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Does the colour of the Penguin cover mean anything?


The colour indicates the genre of the book.

The genre colours are as follows:
  • Orange – Fiction
  • Green – Mystry & Crime
  • Cerise – Travel & Adventure
  • Dark Blue – Biography & Memoirs
  • Purple – Essays & Belles Lettres
  • Red – Drama
  • Grey – World Affairs
  • Yellow – Miscellaneous
Pelican covers are pale blue.