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265 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown All Red - All Black with electric deck
 		1890 More Magic 20
Theodore Annemann A Matter of Policy story gag trick with twenty giant cards, ten democrats and ten republics, see page 54 for further comments and page 99 for improvement by Max Holden, see page 172 for improvement by Andrew Brennan
Related to 1935 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 9) 35
William Larsen The Perfect Guesser performer knows whether cut-to card is red or black, one-way alternating
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 160
Unknown Red or Black deck of all black cards becomes all red, face-up face-down alternating cards as impromptu rough-smooth principle
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 231
Unknown To Separate the Red Cards from the Black basic stripper deck application
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 263
E. L. Whitford Red or Black cards are shown all red or black, or all blue backed, then red backed, also rough smooth, end stripper deck
Related toAlso published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 281
Jack Vosburgh Stalemate
1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 113) 671
Walter B. Gibson Pay Off spectator deals half the deck and tries to separate red and black, you predict the relations of the cards to the other half, two phases
Related toAlso published here 1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 1) 1
Bob Hummer Little Stranger spectator places some red cards in his left and right trouser and jacket pockets, performer divines number
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1945 Little Stranger 1
J. B. Bobo "Out of this World" Followup - Effect Number 2 decks with colors separated is mixed, yet the colors stay separated
 		1947 Watch This One! 55
Dr. William T. Palchinas Skill-Nil! combination of several routines, here as Palchanis
-Pay Off (Walter Gibson)
  • One Good Trick (Walter Gibson)
  • A Total Mystery (Tony Kardyro)
  • Total Mystery / Sensational Sensitive Finger Tips (Tony Kardyro)
  • Card-Incidence (Charles Terraneau)
Related to 1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 183) 731
Walter B. Gibson Pay-Off spectator deals half the deck and tries to separate red and black, you predict the relations of the cards to the other half, two phases
Also published here 1956 The Best in Magic 97
Brother John Hamman Face Up - Face Down Surprise cards separated in reds and blacks, triumph with reds, black selection found in red pile, red and black piles change place
Related toVariations 1958 The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S. M. 32
Brother John Hamman The Chameleon Colors reds and blacks separated, some red cards change to black and back, then halves transpose
Variations 1958 The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S. M. 37
Jack Avis Right Card - Wrong Color card chosen, wrong color proclaimed by magician, cards separated in reds and blacks, black selection found in red pile, red and black piles change place
Inspired byAlso published here 1958 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958) 27
Charlie Miller Red and Black Packets selected cards from red half and black half transpose
 		1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 56
Al Mann A Mental Puzzle cards are put in a bag, spectator removes some, performer too and the rest is given to a second spectator, performer divines amount of red and black cards each spectator is holding
Related to 1961 Still More Miracles in Mentalism 26
Edward Marlo Technicolor Prediction spectator turns over one card behind back, reversed card was predicted and has different colored back, several methods
Related to 1962 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962) 64
Harry Lorayne Red & Black Fantasy spectator pockets some red and black cards, performer divines how many
VariationsAlso published here 1964 Personal Secrets 11
Harry Lorayne Hummer Addition spectator reverses some cards, below table magician reverses more so named total is achieved, as kicker all are one color
Inspired byAlso published here 1965 My Favorite Card Tricks 30
Karl Fulves The Bet without Odds Problems with Cards - No. Three
one red card in black pile and vice versa, spectator should choose a pile and find a black card, but he chooses black pile and the only red card therein
for solutions see references
Variations June 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 8) 39
William P. Miesel Named Red Card in Black Packet as a problem
Variations June 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 8) 41
Edward Marlo The Bet without Odds - Solutions three methods, see also p. 47
Inspired byRelated to July 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 9) 45
Edward Marlo Named Red Card in Black Packet solution to Miesel's problem
Inspired by Aug. 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 10) 51
Roy Johnson The Bet without Odds solution
Inspired by Sep. 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 11) 56
Bruce Cervon The Proposition black card in red half, spectator should remove a red one, whole packet changes to black
Inspired by Oct. 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 12) 59
Mike Rogers From the Desk of Mike Rogers idea for Kirk Styles Boy Meets Girl cards, cards join in pairs
 		1966 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66) 47
Karl Fulves Black Magic effect about matching pairs of red and black, related to Gilbreath Principle, fifty-two double facers (!)
Related to 1967 Epilogue (Issue 1) 2
Peter Alexis Red Magic spectator places some red cards in his left and right jacket pockets, performer divines number
Related toVariationsAlso published here June 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 8) 103
Karl Fulves Incorporated Color Control
  • Part One: pairs attract each other after riffle shuffle (RBBR-RBBR-...)
