Color Change

136 entries in Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Professor Mattmueller Das Chamäleon-Tuch bare handed color-changing silk, tube made in silk color
 		Aug. 1896 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 12) 189
Unknown Die ihre Farbe wechselnden Tücher silk changes color when pushed through rolled-up white cardboard, secret cylinder gimmick
Related to Jan. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1) 5
Hugo Kramer Die ihre Farbe wechselnden Tücher silks change color in paper tube, different routine
Related to July 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 7) 108
Unknown Die ihre Farbe wechselnden Tücher another handling, silks change color in paper tube
 		Aug. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 8) 127
Carl Willmann Eine vergnügte Eisenbahnfahrt two white and a red silk become dirty when pushed through paper tube (train ride patter), they then become knotted after put in glass
Also published here Aug. 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 8) 118
Unknown Die Kartonröhre "Einige Hilfsmittel der Magie"
Chamäleon-Tücher, silks change color in paper tube
 		Aug. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 2) 17
Eduard Hensel Gervinus twentieth century silks with silks in glass cylinders, then hydrostatic glass with a cylinder, then color changing silks in paper tube, then silks vanish and reappear between two plates
Related to Apr. 1898 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 10) 152
Unknown Gervinus second part of description
Related to May 1898 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 11) 165
Samuel "St. Roman" Thiersfeld Die magische Färbeanstalt No. 29, silks change color in paper tube
 		1899 Jedermann Zauberkünstler! 87
Noll Marcellin Das seine Farbe wechselnde Tuch silk knotted around wand changes color, secret tubes that can slide on and off wand
 		July 1899 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 7) 103
Unknown Color Changing Silk in the hands, tube
 		1900 Der Amateurzauberer 112
Carl Willmann Die ihre Farbe wechselnden Tücher color changing silks in rolled-up paper carton, tube container hidden in silk
Related toAlso published here Mar. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 3) 43
Carl Willmann Die ihre Farbe wechselnden Tücher part two
Related to Apr. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 4) 56
Carl Willmann Die sechsmalige Verwandlung eines Tuches silk changes into named color, then changes five more times, with holder
Also published here Nov. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 11) 170
Carl Willmann Die Verwandlungskugel ball with opening shown, silk put in changes color
 		Dec. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 12) 187
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli XIII. Variatio Delectat 1. Feuer in den Fingerspitzen (flame of candle is ignited again with fingers)
2. Kerzen-Metamorphose (candle transforms into silk, wrapped in paper)
3. Wanderschaft (Tuch- und Teller-Kunststück) (silk vanishes and appears under plate)
4. Das Chamäleon-Tuch (silk changes color inside tube)
5. Das verschwindende Seidentuch (silk vanishes in paper cone)
 		1902 Moderne Magie 140
Joseph Michael Hartz The Glass with Mirror Partition appearing candy, silk transformation, removing partition, methods for turning glass around, as servante
  • Different Forms of the Glass
  • Illustrations of its Uses
 		1903 Later Magic 42
Professor Hoffmann Colour-Changing Tricks
  • The Inventors of the Colour-Change
 		1903 Later Magic 241
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster, Ellis Stanyon Various Methods of Colour-Changing
  • The Conradi Tube
  • Sundry Appliances for Colour-Changing
Related to 1903 Later Magic 242
August Roterberg Roterberg's Colour-Change pocket in corner
 		1903 Later Magic 244
J. Marcellin Marcellin's Colour-Change silk wrapped around wand changes color
 		1903 Later Magic 246
David Devant Colour-Changing by the Aid of a Paper Tube
  • The Elementary Method
 		1903 Later Magic 247
Carl Willmann Willmann's Colour-Change with paper tube
Also published here 1903 Later Magic 252
Carl Willmann A Six-Fold Colour-Change spring clips
Also published here 1903 Later Magic 256
Unknown To Change the Colour of a Handkerchief by merely Drawing it Through the Hand mechanical tube
 		1903 Later Magic 258
Unknown The Brass Tube, with Sliding Cup, for Colour-Changing Tricks
1903 Later Magic 260
Carl Willmann Willmann's "Metropolitan Railway" Trick color change routine with paper tube
Also published here 1903 Later Magic 262
David Devant Devant's Handkerchief Trick producing three white handkerchiefs, paper tube, they change to red, green and yellow, one vanishes in glass tube and appears knotted between other two, description edited by Devant himself
 		1903 Later Magic 303
Unknown The "Marvellous Metamorphosis" Silver Cylinder nickled tube to switch handkerchief that is pushed inside
 		1903 Later Magic 320
Reinhold Kankel Die magische Tuchfärberei silk changes color in liquid, chemical
Also published here Mar. 1904 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 3) 41
