colouring

The disruption has the potential to cause near-term shortages in the US of items where China dominates the supply, such as baby carriages, colouring books and umbrellas, analysts at Macquarie noted this week.

"I've started doing colouring to get stronger with my fine motor skills," she said.

Among the publications seized were recently released books on the conflict in Gaza as well as books featuring work by the artist Banksy and a children's colouring book about the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.

When dried out it's know as spirulina and is used as a dietary supplements, a food ingredients, and as a bright-blue food colouring.

Speaking to Rolling Stone in 1990, he said his mother "saved" him by encouraging him to draw on scrap paper rather than using colouring books, where "the whole idea is to stay between the lines".