  • Part Two: spectator lays out pairs on table, performer knows which ones are black and which red
  • Part Three: number of color-matching pairs kind of predicted
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 9) 111
Bruce Cervon, Earl Keyser Red Magic Variation spectator places some red cards in his left and right jacket pockets, performer divines number
Inspired by Oct. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 12) 128
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky The Astor-Deck als Svengali Spiel deck riffled through as all-black or all-red, whole deck corner-shorted
 		1967 (ca.) The Astor-Deck 9
Karl Fulves The Odd Event red-black matching thing with two card location
Related toVariations 1968 Epilogue (Issue 3) 18
Gene Finnell Color Prophecy performer predicts which red-black pairs will match when two halves are dealt after a shuffle
Also published here July 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 9) 189
Karl Fulves Riffle/Reverse Notes combination of riffle shuffle and reverse faro, related to Gilbreath Principle
Related to 1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue The Triple Faro) 48
Karl Fulves Black Magic Notes effect about matching pairs of red and black, related to Gilbreath Principle, see also Addenda on page 60
Related to 1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue The Triple Faro) 49
Gene Finnell Influential Pairs Variation some red-black matching occurs, gilbreath
Inspired by 1969 Epilogue (Issue 5) 37
Edward Marlo The Odd Event red-black matching thing with two-card location
Inspired by 1969 Epilogue (Issue 5) 38
Rick Johnsson, Walter Rollins Colors Revealed after a riffle shuffle, the spectator sorts deck in multiple stage in colors and pockets piles in six different pockets, performer knows number of cards in each pocket
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1969 Epilogue (Issue 6) 45
Roy Walton Influence some red-black matching occurs, two stacked decks, faro
Inspired by 1969 Epilogue (Issue 7) 51
Martin Gardner The Compleat Gamester Addition red-black betting game with eight cards
Inspired by Mar. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 5) 324
Larry Jennings Even Money pairs of cards given to spectator, he finds it impossible to guess color of any card, see also p. 420 for comment by Trevor Dawson
Inspired by July 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 9) 347
Paul Swinford, Norman Gilbreath Gilbreath Revisited deck cut in three piles, one pile looked over, performer knows number of red and black cards in other piles, handling for Gilbreath's "Separating One Deck With One Shuffle" (Linking Ring, July 1958)
 		1971 More Faro Fantasy 44
Ron Ferris Girl Happy two cards chosen from two halves each - four Queens
 		1971 Expert Card Chicanery 22
Karl Fulves Unmatch five reds and five blacks mixed, spectator points to any five, removed as block, cards from both piles simultaneously turned over, always one red and one black, see also p. 460
VariationsAlso published here Sep. 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 11) 443
Roy Walton Travellers in Time red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixed
VariationsAlso published here 1971 Cardboard Charades 22
Roy Walton Long Shot four spectators select the only red cards from about half the deck
 		Sep. 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 11) 560
Steve Spillman Follow-Up twenty cards used to write ESP, number named and card is only odd-colored card, nine force
Variations 1972 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 61) 303
Roy Walton The Bridge transposition of red and black cards
 		1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 5) 36
Karl Fulves Attraction after riffle shuffle cards are dealt in pairs, matching red or black pair is always followed by pair of other color
Related to 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 3
Karl Fulves Chromatic Telepathy spectator lays out pairs on table, performer knows which ones are black and which red
Related to 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 3
Karl Fulves Incorporated Color Control number of color-matching pairs kind of predicted after riffle shuffle
Also published here 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 4
Karl Fulves Black Magic effect about matching pairs of red and black, related to Gilbreath Principle, fifty-two double facers (!)
Related to 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 6
Gene Finnell Color Prophecy performer predicts which red-black pairs will match when two halves are dealt after a shuffle
Also published here 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 12
Karl Fulves The Odd Event red-black matching thing with two card location
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 16
Edward Marlo The Odd Event red-black matching thing with two card location
Inspired by 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 67
Rick Johnsson, Walter Rollins Colors Revealed after a riffle shuffle, the spectator sorts deck in multiple stage in colors and pockets piles in six different pockets, performer knows number of cards in each pocket
Inspired byAlso published here 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 72
Roy Walton Influence some red-black matching occurs, two stacked decks, faro
Inspired by 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 75
Karl Fulves Unmatch five red and five black cards, spectator choses five, when turned up in pairs they always are one red and one black
Also published here 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 80
Charles Hudson Match Up
Inspired by 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 91
Edward Marlo, Karl Fulves Pointed Up Wager proposition plot (problem by Fulves): one black card in a packet of red cards, spectator cuts to single black card, six methods
 		1974 The Unexpected Card Book 102
Paul Curry The Red And The Black spectator arrange the deck, cards are in red/black pairs except the Aces
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1974 Paul Curry Presents 53
Roy Walton Obsolete Prediction four packets of four cards with different order of red and black cards, chosen one matches the prediction
 		Dec. 1974 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 4) 40
Robert Connelly "Say Red" betting game whether next card is red
 		Jan. 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 3) 702
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Trick #8 cards openly separated into suits, then reds shuffled together and blacks, halves put together, they magically mix
Also published here
  • in "Random Conceptions with Cards" (ca. 1930)
 Sep. 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 11) 791
Aldini Mind Bender spectator cuts a packet and deals cards on table, performer predicts on a card when spectator is out of cards and whether his last card is red or black
 		1974 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 107) 533
