Fifteen children's book artists share their favorite colors and explain why they love them.

On board pages.

Yellow /Eric Carle -- Blue / Bryan Collier -- Mint / Mike Curato -- Brown / William Low -- Indigo / Etienne Delessert -- Purple / Anna Dewdney -- Gray / Rafael López -- White / Lauren Castillo -- Green / Philip C. Stead -- Mexican pink / Yuyi Morales -- Maine morning gray / Melissa Sweet -- Orange / Frann Preston-Gannon -- Black / Jill McElmurry -- Crimson red / Marc Martin -- All colors / Uri Shulevitz.