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> Even the King James Bible has been colorized for... some reason.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript

For hundreds of years people have been putting a large about of effort into coloring in bibles. As far as I know the book itself doesn't endorse the practice.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_letter_edition

Touché

Do all the other illustrated books endorse the practice?

Like coloring books?

Yeah, I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek. What does it mean for a book to endorse making color illustrations of it's content? Why is the lack of endorsement for color illustrations in the Bible noteworthy when explicit endorsement for illustration is not really something we expect from any book.

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