world....
		His life, and ours, is thrown into turmoil when he encounters the first ever Discworld tourist, Twoflower, who enters the capital city of Ankmorph accompanied by his magical walking luggage which appears to have a mind of it's own and is fearfully protective of it's owner.
		Colour of Magic, The - Terry Pratchett : My First Experience with Terry and it was a Good One.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /printed-books/colour-of-magic-the-terry-pratchett (376 words)

	The White Sorceress' Page of Colour Magic!
		These are what I believe to be the various kinds of colour magic.
		The uses of colour magic may vary depending on how they are being used but the definitions are always the same.
		The colour magic is often more effective when used in the form of candles, clothes, ribbons, and stones at the same time as the magic is being done.
	members.tripod.com /~White_Sorceress/types.html (80 words)

	The Colour of Magic
		Hence, a magic missile variant will still do 2-7 points of damage, with a range of 150' and a duration of one round.
		Ordinarily, she would not be able to use any "ice magic" until she reached 7th level (wall of ice).
		Magic is powerful stuff, and casting even a first-level spell presumably requires a lot of physical or mental effort.
	pandius.com /colormag.html (2104 words)

	Making microscope filters with the Lee colour MAGIC complementary filter set.
		For some time I have been using a simple colour quadrant filter for the microscope made from a cheap pair of red and blue 3D glasses, this has served me well giving good colour saturation when needed but I am always on the look out for new colours to test.
		In the past I have tried a number of different coloured plastic material normally coming as part of packaging for some product or other and always found that once high intensity light was shone through them from the microscope the colour became washed out or the plastic was too flimsy to support itself properly.
		Subtlety can be the key here, not too much colour variation...however for crystal slides or similar almost anything goes so this is where the upper left colour wheel comes into play with primary and complementary red-green and blue-yellow giving rich colours.
	www.microscopy-uk.org.uk /mag/artsep05/iwcolourmagic.html (894 words)

	CRASH 37 - The Colour of Magic
		But the magical dabbler isn't a total loss as he is an excellent translator and it is this skill which brings him crashing into the storyline.
		There are 8 days in a disc week and 8 colours in its light spectrum with the eighth colour being octane which is a sort of greenish-yellow..., purple.
		The Colour of Magic is a super book (a Corgi paperback) and therefore the Quilled and Illustrated computer game was always going to be something worth playing.
	www.crashonline.org.uk /37/magic.htm (1128 words)

	RM Colour Magic 3 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		RM Colour Magic 3 is the new version of this much loved graphics and painting program.
		Colour Magic 3 still has all of the original, easy to use features plus we have added some great new ones.
		Four colour coded levels enabling you to tailor to the ability of your pupils and promoting progression.
	www.rm.com /Primary/Products/Product.asp?cref=PD1105 (748 words)

	PocketGamer Review - Discworld: The Colour of Magic // Mobile /// Eurogamer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Colour of Magic game, like the book, concerns the adventures of a wizard called Rincewind who's reluctantly 'encouraged' to look after Ankh Morpork's first tourist, a naive yet wealthy chap called Twoflower, by the Machiavellian city ruler Lord Vetinari - and did we mention Death and the demonic suitcase?
		The central aim of The Colour of Magic is to direct Twoflower towards the more salubrious sights (like the Unseen University or Temple of Small Gods), but it's keeping him away from the less auspicious ones (the sharp end of a dwarven axe or the bottom of a stage coach) that makes for the challenge.
		Rincewind's role as guide is taken very literally here; you physically nudge your companion in the direction you want him to go and away from the perils of muggers, swamp dragons or Dibbler's pies.
	www.eurogamer.net /article.php?article_id=64930 (636 words)

	Colour of Magic, The by Terry Pratchett - Book
		I have chosen to write about the colour of magic because it is one of my favourite books by my favourite author Terry Pratchett who is a great fantasy writer but uses humour as well.
		It is set in the fantasy world of Discworld, a flat world on top of a disc which is balanced on the shoulders of four elephants who are all standing on Great A Tuin(sex unknown), the giant turtle who travels through space.
		In The colour of magic there are, as an introduction to the Discworld series, four small novels where we follow Rincewind, a failed wizard who cannot memorize spells due to an accident in the unseen university(mage school).
	www.sffworld.com /book/1822.html (497 words)

	The Colour Of Magic/ The Light Fantastic Summary
		The first two books of the growing Discworld series are strictly speaking, one book in two volumes.
		Pratchett is one of the few series authors whose work goes from strength to strength.
		His genius begins to announce itself from The Colour Of Magic onwards though.
	www.shvoong.com /books/fantasy/238506-colour-magic-the-light-fantastic (455 words)

	Debisty Designs - Where PhotoImpact Comes Alive
		Practice using the photograph provided and then you'll know how Colour Cast works and will be able to fix your own photos in future.
		The image is now looking pretty good and a lot closer to the colour that I remember it being when I took the photograph, but it still needs a little more work done on it to brighten it up a bit.
		Now you know how easy it is to correct the colour of a photograph, rather than throw out those flawed photographs you've taken, have a go at correcting them with the magic of colour cast.
	www.debisty.com /tuts/colour-cast/index.htm (465 words)

	Books:Synopses:The Colour of Magic
		He recognises the magical chest as made of sapient pearwood, an extremely rare and magical substance very seldom seen on this continent.
		Rincewind and Twoflower ride leisurely along the wooded path to Chirm, with Rincewind explaining about the nature of magic and why he is a failed wizard: he once looked at the Octavo, the most powerful magical text in the world, while a student at Unseen University.
		They are photographic accessories; magical creatures that absorb the Octarine (the magical colour) light of the world, flaring off the other colours.
	www.ie.lspace.org /books/synopses/the-colour-of-magic.html (2596 words)

	Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This is also the book in which Pratchett devised the Discworld's unique cosmology -- a flat, magic-heavy world perched on the shoulders of four elephants, who in turn stand on the comet-scarred shell of Great A'Tuin, the space turtle of unknown purpose and gender.
		The first story, "The Colour of Magic," is set in Ankh-Morpork, a twin city of dubious character, and largely revolves around the introduction of tourism and the city's destruction by fire.
		Pratchett has not hit his full stride this early in the game, and he is perhaps a bit too punny (a la Piers Anthony) at times, but it's a great way to start the series.
	www.rambles.net /pratchett_colour.html (464 words)

	Large Print Reviews - The Colour of Magic - An Audio Book Review
		A quest to see all the sights, rather than to achieve some altruistic goal such as a girl or a magical cup, as is often the case in most fantasy stories.
		In many regards, Pratchett uses Twoflower and Rincewind as a means to introduce the reader to all the sights and sounds of Discworld, as well as the conglomeration of characters that inhabit the world, preparing the reader for all of the Discworld books that follow.
		The Colour of Magic is not the best of the lot, but it still deserves an excellent rating.
	www.largeprintreviews.com /discworld.html (738 words)

	The Colour of Pratchett
		It's called The Colour of Magic and it's an attempt to do for the fantasy field what Hitchhiker did to science fiction - send up all the conventions, and generally have a fun time doing so.
		Like The Colour of Magic, Sourcery mostly takes place on a flat Earth, which is treated as a kind of parody of Larry Niven's Ringworld.
		The Colour of Magic is the story of a fairly useless wizard who finds himself acting as a rather unwilling minder to a tourist and a somewhat supernatural paradimensional walking traveller's chest.
	www.voidspace.org.uk /cyberpunk/gaiman_pratchett.shtml (1063 words)

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