Phil Wye Obsolete Encore
Inspired by July 1975 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 11) 134
Peter Kane, Gustave Southall Gil's Game spectator cannot win in red-black game in which he has to select groups of one color
Related to
  • New Pentagram, June 1970
 1975 A Further Card Session with Peter Kane 4
Karl Fulves Red/Black Mystery 4&4 alternated, separated in four and four, a fifth card added to each group makes whole group red and black
 		1975 Methods with Cards — Part 1 10
Karl Fulves Calculated Colors 3&3 or 4&4, weird mixing procedure, "mathematical oil & water"
Variations 1975 Methods with Cards — Part 3 208
Peter Kane, Gustave Southall Gil's Spiel spectator cannot win in red-black game in which he has to select groups of one color
Also published here
  • New Pentagram
 June 1975 Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 4) 84
Nick Trost The Lone Stranger Spectator locates own card by unknowingly placing it with a group of cards of a different color
Also published here 1976 Subtle Card Magic: Part One 5
Nick Trost Color Match-up Spectator able to colors of ten pairs of cards
 		1976 Subtle Card Magic: Part One 10
Nick Trost Weighing the Colors Tell how many red/black cards there are in each pile
Also published here 1976 Subtle Card Magic: Part Two 20
Karl Fulves Quinary Colors five reds and five blacks are shuffled, one color penetrates table
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 214
Karl Fulves Black on Blue spectator shuffles small packets, all change to black, four change back color
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Four) 255
Kevin Davie Red-Black Surprise see p. 531 for corrections
Inspired by Aug. 1977 Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 12) 449
Harry Lorayne Matching Thought two halves, two odd-colored cards selected from red and black halves
 		1977 The Magic Book 145
Karl Fulves Mass Transit spectator choses card from black pile, performer finds it from red pile which turns out to be the black pile
 		1978 Transpo Trix 56
Karl Fulves Flim Flam chosen red card is only red card in black poker hand and vice versa
Variations 1978 The Chronicles (Issue 6) 1117
Stephen Clark Curious deck shuffled face-up/face-down, two suits named, cards of those suits corresponds with remaining reversed cards after they are removed
 		1978 The Chronicles (Issue 12) 1177
Karl Fulves Card Problems (D) packet with divided red and black cards, spectator inserts joker, exactly at dividing point, posed as a problem
 		1978 Interlocutor (Issue 17) 65
Harry Lorayne Rot-Schwarz Fantasie spectator pockets some red and black cards, performer divines how many
Also published here July 1978 Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 2) 54
Ron Ferris Ribbon Candy spectator finds red cards in black pile and black cards in red pile, alternating set up
Variations Sep. 1979 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 2 No. 9) 246
Karl Fulves All Blacks when some reds and blacks are mixed together, the cards will always become black, multiple phases
Related to 1979 Four Color Problems 19
Jerry K. Hartman, Dr. E. Brum-Antonioli Apocalypse Variations Or Additions
Inspired by Aug. 1980 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 3 No. 8) 383
Karl Fulves Principle Prism 4&4, reds and blacks are mixed and they still alternate, weird effect, two phases
Inspired by 1980 Parallel Lines 13
Karl Fulves Ultra Mix red-black routine comprised of the following tricks
Related to 1980 Color Quik 31
Karl Fulves Whereabouts four cards immediately turn face down and change color
 		1980 Color Quik 32
Karl Fulves Interspace notes on "Ultra Mix" routine
Related to 1980 Color Quik 34
Karl Fulves Unmix Problem some reds and black mixed, spectator choses which color comes to top one by one, posed as problem
Related to 1980 Color Quik 34
Bob Hummer Hummer's Little Stranger spectator places some red cards in his left and right trouser and jacket pockets, performer divines number
Related toAlso published here 1980 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 6
Richard Kaufman Red-Eye Special red selection becomes only red card in deck, all other change to black (or vice versa)
 		1981 Cardworks 64
Roy Walton Letters three suggestions for effect: red selection becomes only red card in deck, all other change to black (or vice versa)
 		1981 Cardworks 68
Ken Krenzel Scene: August 23, 1980 suggestion for this effect: red selection becomes only red card in deck, all other change to black (or vice versa)
 		1981 Cardworks 71
Harry Lorayne Scene: September 8, 1980 suggestions for this effect: red selection becomes only red card in deck, all other change to black (or vice versa)
 		1981 Cardworks 72
Karl Fulves Turncolors four reds and four blacks are shuffled and four cards of the same color turn over one at a time
 		1981 Milennium Aces 79
Karl Fulves By Two And Two one riffle shuffle, then pairs turned up, when odd-colored, the next pair is also odd-colored, when match, then the next is match
 		1981 Origins 54
Ken Simmons Color Transposition ten red cards, ten black cards, selection travels into other packet
 		1981 Cards — With a Different Touch 27
Karl Fulves Checkers "Two Tricks"
three reds and three blacks alternated, dealing procedure to separate colors or turn every other card over
 		1981 The Chronicles (Issue 30) 1363
Peter Kane The Red/Black Blues after a riffle shuffle the deck is separated in packets, red/black distribution predicted
Inspired by 1982 Kane 77
Paul Curry Rot und Schwarz spectator arrange the deck, cards are in red/black pairs except the Aces
Also published here July 1982 Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 2) 68
Larry Jennings, Roy Walton Morlock's Revenge red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentation
Inspired byVariations 1983 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2 56
Paul Harris The Perfectionist red and blacks are apparently mixed but remain separated
Related toAlso published here 1983 A Close-Up Kinda Guy 55
Paul Harris Transposed Perfectionist reds and blacks transpose
Also published here 1983 A Close-Up Kinda Guy 61
Paul Harris Mixed-Up Perfectionist reds and blacks mix themselves
Related toAlso published here 1983 A Close-Up Kinda Guy 64
Ellsworth Lyman A Color Changing Trick asymmetric stripper-type preparation, when riffling through the deck the cards are either all red or black, see also p. 58
Related toAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, November 1907
 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 4
Chung Ling Soo No-Gaff Svengali Deck outjogging every other card a bit, then riffling through the deck and show them all red or black, see also p. 11
Also published here
  • Goldston's Magazine of Magic, July 1915
 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 14
Andrew Shivas No-Gaff Svengali showing all red or all black, incomplete faro
Related toAlso published here
  • Tricks of the Masters (Goldston, 1942)
