According to a survey, around 20% of adults in America have joined the trend of coloring. Amazon received an estimated 20.000 coloring book orders from all over the states. Adult coloring has helped children learn arts and be creative, it has helped adults relax and de-stress themselves, and it has helped many elders as well due to their cognitive benefits. Naturally, to color, you would need coloring markers. Let’s look at the benefits of coloring for adults:

Therapeutic Effect

According to a study performed on working adults and parents. Coloring has a therapeutic effect on the test subjects, causing them to relax and de-stress themselves with the task at hand. This could be attributed to the feeling of being unaware of other things beyond the simple task itself. Imagine yourself doing a simple task that requires you to exert a moderate amount of focus like, for example, mowing down the lawn, folding clothes, or washing dishes. These activities allow us to forget and relieve ourselves from all the stress and anxiety that has been accumulated. This is easily the primary reason why adult has picked up coloring.

Explore Creativity

Coloring can promote and support creativity in oneself. It variously engages the brain. Our brain processes each color differently; each color can be associated with different things that we have experienced before that can also trigger memories. Perhaps when you were a child, you had a red backpack that you used to carry around, so you associate the color of red with a memory from your childhood. Coloring can also spark new ideas that can provide you with the inspiration that you need for your current job or project. Coloring is an innovative way for an adult to seek inspiration and explore creativity.

Build Motor and Cognitive Skills

This may have more impact on the elderly rather than the actively working adult. As we get older and retire, we are not as active as we were, and being in that state for an extended period of time could dull our brain and make our motor and cognitive skills rusty. Coloring requires hand-to-eye coordination, just like playing catch or tennis. It engages the brain to stay inside the lines and determine which color would look best on the pattern, thus, why coloring can help adults and the elderly build their motor and cognitive skills.

The Bottom Line

Whether you choose to use a coloring pencil, marker, or crayon, you should always try to enjoy coloring in a fun, and positive atmosphere suggested with a companion that can share your enthusiasm and make the activity fun while doing it; Like with children or people of the same age with the same interest in the activity. Don’t try to make coloring a competition because that would be counterproductive to what you are trying to get from coloring itself. …