"Ancient Colors" is a 2017 Scars Publications poetry and prose book with material from assorted writers and artists, as the August 2017 issue release of the literary magazine "Down in the Dirt" (http://scars.tv/dirt). Since 2014 "Down in the Dirt" magazine is released every other month (and sometimes with bonus issues) as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (print ISSN# 1554-9623 and Internet ISSN# 1554-9666), but also an ISBN#. Because of ISBN# releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book as well as the cover design. Writers and artists included in this Scars Publications perfect-bound 6" x 9" ISBN# paperback book include Amber Shoemake-Doughty, Andy Schenck, Bill Chuang, Brian Schulz, Carlynn Grace Winters, Cassondra Windwalker, Dennis Vannatta, Denny E. Marshall, E. Martin Pedersen, George W. Clever, Grace Michel, Gregg Dotoli, Jack Moody, Jed Herne, Joseph Farley, Justin Hunter, Kait Gilleran, Liam Spencer, Lisa Gray, Mari Stachenfeld, Mary Claire Garcia , Michael Constantine McConnell, Rebecca Cowgill, Robert Fabre, Roger G. Singer, Ruy Arango, Sue Granzella, Tyler Wolfe, David Russell, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Eleanor Bennett, Fabrice Poussin, Kyle Hemmings, and Westley Heine