 1983 Worknotes On Brainwave 113
Karl Fulves The Market In Futures four reds and four blacks, spectator thinks a black, it ends up being only black in red backed
 		1983 Worknotes On Brainwave 117
Unknown Chromatic Caper No. 13, coincidence with number of cards of given suits in a face-up/face-down shuffled deck
 		1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 19
Norman Gilbreath Magnetic Colors No. 34, "This routine was independently devised by Gene Finnell, Norman Gilbreath and others"
 		1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 46
Unknown Self-Matching Colors No. 35, alternated red-black stack shuffled, when a pair matches, the performer knows the color, kind of opposite Gilbreath
 		1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 47
Unknown A Devilish Secret No. 36, deck riffle shuffled once, pairs turned up, when a color match occurs, the next pair is a match of opposite colors
 		1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 47
Gene Finnell Color Prophecy No. 38, performer predicts which red-black pairs will match when two halves are dealt after a shuffle
Also published here 1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 49
Roy Walton Blind Choice No. 39, first publication, spectator and performer successfully guess colors of four-card packets that are handed out after one riffle shuffle
 		1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 50
Karl Fulves Incorporated Color Control No. 42, number of color-matching pairs kind of predicted after riffle shuffle
Also published here 1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 54
Karl Fulves Flim Flam No. 69, chosen red card is only red card in black seven-card poker hand and vice versa
Inspired by 1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 103
Peter Alexis Rot-Schwarze Magie spectator places some red cards in his left and right jacket pockets, performer divines number
Also published here Jan. 1984 Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3&4) 116
Bob Farmer Mixdemeanor 4&4, oil & water in reverse
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 430
Martin Gardner Paradox Papers No. 9, paper with numbers in a 4x4 grid is folded into small square, edges cut off, then all even numbers are one way and the odds another, application with card values on paper or card layout (chosen card turned over is only odd-colored at the end)
Also published here 1985 Self-Working Paper Magic 18
Edward Marlo Olram's Clarified Routine ten red and black cards, one card travels from packet to packet, then packets changes places, eight methods
Inspired by 1986 Thirty Five Years Later 3
Karl Fulves Pristine after riffle shuffle pairs are dealt, all have matching colors
 		1986 Color Capture 6
Karl Fulves Memory Mix after riffle shuffle performer memorizes order, deck dealt into two heaps, performer announces number of matching color pairs in one heap
Related to 1986 Color Capture 8
Karl Fulves Smart Modem twelve red and twelve black cards, cards shuffled and dealt into two heaps by spectator, paper slips with "match" and "no match" used to predict whether pairs match in color, with variations:
  • Smart Alek (getting some pairs wrong on purpose)
  • Which Colors? (predicting colors as well)
  • Machine Dream (incorporating money machine prop)
  • Read This First
 		1986 Color Capture 12
Karl Fulves Colorite after riffle shuffle and deal into two halves, performer divines color of top card of spectator's pile, repeated for all cards
 		1986 Color Capture 20
Steve Beam Well Shaken deck removed from the deck is in order, then shaken and cards are mixed, see also p. 294 for additional ideas
Related toAlso published here 1986 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 15) 257
Randy Wakeman Needed a Jump ten red and black cards, single card jumps from packet to packet, then packets transpose
 		1987 Special Effects 26
Roberto Giobbi Die Zeitmaschine red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentation
Inspired byAlso published here 1987 Card Stories 16
David Britland Alchemy four red cards change one by one to black cards, always one red card placed between two black cards
Inspired by May 1987 The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 3) 75
Harry Lorayne Hummer Addition spectator reverses some cards, below table magician reverses more so named total is achieved, as kicker all are one color
Also published here Oct. 1987 Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 1) 38
Karl Fulves R5B5 five black and five red cards, card selected from each, they end up being in the opposite packet
 		1988 The Chronicles (Issue 35) 1407
Karl Fulves Red Handed three reds and blacks, one exchanged, spectator also exchanges cards and they're separated again, posed as problem
 		1989 And a Packet of Cards 55
Karl Fulves Dream Detective card chosen from four red and four black cards, they're odd backed, some cards outjogged and injogged from deck
 		1989 Kaleidoscope 4
Karl Fulves Read No Evil two old pieces of paper, deck cut in three piles, coincidences occur
 		1989 Quick Card Tricks 42
Karl Fulves Gambler's Dream five red and black cards, one chosen from each, open stacking procedure, two hands dealt and the selections are exchanged
 		1989 Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children 26
Juan Tamariz The Triple Colors Routine reds and blacks separated, one card chosen in each half, identified, cards change places, then whole packets change places (one in pocket)
 		1989/91 Sonata 159
John Bannon Shake Well Before Using red black separated cards instantly mix
Related to 1991 Smoke and Mirrors 26
Edward Marlo I'll Do It Again! two halves on table, face-up card travels from half to half, repeat, red and black sections transpose, three stranger cards
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 10) 1
Edward Marlo Letter to Simmons - Case of the Shuffles red and black cards shuffle themselves, full deck
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 10) 14
Karl Fulves Counterfeit seven high red and one low black cards shuffled, performer claims to weigh out the odd card in several stages, it's red and all other cards changed to black
 		1992 Deceptive Practices 48
Karl Fulves Balancing Act spectator places some blacks in pocket, performer places some more there, number of pocketed blacks equals number of reds in a packet, varied repeat
 		1992 Deceptive Practices 50
Steve Beam Gentleman's Bet bet, red / black or pairs, performer wins always, gilbreath
Variations 1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 7
John Riggs Unbeatable red / black or pairs, performer wins bet all the time, is able to let spectator win on his demand, gilbreath
 		1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 9
Steve Beam Scaling the Cards three packets are cut on the table, performer weighs two and announces amount of cards, then he reveals amount of black or red cards in those packets
Inspired by
  • Mike Roger's "Trost and Us" in "Genii" October, 1971.
