A Colour Symphony Welsh Symphony Orchestra. The last movement, "Green", was separately published as "Pyonepsion". In 1977, a ballet called "Royal Offering" was created, with music based on "A Colour Symphony". A short extract from the 'Red' movement was used as the opening music to BBC TV coverage of The Proms until 2011. The British artist Kevin Laycock created a visual piece called "Four Movements in Colour", in which he attempted to portray, in colour, the sounds created by Arthur Bliss. In 2004, Laycock created a series of paintings called "Tectonics" as a direct response to Bliss's "A Colour Symphony" using parallel compositional
The Colour of Magic the graphic novel the women wear chain-mail chestpieces as well as the clothing described in the book. It has been published in hardcover, along with the graphic novel of "The Light Fantastic", as "The Discworld Graphic Novels" (). The Mob Film Company and Sky One have produced a two-part adaptation, combining both "The Colour of Magic" and "The Light Fantastic", directed by Vadim Jean and broadcast over Easter of 2008. David Jason starred in the role of Rincewind. Sean Astin, best known for his role as Samwise Gamgee in "The Lord of the Rings" film series, took the role of