Simon Lipkin, star of Derren Brown’s Unbelievable, has concocted a diabolically sneaky set of gimmicks that allow you to achieve jaw-dropping color prediction effects using no expensive equipment and no sleight of hand! The gimmicks are devious, the effects are mighty, and now they can finally be yours.

For many years Simon performed color-matching routines using secret electronics, but after they malfunctioned during the heat of an important performance, he set out to find a superior method. He set to work making lemonade out of lemons—or, in Simon’s case, making magic out of markers. He emerged from his workshop with a close-up utility system capable of achieving effects nearly identical to those of their expensive, high-tech counterparts.

The box includes everything you need to start performing the effects right away, including three Sharpie markers, the clever gimmicks, durable black Tyvek envelopes, and small pieces of card (billets) for your predictions. Best of all, if the pens run out of ink, no problem. There are inexpensive refills, and you can easily replace them at your local stationery store.

In the detailed online video instructions, you will learn:

Simon Lipkin’s Signature Color Match Routine

A participant chooses any pen at random and uses it to color in a pre-drawn image. This is repeated a total of three times until a completely random color combination has been created. Each stage feels so free and fair, yet, impossibly, you are able to predict the outcomes of their choices with 100% accuracy.

Originally credited to Tony Anverdi and later popularized by Craig Filicetti, the color match routine is a modern classic, and now it’s your turn to perform this reputation-building trick with ease. You

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introduce three pens, each capped with a black lid. While your back is turned, your participant places each pen in a different pocket. You can explain that despite their black appearance, each pen is actually a different color. From your right pocket you produce a red cap, from your left pocket, a green cap, and from your back pocket, a blue one. Remarkably, when the participant takes the pens out of their pockets and uncaps them, they discover they’ve matched the same colors to the same pockets.

Color Dupe

Your participant chooses any pen and draws any picture in secret while your back is turned. Despite both decisions being completely free choices, you are able to not only reveal the color of the pen they used to draw but also reveal (or duplicate) their entire drawing!

Chenvelope Test

Three pens, three cards, three envelopes, and three participants. All the props are mixed, and many choices are made. Yet despite the fairness, you are able to prove that you knew the outcome of all events well in advance in this baffling close-up mentalism routine inspired by the traditional Chair Test plot.

We were originally going to leave it at that (because that’s already insane value), but six months later Simon called us with even more ideas! So, we invited him back to the studio to teach amazing bonus content, including a “draw anything” color-match effect and a sensational Chair Test contribution from master mentalist Marc Paul.

Get ready for an entertaining and enlightening journey of (quite literally) colorful mentalism from one of the most exciting new names in magic.
Perform professional-grade, top-tier mentalism without the hefty price tag.

“Beautifully simple, and very deceptive!”
– Andy Nyman

“This is fantastic. Nobody needs more gadgets and this is a perfect, practical solution to a great plot.”
– Noel Qualter

“A solid method, reliable gimmicks and smart routining.”
– Christian Grace

“A non-electronic colour match with unlimited uses and applications!”
– Harry De Cruz

“Simon Lipkin, you bloody b*stard. I love this. Ffs.”
– Tom Brace This is Tricolour. Own it now.