 1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 13
Karl Fulves Cheap Trick "Two Tricks with Dice" No. 1
red and black packet, two cards chosen with dice throws and packets combined, the chosen cards transpose
Related to 1993 Rigmarole (Issue 2) 15
Karl Fulves Guess Again eight cards are placed outjogged into tabled spread, cards dealt in pairs, color matches with outjogged cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1993 Rigmarole (Issue 5) 55
David Harkey Chromacon fine incomplete faro shuffle, deck cased, deck taken out and shown all red (or black) except a selection
 		1993 Card File 22
David Harkey Chromacon Plus fine incomplete faro shuffle, deck cased, deck taken out and shown all red and then all black except a selection
 		1993 Card File 24
Alex Elmsley A Delicate Balance freely removed selection's color is named repeatedly, edge-mark in center
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 45
Philip T. Goldstein Chromagnon memory demonstration of red/black order
 		1994 Thabbatical 121
Karl Fulves Cleaver performer removes red and black cards, performer forms two packets behind back with same number of reds and blacks each
 		1994 Crooked Tales 21
Karl Fulves Unthought cards chosen by spectator in 4x4 layout find color-matches, other cards don't
 		1994 Crooked Tales 76
Gene Maze Odd Man Out spectator stops at only black card in 15-cards-packet or red cards
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 66
Roy Walton Suitcase four-card groups made after shuffling procedure, they all contain one of each suit
Inspired by 1994 Profile (Issue 18) 10
Peter Duffie The Vegas Connection Gilbreath thing
 		1995 Duffie's Card Compulsions 190
Martin Gardner Packet Parity color prediction with chess pieces, also with cards (color of a card is predicted)
 		1995 Arcane (Issue 14) 212
J. W. Sarles Red or Black? performer cuts and ask the spectator red or black and how many (one, two or three), and the bottom cards of the top half fulfill this property, repeated with real riffle shuffles, method not given
 		1995 The Fine Print (Issue 1) 2
Steve Beam Well Shaken deck removed from the deck is in order, then shaken and cards are mixed
Related toAlso published here 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 59
Paul Cummins The Trick that never happened only small part ambitious card
Inspired by 1996 from a shuffled deck in use... Part One 7
Lennart Green Out-of-Sweden first OOTW effect, two piles, then all cards are black, then red (blacks have vanished)
 		1996 The Looking Glass (Issue 2) 60
Paul Harris The Perfectionist
  • The Perfectionist (red and blacks are apparently mixed but remain separated)
  • Transposed Perfectionist (reds and blacks transpose)
  • Mixed-Up Perfectionist (reds and blacks mix themselves)
Also published here 1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Close-up Kinda Guy) 109
Martin Gardner Color Magnets card cut into deck attracts a few card of same color, based on fact that at least four card of same color are together in most shuffled decks
Related to 1996 Underworld (Issue 4) 56
Peter Duffie Metathesis packet with red cards and with black cards, two thought-of (mathematical procedure) cards transpose
Inspired by
  • "The PallaD Principle" (Peter Duffie, Cards in Principle)
 1996 Method in Effect 8
Karl Fulves Jekyll-Hide six red and 6 black cards, a black card chosen, but it isn't among the 6 black cards suddenly but among the 6 reds (identified by spectator with special glasses on)
 		1997 The Vampire Chronicles 22
Peter Duffie Different Class Joker stabbed into pack to select a card from two halves of a deck each, reveal that card selected is the odd colour out (e.g. all cards are red except black selection)
Inspired by 1997 Effortless Card Magic 28
Peter Duffie The Master Cards Spectator and magician each have five cards, card selected in each packet, packets combined and re-dealt; each packet is now four of same color and one of the other color, odd card out is the selection
Inspired by
  • "The PallaD Principle" (Peter Duffie, Cards in Principle)
 1997 Effortless Card Magic 30
Doug Edwards Jumping Colors Deck shuffled face up and face down - suddenly all the face up cards are black except one red card which is the selection
 		1997 Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop! 21
Karl Fulves Ruse et Noir No. 2, as many red in one pile as there are black in the other pile
Variations 1997 Command Colors 6
Karl Fulves Ruse B impromptu method
Inspired by 1997 Command Colors 9
Karl Fulves Ruse C another method
Inspired by 1997 Command Colors 9
Karl Fulves Ruse D another method and comment
Inspired by 1997 Command Colors 10
Karl Fulves Touch For Color No. 4, two packets made, four red cards removed from packet A and any for cards moved from packet B to packet A, number of reds in A equals blacks in B
Related toVariations 1997 Command Colors 11
Karl Fulves Unequally Equal No. 5, follow-up to "Touch For Color" with similar effect
Inspired by 1997 Command Colors 12
Karl Fulves Balance of Trade No. 6, piles made and some cards exchanged, black cards in pile A equal number of black cards in pile B
 		1997 Command Colors 13
Karl Fulves The Dark Force No. 7, two piles made with a secret number, performer moves some cards from pile to pile, number of reds in one pile equals black in other pile
Variations 1997 Command Colors 14
Karl Fulves Color on Contact No. 11, after some dealing and calculation, the number of red cards in two packets match
 		1997 Command Colors 19
Karl Fulves A Magical Effect think stop, then in next effect the color of all cards in top third are named
 		1998 Combo 2
Karl Fulves Profiling number of red cards in one pile corresponds with number of black in another
