Call to the Colors

39 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
John Scarne	The Scarne Puzzle	six-card version	Related to Call to the Colors (Bill Simon, Effective Card Magic, 1952) also in: Call to the Colors (Llamar a los Colores) (La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3, 1992)	1949	Controlled Miracles	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Bill Simon	Call to the Colors		Also published here Call to the Colors (Llamar a los Colores) (Bill Simon, La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3, 1992) Related to The Scarne Puzzle (John Scarne, Controlled Miracles, 1949) Variations Call To The World (Hideo Kato, Genii, 1999) Alternating the Colors (Presentation) (Davide Costi, Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi, 2004) … and 2 more	1952	Effective Card Magic	79	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Harry Riser	Preface to Out of this World			1957	1957 Card Annual	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Dai Vernon	Black and Red Puzzle	"Chapter Six", small packet version (false dealing)	Also published here Vernon's Seconds Red And Blacks (Dai Vernon, Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972)	1967	Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic	37	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Dai Vernon	Vernon's Seconds Red And Blacks	No. 86, with eight-card packet, 1944	Also published here Black and Red Puzzle (Dai Vernon, Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic, 1967)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Gene Maze	Shades Of Bill Simon	six reds and six blacks	Variations Control of the Colors (Gene Maze, Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing, 1994)	1973	Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum	43	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Edward Marlo	Bluff Call to Colors	"Group Count"	Variations Red/Black to the Future (Andi Gladwin, Sometimes it's Hard to be a Cardman, 2006) also in: Red/Black to the Future (The Boy Who Cried Magic, 2020)	1977	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2	226	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Edward Marlo	Miracle Call to Colors			1977	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2	229	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Martin A. Nash	Colors On The March	see p. 449 for additional crediting	Also published here Colors on the March (Martin A. Nash, Colors on the March, 1980)	1977	Any Second Now	275	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Frederick Braue	The Braue Handlings	twelve cards, seconds and bottoms Six and Six alternating Alternating to Pairs Alternating to Triplets Pairs to Alternating Pairs to Triplets Triplets ot Alternating Triplets to Pairs Alternating to Six Red, Six Black		1978	Fred Braue on False Deals	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Frederick Braue	A Routine			1978	Fred Braue on False Deals	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Gustave Southall	The Gus Southall Routine	from a letter, 1961-01-10 optional stripper deck finale		1978	Fred Braue on False Deals	20	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors Articles / Letters
Antonio Ferragut	Solución -1	six cards are removed from the deck and placed in any order, rest of the cards are in the same order, Call of the Colors type		Oct. 1978	Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid (Vol. 4 No. Escorial 77)	220	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Antonio Ferragut	Solución -2	six cards are removed from the deck and placed in any order, rest of the cards are in the same order, shuffled and repeated, then a card with different color is introduced and all the backs change colors		Oct. 1978	Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid (Vol. 4 No. Escorial 77)	222	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Martin A. Nash	Colors on the March		Also published here Colors On The March (Martin A. Nash, Any Second Now, 1977)	1980	Colors on the March	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Martin Gardner*	MG Trio #1	six red cards and black cards in two rows, collected alternating, suddenly they are in pairs r-r, b-b, ...	Related to MG Trio #2 (Martin Gardner, Prototype*, 1989)	1989	Prototype	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Martin Gardner*	MG Trio #2	variation of previous trick	Related to MG Trio #1 (Martin Gardner, Prototype*, 1989)	1989	Prototype	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Edward Marlo	No False Colors			1990	That's It	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
John Scarne	Triple Knockout	order of four red and four black cards changes, using bottom deal		1991	Swindle Sheet (Issue 8)	88	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Al Smith	Colours On Demand	Cutting The Colours Dealing The Colours Deckspertise		1991	Hot Stacks & Cold Decks	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Bill Simon	Call to the Colors (Llamar a los Colores)	translation by Jesús Etcheverry	Also published here Call to the Colors (Bill Simon, Effective Card Magic, 1952) Related to The Scarne Puzzle (John Scarne, Controlled Miracles, 1949) Variations Call To The World (Hideo Kato, Genii, 1999) Colors on Parade (Juan Tamariz, Mnemonica, 2004) … and 2 more	1992	La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3	150	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Alex Elmsley	What a Party!	adding faro principles		1994	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2	369	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Gene Maze	Control of the Colors	using center deal, Spade Flush finale	Inspired by Shades Of Bill Simon (Gene Maze, Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum, 1973)	1994	Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing	132	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Jack Avis	Another Call, Another Place	bottom deals instead of second deals	Related to Another Call - from Another Place (Jack Avis, Rara Avis, 2006) Variations Subway (Bob King, Opening Night Magic, 1995)	1994	Roger's Thesaurus	186	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