Carl Willmann Das seine Farbe in freier Hand wechselnde Tuch silk pulled through hand changes color, involved mechanical container
 		Apr. 1904 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 4) 54
A. J. Die Streichholzschachtel im Dienste der Magie uses of match box in magic tricks, back palm with matchbox
1. appearing silk
2. vanishing silik
3. color change with matchbox cover as secret tube
4. matchboxes travel from one hat to another
5. vanishing matches
6. coin travels from box to box
7. double color changing silk in rolled up paper, silk to paper streamer
8. appearing spring flowers
 		July 1904 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 7) 101
Unknown Das magische Tuchfärben silk changes color in liquid, chemical
Also published here Nov. 1904 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 11) 169
Oswald Rae A New Dye Tube dyeing silks with paper tube
 		1928 Sub Rosa 57
Laurie Ireland Silks to Streamers, or A Color Change two silks change into four streamers in hand, pull
 		1931 Ireland Writes a Book 3
Tom Sellers Colour Change Through Fist Fake double tube
Inspired by
  • Robertson Keene color changing silk
 1931 Magical Pleasantries 26
Tom Sellers A Color Change Handkerchief Box
1933 More Secrets 16
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Color Changing Silk
1937 The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin 71
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Three Times - And Out kicker transformation for color changing silk routine
 		1937 The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin 75
Sam Leo Horowitz Color Changing a Silk using tube gimmick
 		1938 Greater Magic 591
Unknown A Study in Red and Green silk appears, vanishes, changes color
 		1938 Greater Magic 592
Harlan Tarbell "Clean-Cut" Color Changing Silk gimmick on loop
 		1938 Greater Magic 597
David Devant Dyeing the Silks credit information
 		1938 Greater Magic 608
Al Baker Al Baker's Dyeing Silks dye tube
 		1938 Greater Magic 609
Harlan Tarbell Tarbell Color Changing Handkerchief popular gaffed handkerchief
Variations 1938 Greater Magic 614
Ade Duval Duval's Dyeing Handkerchiefs dye tube
 		1938 Greater Magic 617
Franklin M. Chapman Flash Color-Change Silk
1938 Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 2) 2
Unknown Color Change of Silk in Hand wind-up
 		1939 The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939 86
Theodore Annemann Vampire Silks white silks are pushed in covered tumblers of colored glass, silks get color and tumblers clear
 		1941 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 140) 791
Unknown The Wandering Handkerchief handkerchief travels from trouse pocket to trouser pocket, changes color
 		1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 345
Unknown Elusive Silks change bag routine with appearances, disappearances, color changes
 		1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 358
Unknown 3 - Color Change of Silks using Two-Way Paper Cone (page 86)
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 87
Harlan Tarbell Color Changing Handkerchief silk in silk
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 335
Horace Goldin Double Handkerchief Color Change silk in silk
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 337
Unknown Flash Color Change double sided silk
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 338
Unknown Flash Color Change Through Cardboard double sided silk
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 340
Harlan Tarbell "Clean-Cut" Color Changing Handkerchief
1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 340
Arthur M. Pope The "Vice Versa" Color Changing Silks well....
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 345
Unknown The Dyeing Handkerchiefs with paper tube, some variations
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 347
William Larsen, Harlan Tarbell, T. Page Wright Yo! Ho! Ho! And A Bottle Of Rum! prop spectacle
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 357
Janos Bartl Music and Silks in paper
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 361
Unknown "Selfcon" Dye Tube
1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 363
Francis Carlyle Evolution of a Rabbit in a Hat picture silk transformation, rabbit produced from hat
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 365
Milbourne Christopher Snappy Silk Production and Color Change almost bare handed production and color change with wand
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 372
Lu Brent A Paper Cone, Silk N' Water red silk put in cone, water is added, red water an white silk result
 		1945 My Best 222
Unknown Dyeing Silks Joke
Nov. 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 6) 164
Jean Hugard Silk Dyeing by Hand pushing silk through hand
 		Dec. 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 7) 179
U. F. Grant Color Splash white silk produced, changes to red, water changes to red water and is poured in paper bag, red silk vanishes and is produced from paper bag in place of water
 		Oct. 1948 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 1 & 2) 11
Frank Csuri, Scurti The Magician Scuri Dye Tube Idea ("Frank Scuri", or Scurti? typo?)
