This book brings together works by more than one hundred illustrators from all over the world, who stand out for the diversity of their characters and their ability to lend their creations a life of their own. They are ordered by colour, which is the common thread that pervades, structures and delineates the book, providing its conceptual hinge, graphic force and visual unity. This challenging and daring choice is fully in keeping with the spirit of the characters presented in this volume.