Le Tarot des Couleurs

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 21 Apr 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Rusty Neon	21 Apr 2003
I've seen this deck for sale in a French language bookstore, but there were no sample cards. Does anyone have this deck? What's the deck about? Is it a standard 78-card tarot deck? Are the pip cards illustrated? Wheh ... so many questions, eh? Thanks in advance. :)

Diana	21 Apr 2003
Rusty Neon: Could you describe the box that you saw? And do you know the publisher?

Gerbear	21 Apr 2003
Does this deck have a mainly black cover? If so, it might be a translation of the Tarocchi di Colori. This is an Italian deck I got recently, with titles in Italian and English. If this is the same one, there are 78 cards with figures consisting of blocks of bold color in the RWS style.

Rusty Neon	21 Apr 2003
Quote: Originally posted by Diana Rusty Neon: Could you describe the box that you saw? And do you know the publisher? I'm sorry I don't recall the name of the creator or publisher. It came in a flat plastic wrapped, sealed pack (possibly with a book as well) rather than in a conventional deck box. (I should have bought it as it was selling on clearance sale for the equivalent of about $5 U.S. as I was and still am curious about the creator's concept.) I don't recall whether the creator had a French name or not. I realize I am not a large source of info as regards this deck. :) I'm curious now as whether the deck I saw was the French version of the deck of which Gerbear speaks.

Astraea	21 Apr 2003
It didn't come up on a Google search of "le tarot des couleurs"...lots of sites related to the use of colours in tarot, but nothing for a specific deck by that name; it's not at Tarot Garden or Amazon, either. :(

Rusty Neon	21 Apr 2003
Quote: Originally posted by Gerbear Does this deck have a mainly black cover? If so, it might be a translation of the Tarocchi di Colori. This is an Italian deck I got recently, with titles in Italian and English. If this is the same one, there are 78 cards with figures consisting of blocks of bold color in the RWS style. Hi Gerbear ... Thanks for replying. Maybe yours is essentially the same deck. Does this deck have illustrated Two to Ten cards that are RWS clones but vividly illustrated?

Rusty Neon	21 Apr 2003
I don't recall the packaging vividly, but, unfortunately, I think this might be the _Tarot des Couleurs_ that I saw: http://www.dixdecoeur.com/pages/vente/couleurs3.html (This site shows a picture of the front of the pack.) If so, it's a good thing I didn't buy it, as it has only 13 cards in the deck ! "Le tarot des couleurs, Livre + leu de 13 cartes, P. & J.-C. Nobis "Ce tarot met en action des vibrations et des énergies importantes pour vous aider à vous comprendre et à orienter vos choix de vie. À travers les différentes manières de tirer les cartes, et grâce aux indications concernant les significations des couleurs et de leur emplacement dans les tirages, c'est un parcours de découvertes et de réponses qui vous est proposé. "Livre de 80 pages + 13 cartes - réf 3365 - Broché - 15 x 21 - Éditeur : Recto-Verseau - ISBN 2.88343.044.6 "Prix : 16.50 soit 108.23 F" I'm still curious what's printed on these cards.

Gerbear	21 Apr 2003
From your link, it's not the 'di Colori' deck, although it is somewhat similar. The one I won on ebay is at the Alida site, and I've only seen it there and at il Trigono.

Cerulean	21 Apr 2003
I'll open a discussion thread...this is puzzling me.

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