 		Dec. 1948 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 3) 4
Don Tanner Dye Extracting Dye Tube glass of colored liquid poured out of dye tube as finale
 		Dec. 1948 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 3) 12
Don Tanner The Magnetic Dye Tube sticky surfaces for display, originally developed for through-fist method
 		Jan. 1949 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 4) 7
Tot O'Regan The Blue Quints handkerchiefs are produced and color changed then a ribbon with five dolls attached appear between the knotted silks, comedy routine
 		1950 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950) 10
Al Baker Finesse with the Dye Tube great steal for gimmick
 		1951 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets) 444
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai Dye Tube Technique several silks change color when pushed through paper tube
 		1953 Six Tricks by Tenkai 2
Leonard Austin Silk Color Change color changing silk, with paper and inside-out silk
 		1956 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956) 23
Everett Lyda Patter Presentation for Mr. & Mrs Green color changing silk which is knotted to other silk, then small silks appear
 		1957 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1957) 6
Max Malini Colour Change handkerchief is changed into a flag, brief
 		1962 Malini and His Magic 23
Lee Wayne The Tunnel of Love as Le Wayne, silks transform when placed inside rolled-up paper tube
 		1970 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 134
Doc Boston Sucker Silk Color Change colors are written on silks
 		1972 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7 320
Faucett Ross A Glass and a Silk Silk placed in tumbler, sealed off with white handkerchief. Silk vanishes, magician produces silk of different color from collar, changes it to the correct color.
 		1975 Magic With Faucett Ross 28
Jan Torell Silk Dyeing in a Paper-Tube in rolled up paper
Also published here 1975 Magic by Jan Torell 23
Karrell Fox, Edwin, Michael Hooper, Jeffery Atkins Kolor-Kamera camera shown empty, silks change color inside, card silk suggestion
 		1976 Clever.... Like a Fox 119
Dai Vernon Color Changing Silk with dye tube
Also published here 1977 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #9) 1014
Ron Wilson The Color-Changing Handkerchief seated
Also published here 1978 Lecture Notes 10
Danny Korem Color Changing Hank pendulum holdout
 		1980 The Upside Down Toppit — Volume II 21
Bob Fitch Productions - Steals - Loads stealing from the topit, with applications
  • XII-A. Direct Steal
1) Egg on fan
2) Invisible deck
3) Cups & Balls
4) Dye Tube
5) Produce scissors
6) Balloon to Dove
7) Flames from Hands
8) Fishbowl production
9) Fountain of Silks
  • XII-B. Indirect Steal
1) Rabbit and Tray
2) Molding a Rabbit
 		1980 Topit Again & Again 5
Tom Waterman, Jack Ledair Sucker Colour Changing Silk with tube gimmick
Also published here 1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 66
Jack Chanin The Loading of the Gimmick into the Hand Prior tot eh Colour Change Taking Place adding dye tube gaff from sleeve
Related to
  • The Jaysee Color Change (Jack Chanin booklet)
Also published here 		1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 72
Jack Chanin The Disposal of the Gimmick sleeving the dye tube gaff
Related to
  • The Jaysee Color Change (Jack Chanin booklet)
Also published here 		1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 71
Jack Chanin The Chanin Application
Also published here 1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 72
Jim Cellini Instant Change sleight-of-hand color change
 		1982 The Close-up Magic of Frank Garcia - Part II 72
David Britland Live and Let Dye climax for dye tube, three silks knotted together
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #2 (Xmas)) 5
Al Baker Dreifaches Tuchfärben dye tube
 		Aug. 1983 Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 2) 77
Jan Torell Tuchfärbung in der Papierröhre color changing handkerchief in paper tube
Also published here 1984 Rund um den Zaubertisch 54
Dai Vernon Mein Tuchfärben dye tube
Also published here Jan. 1984 Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3&4) 141
William Larsen Puppen-Tricks hand puppet routine, color changing silk
Also published here
  • Genii, May 1958
 May 1984 Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 1) 37
Gary Osborne Dye Version color changing silk with thumb tip
 		1986 The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 2) 24
Ron Wilson The Color-Changing Silk close-up and stage version
Also published here 1987 The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson 37
Dai Vernon The Daivergent Silk with dye tube
VariationsAlso published here 1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 55
Christoph Borer 3. Tuchfärbung color changing handkerchief, from red to yellow to green
Also published here 1988 Seminarheft 8
Christoph Borer Tuchfärbung color changing handkerchief, from red to yellow to green
Also published here 1989 Seminarheft 11
James Dimmare The Astaire Change white scarf visibly changes to green, cane produced from it