Bob King	Subway		Inspired by Another Call, Another Place (Jack Avis, Roger's Thesaurus, 1994)	1995	Opening Night Magic	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)
René Lavand	Why Do the Colors Alternate Themselves? (A Call to the Colors)			1998	The Mysteries of my Life	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Hideo Kato	Prelude To Oil & Water	4&4, the cards are alternated, then in pairs, then triple, then separated		Apr. 1998	MAGIC (Vol. 7 No. 8)	73	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
Guy Hollingworth	A "Call to the Colours" Routine	ending in New Deck Order	Variations God of Gamblers (Darwin Ortiz, Scams & Fantasies with Cards, 2002)	1999	Drawing Room Deceptions	202	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Doug Conn	Long Distance Call to the Colors	with full deck separation climax		1999	Tricks of my Trade	90	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Hideo Kato	Call To The World		Inspired by Call to the Colors (Bill Simon, Effective Card Magic, 1952) also in: Call to the Colors (Llamar a los Colores) (La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3, 1992)	Apr. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 4)	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Packet
Davide Costi	Alternating the Colors (Presentation)	emphasis on the presentation, Ascanio's version of Bill Simon's "Call the colors"	Inspired by Call to the Colors (Bill Simon, Effective Card Magic, 1952) also in: Call to the Colors (Llamar a los Colores) (La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3, 1992)	2004	Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi	67	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Wesley James	Etude for Dealers	credit information on the plot, four Aces kicker		2004	Enchantments	249	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Juan Tamariz	Colors on Parade	To Reassemble the Stack A Good Routine Another Routine Scarne's Concept Alternated Sequence from normal Mnemonica Order Color Separation (with a Divination)	Inspired by Call to the Colors (Bill Simon, Effective Card Magic, 1952) also in: Call to the Colors (Llamar a los Colores) (La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3, 1992)	2004	Mnemonica	186	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Mnemonica (Tamariz)
Jack Avis	Another Call - from Another Place	bottom dealing instead of seconds	Related to Another Call, Another Place (Jack Avis, Roger's Thesaurus, 1994)	2006	Rara Avis	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Andi Gladwin	Red/Black to the Future		Also published here Red/Black to the Future (Andi Gladwin, The Boy Who Cried Magic, 2020) Inspired by Bluff Call to Colors (Edward Marlo, Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2, 1977) Variations Red/Black to the Future (Joshua Jay, Andi Gladwin, Particle System — Notebook, 2024)	2006	Sometimes it's Hard to be a Cardman	34	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Arturo de Ascanio	Alternating the Colors	three phases	Inspired by Call to the Colors (Bill Simon, Effective Card Magic, 1952) also in: Call to the Colors (Llamar a los Colores) (La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3, 1992) Related to La fórmula de "Alternado los colores" (Miguel Diaz, Carlos Vinuesa, Ricardo Rodriguez, Recordando a Arturo, 2015)	2008	The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Andi Gladwin	Red/Black to the Future		Also published here Red/Black to the Future (Andi Gladwin, Sometimes it's Hard to be a Cardman, 2006) Inspired by Bluff Call to Colors (Edward Marlo, Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2, 1977) Variations Red/Black to the Future (Joshua Jay, Andi Gladwin, Particle System — Notebook, 2024)	2020	The Boy Who Cried Magic	159	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors
Juan Tamariz	New Call to the Colors	without false deals First Phase (ten red and ten black cards are alternated, an eight-card packet is taken and they change into two reds/two blacks/... order) Second Phase (remaining twelve cards change into two reds/two blacks/... order) Third Phase (the twelve cards rearrange themselves into groups of three) Fourth Phase (the eight and twelve cards are riffle shuffled together, then the colors separate) Fifth and Final Phase (rest of deck shuffled with twenty cards, deck then ends up color-separated)		2022	Letters from Juan — Volume 4	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Miscellaneous
Joshua Jay, Andi Gladwin	Red/Black to the Future	from Particle Stack, gets back into Particle Stack	Inspired by Red/Black to the Future (Andi Gladwin, Sometimes it's Hard to be a Cardman, 2006) also in: Red/Black to the Future (The Boy Who Cried Magic, 2020)	2024	Particle System — Notebook	36	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Call to the Colors Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Particle Stack