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1998 Underworld (Issue 9) 116
Karl Fulves Cheat Feat twenty-card packet, two cards selected in spectators's own hands by dealing two poker hand and remembering top card, selections and up as only red in black half and vice versa
Inspired by
  • Peter Duffie trick
Related to 		1999 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 1) 4
Ellis Stanyon A Card of Either Colour Found at Any Number No. 48
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 83
Karl Fulves Hunt To Kill two piles, red and black, one card moved from one pile to other and vice versa, position determined by die, exchanged cards are instantly sandwiched
 		2000 Lost Vampire Secrets 192
Lewis Jones Red Alert Two deck is cut in halves, performer turns over card of his pile and guesses if color in other pile matches
 		2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 161
Lewis Jones Red Alert Three performer guesses if colors are red or black
 		2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 162
Peter Duffie Colorosity two cards selected from packet, packet dealt into two piles and each has one odd-colored card, the selections
Variations 2000 New Inspirations 8
Peter Duffie Matching Gilbreath after one riffle shuffle, pairs are turned up and shown with one card of each color, pairs tabled, later shown to be red-red and black-black pairs
 		2000 New Inspirations 18
Rudolf Braunmüller Schwarz-Rot-Mirakel introduction to collection of red-black tricks
 		2000 Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 1) 19
Karl Fulves Transposed Thoughts No. 65, packet sorted in blacks and reds by spectator, two spectators remember bottom card of their pile, all assembled, performer transposes the two cards at their positions behind his back
 		2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 98
Karl Fulves Guess Again No. 67, eight cards pushed in deck by spectator and left out-jogged, all cards are paired with odd-colored card when cards are dealt off in pairs
Also published here 2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 101
Karl Fulves Compatibility No. 3, number of red cards in one pile corresponds with number of black in another
Also published here 2001 My Best Self-Working Card Tricks 7
Karl Fulves Card Roulette No. 19, two cards chosen by two spectators from small packet, cards counted through and spectators' cards do not show up, prime principle
Related to 2001 My Best Self-Working Card Tricks 38
Karl Fulves Red Control an Ace and a Two on the table, single cards dealt on Ace, pairs on Two, performer and spectator take one of the dealt piles each under the table, performer is able to match spectator's colors
Inspired by 2001 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 5) 160
Peter Duffie Black Sheep two cards chosen in packet, a reversed card has them on either side and they are the only odd-colored cards
 		2001 Cards By All Means 2
Roy Walton Back Into Time red and black cards are separated, each half mixed face-up into face-down and top card placed into center, time machine plot, cards again on top, all cards face-down and mixed
Also published here 2001 Omerta 8
Jack Avis Colour co-ordinates performer and spectator deal from bottom of half the deck each, color sequence matches despite shuffle
Related to 2002 Ahead of the Pack 151
Andi Gladwin Resets in an Instant red cards transpose with black cards, with card case
Variations 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 228
Steve Beam Red & Black Widow red half transpose with black half, with card case
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 236
Roberto Giobbi, Larry Jennings All's Well That Ends Well red-black shuffle, Triumph, single ambitious phase, time-travel presentation
Inspired byAlso published here 2003 Card College — Volume 5 1361
Bob King Matching Wits spectator pushes card face-up in deck, performer knows whether paired card matches in color when cards are dealt off in pairs, repeats, then several spectators push in cards, only performer's matches, alternating set-up, "very old gambling scam"
Related to 2003 New Magician Foolers 9
Karl Fulves Deep Cut Note after some cutting procedure the Aces are only odd-colored cards in two packets
 		2003 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8) 333
Karl Fulves Cards That See spectator places four Aces in spread while performer is not looking, pairs dealt off, performer predicts whether Aces come out in matching color pairs or not
Related to 2003 Off The Books (Issue 4) 43
Karl Fulves Sealed Thoughts spectator cuts off some cards, shuffles them and distributes them reversed in deck, then notes down their values in order and cases deck, performer looks at list and predicts color match combinations when cards are dealt off in pairs
 		2003 Off The Books (Issue 4) 48
Karl Fulves Rules of Engagement basic rules to predict color matches when cards are dealt off in pairs and a few cards have been inserted reversed
 		2003 Off The Books (Issue 4) 49
Karl Fulves A Crossed Xchange card from black packet transferred to red packet, red packet becomes red, using a variation of the Daley Delight Switch
Related to 2003 Off The Books (Issue 8) 145
Karl Fulves UnCrossed Xchange aka "NotXd Xchange"
card from black packet transferred to red packet, red packet becomes red, using a variation of the Daley Delight Switch without arm crossing
Related toVariations 2003 Off The Books (Issue 8) 146
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Double Knavery reds and blacks separated, spectator stops at two cards in one half, they are odd-colored mates, other two matching values are in the other half