 		1990 Spectacle 157
Bob King Color Changing Silk with three different colors and sleeving
 		1990 More Magician Foolers 3
Rocco Silano Dye Tube Handling "Trio of Tips"
 		1990 If it fits... Sleeve it! 52
Tom Waterman, Jack Ledair Tom Waterman's Färbetuch with tube gimmick
Also published here Oct. 1990 Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4&5) 181
Jack Chanin Die Färberöhren-Ablage sleeving the dye tube gaff
Related to
  • The Jaysee Color Change (Jack Chanin booklet)
Also published here 		Oct. 1990 Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4&5) 186
Jack Chanin Die Färberöhren-Aufnahme vor der Tuchfärbung adding dye tube gaff from sleeve
Related to
  • The Jaysee Color Change (Jack Chanin booklet)
Also published here 		Oct. 1990 Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4&5) 187
Jack Chanin Die Chanin-Anpassung
Also published here Oct. 1990 Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4&5) 188
T. C. Churchwell Sans Dye Tube using Thumb tip
 		Nov. 1991 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 14 No. 11) 1995
Steve Dusheck Silk Bilk thumb tip as dye tube, nail cut off
Related to
  • Jay Scott Berry's earlier work
 1991 Dusheck's Thumb Tip Magic 5
Roger Klause Red & White routine with dye tube
Inspired by 1991 Roger Klause: In Concert 195
Karrell Fox For a Change company logo or slogan appears on silk, trade show
 		1991 Goodies 136
Tom Waterman Sucker Colour Changing Silks "Ken Brooke's original instructions"
Variations 1992 New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 1) 14
Jack Chanin The Jack Chanin Application Part 2 of Ken Brooke's instructions of Tom Waterman's Sucker Colour-Changing Silks
  • Note by Ken Brooke
  • The Disposal Of The Gimmick
  • The Loading Of The Gimmick
  • The Disposal Of The Loads On Your Person
  • Working
Inspired by 1992 New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 2) 21
Patrick Page Das Farbwechselnde Taschentuch
Also published here 1993 Lecture Patrick Page 37
Karrell Fox Tissue Color silk pushed through a hole in tissue paper changes color
 		1995 Much Ado About Something 120
Karrell Fox Color Pop silk pushed in hand, changes color when opened
 		1995 Much Ado About Something 140
Steve Bryant Die Nacht der Geister white to black silk change, story presentation
 		1997 Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4&5) 149
Karl Fulves Kid Silks color changing silk routine with change back and two children that see different colors in in
Inspired by
  • Bruce Posgate column in New Tops
 2001 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 5) 150
Al Baker Dyeing Tube Method
2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Instructions) 554
Al Baker Color-Changing Handkerchief through Fist
2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks) 699
Al Baker Dyeing Handkerchief Trick dye tube
 		2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks) 711
José Carroll Cambio de Color del Pañuelo with two thumb tips
 		2003 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 243
David Kaye The Bread Trick Red transform to white handkerchief, white handkerchief change into bread, then change back to red
 		2005 Seriously Silly 63
Christoph Borer Tuch färben color changing handkerchief, from red to yellow to green
Also published here 2006 Compilation 123
Axel Hecklau Das Prisma (eine Schalfärbung) with silk scarf and special gimmick
 		2008 "Details" 20
Fred Robinson Annabelle's Dye Tube
2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 279
Trevor Lewis Sucker Silk color changing silk routine, with tube
 		2009 Routines Matter 153
Patrick Page The Color Changing Handkerchief brief
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 179
Patrick Page With a Thumb TIp ideas with a thumb tip
  • With a Pencil
  • The Thumb Tip as a Producing Agent
  • For the Platform Act
  • Smaller 'n' Smaller
  • Suddenly Something Happened
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 205
Patrick Page A Colour Change color changing handkerchief gag
Also published here 2011 Magic Page by Page 285
Fred Kaps The Red Corner
2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue July 16) 204
Johnny Thompson Color-Changing Silk visible, reel
Inspired by
  • method attributed to Henry Christ
 2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 237
Iñaki Zabaletta Silkeny 2.0 Mi Rutina Profesionales de Pañuelos, handkerchief vanishes and appears, changes color and as a climax multiple handkerchiefs appear knotted together
 		2019 ¿Quién es Iñaki Zabaletta? 153
José Carroll Poosha D'Poosha multi-phase routine
Inspired by
  • routine in "Hold-out Miracles" (Jack Miller)
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José Carroll Preliminary Techniques
  • 1. The Loading of the Thumb Tip into the Left Hand
  • 2. The Insertion of the Handkerchief into the Thumb Tip
  • 3. The Stealing of the Loaded Thumb Tip from the Left Hand
  • 4. The Showing of the Hands
    • Before the vanish
    • After the vanish
  • 5. The Reappearance of the Handkerchief
  • 6. Color Change
 		2019 52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass 250