 		2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 4
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson The Paranormalist spectator riffle shuffles once and turns up pairs without the performer seeing them, when a color-matching pair is found the performer names the higher value
Inspired byRelated to 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 95
Michel Huot Don't Follow the Leader reds and blacks separated, one of each color chosen and returned, two cards turn over, they are the transposed selections
 		2003 Seven By Michel Huot 19
Norman Gilbreath Thoughts On Mirrorskill
Inspired by 2004 Penumbra (Issue 8) 4
Norman Gilbreath Proof for Mirrorskill
Inspired by 2004 Penumbra (Issue 7) 1
Norman Gilbreath A.M. one-way deck, three phases
Inspired by 2004 Penumbra (Issue 8) 6
Norman Gilbreath Magnetic Colors
2004 Penumbra (Issue 8) 7
Karl Fulves Colorist spectator cuts packet of 12 picture cards and deals three cards face-down, performer indicates one whose color appears at least twice in the triple
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 7
Karl Fulves Rusduck's Riffle variation of "Colorist"
Related to 2004 When Psychics Play Poker 8
Karl Fulves Head Start three players get a card and hold it against forehead so that only other can see it, players bet whether the own color matches one of the other players
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 10
Karl Fulves Code For Color twenty-sixth cards tells performer how many red cards are in top half after a riffle shuffle
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 47
Karl Fulves Color Bands red rubber band around red cards, black around black cards, halves together and bands exchanged, halves change as well, posed as problem
 		2004 Under Tension 31
Wesley James Chameleon Colors Revisited "alpha", reds and blacks separated, some red cards change to black and back, then halves transpose
Inspired by 2004 Enchantments 144
Ramón Riobóo Cops and Robbers two phase routine, six red cards and six black cards, after cuts and shuffles always red/black pairs
Related to
  • Ramón Riobóo's "Six Murderers" in "Magic Magazine" July 1997.
Variations 		2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 204
Peter Duffie, Aldo Colombini, Robin Robertson Las Vegas Layover two spectators cut off packets, performer knows how many, and the only red (or black) card is cut to in black (or red) packet, using Killer Count
  • Variation
 		2004 Killer Koncepts 37
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Observation Test two cards chosen in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, one from red half one from black, one vanishes and the other travels into odd-colored half, Riffle Shuffle Control
Variations 2004 Diamonds from Coal 5
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Name a Number, Any Number two cards chosen in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, one from red half one from black, appear at chosen numbers in transposed packets
Inspired by 2004 Diamonds from Coal 6
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Moving Colors packet, two selections (one red, one black) end up in odd-colored pile, pseudo-CATO
 		2004 Diamonds from Coal 93
Karl Fulves Survivor Principle Chapter 13
principle in which pairs of an odd number of cards are eliminated until one card remains, it is the card of the color that had an odd number of cards in the original packet
Related to
  • "Survivor" (Karl Fulves, Discoverie #6)
 2004 Diamonds from Coal 115
Karl Fulves Reflex Action spectator distributes half deck face-up on table, performer deals other half on top and all pairs match color
 		2005 Combo II 78
Tyler Wilson Sven Who? deck shown to be all black, then all red, selection is only blue-backed card, "no red card" comedy prediction, secret incomplete faro condition
Also published here 2005 Just be Glad my Name isn't Greg 40
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Color Shuffles (Part One) manuscript with red-black-effects, see following entries
Related to 2006 Penumbra (Issue 10) 13
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) II. Tricks, Principles And Applications: 1. The Basic Color Prediction spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards, performer predicted number of red cards therein
 		2006 Penumbra (Issue 10) 15
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 2. The Extrasensory Color Count spectator shuffles and deals, performer stops him and knows the number of red cards dealt
 		2006 Penumbra (Issue 10) 16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 3. The Disguised Color Prediction spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards, performer predicted number of red cards therein but has to correct the number tongue-in-cheek
 		2006 Penumbra (Issue 10) 16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 4. The Basic Color Coincidence spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards, performer cuts off another packet, number of red cards in both packets coincides
 		2006 Penumbra (Issue 10) 16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 5. The Lucky Number spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards, number of red cards in this packet corresponds with named small number by spectator
 		2006 Penumbra (Issue 10) 16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 10. The Mirror Prediction! !noitciderP rorriM ehT .01 two spectators shuffle and cut off some cards in two decks, number of red cards in one pile is the same as black cards in other pile
 		2006 Penumbra (Issue 10) 18
Tyler Wilson Sven Who? deck shown to be all black, then all red, selection is only blue-backed card, "no red card" comedy prediction, secret incomplete faro condition
Also published here 2006 Dominatricks 118
Jack Avis Colour Match ten-card sequence of spectator matches cards dealt out by performer from bottom of deck in its red-black sequence
Related to 2006 Rara Avis 39
Jack Avis Right Card - Wrong Colour card chosen, wrong color proclaimed by magician, cards separated in reds and blacks, black selection found in red pile, red and black piles change place
Inspired byAlso published here 2006 Rara Avis 113
Nick Trost, Karl Fulves Two Compatibility Tests first part is Karl Fulves' "Profiling", Gilbreath
Inspired by 2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 18
Nick Trost Prophecy in Color red-black matching procedure, outcome is predicted
Inspired by 2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 124
Nick Trost Three-Way Miracle Prediction Reverse Gilbreath Principle, number of red and black cards predicted
 		2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 133
Nick Trost Predicting Red, Black and Courts
Inspired by 2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 134
Karl Fulves The Odds Get Even roulette red-black betting system illustrated with six cards
  • Bet Noir
 		2008 Prolix (Issue 5) 345
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Color Shuffles (Part Two) part 2 of a manuscript with red-black-effects, see following entries
Related to 2009 Penumbra (Issue 11) 2
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Karl Fulves 17. The Mysterious Force
18. Ruse de Morris Plains
19. The Black Force 		cards are shuffled and packet cut off by spectator, this is divided in two piles, number of red in one packet corresponds with number of black cards in other packet, three presentations
Inspired by 2009 Penumbra (Issue 11) 5
Nick Trost Weighing the Colors reds and blacks separated, spectator takes seven from top of both piles in any combination, then from face of both piles again, performer weighs correctly number of reds and blacks in each
Also published here 2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 338
Nick Trost Rouge et Noire Divination performer matches red/black order of ten cards by spectator
Also published here
  • New Tops, Oct. 1994
 2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 339
Nick Trost Dr. Rhine, Outdone! red/black color matching and guessing
  • Phase One - Matching Test
  • Phase Two - Spectator's Test
  • Phase Three - Telepathy Test
Related to 2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 342
Nick Trost Red and Black Routine routine with ten red and black cards
  • CATO type routine
  • "Double Separation" (Wiersbe)
  • "Unmatch" (Fulves)
  • "Color Scheme" (Oscar Weigle)
Inspired by 2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 347
Nick Trost A Divination Routine divination of number, color and suit in cut-of packet
  • Phase One - As Many As You
  • Phase Two - Color Sense
  • Phase Three - Suit Discernment
Inspired by
  • "As Many As You" (Walter B. Gibson, Magic Explained, 1949)
 2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 351
Nick Trost Triple Climax Clock Trick only red card is chosen and predicted one
 		2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 461
Roy Walton Influential Counts six four-card-packets are paired by spectator and have same color sequence
 		2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 154
Joe Anderson Color Match gilbreath
Inspired by 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 287
Jeff Pierce, Ryan Schlutz The Untouchables
  • number of reds in one pile equals blacks in other pile
  • small packet OOTW with two spectators
  • two-card location with red black separation of packet
Inspired by 2011 Making the Cut 119
Steve Beam Testosterone Test (new) red/black order of Aces changes, observation test
Also published here 2011 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum) vii
Karl Fulves The Perfect Shuffle long-short deck with alternated color shuffled, sold as perfect faro or false shuffle
 		2011 Prolix (Issue 9) 626
Ben Train Segue face-up/face-down shuffle deck changes so that all red cards except black selection turn in one direction
 		2012 Anteater Consortium 23
Norman Gilbreath Gilbreath's First Principle Basic trick using Gilbreath Principle
 		2012 Magical Mathematics 61
Steve Beam Red & Black Widow red half transpose with black half, with card case
Related to 2012 Gourmet Card Magic 5
Steve Beam Viuda en Rojo y Negro red half transpose with black half, with card case
Also published here 2014 El Cardquistador 16
Roberto Giobbi, Bob Hummer Dollar Deal red-black betting game, bill is inserted in deck and pairs taken, color that comes with bill can be predicted
Related toAlso published here
  • Genii, Oct. 2007
 2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Apr 16) 111
Lennart Green Red & Back Card Bet percentage game
 		2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 15) 328
Steve Beam Rote & Schwarze Witwe red half transpose with black half, with card case
Also published here 2016 Card Magic To Go 12
Juan Tamariz Answering Computer Presentation cards answer questions depending on whether next card is red or black
Related to
  • "Answering Computer" (Juan Tamariz, Mnemonica, 2004)
 2018 Repertoire 40
David Solomon Folded Discovery 4x4 matrix layout, folding tapestry, all of one color end up reversed except selection
Inspired by 2018 Solomon's Secrets 31
Steve Forte Red-Black Demonstration openly red-black divided deck stays separated despite several different shuffles
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 877
Daryl Martinez Six-Pile Display for red-black shuffle demonstration
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 881