Do you like graphic novels or short stories by queer authors and artists? Then you need to read The Color of Always if you like one or the other or both. All the stories deal with the queer experience. Some are about coming out, some about finding love, some about losing love. There are stories about families and friends. There is even one about an assault, so not everything is rosy and happy. There are pluses and minuses in this community and the editors took the authors and the illustrators and made their works show it in all its beauty and ugly.
There are possible triggers for some readers, such as the one that deals with an assault of the narrator/main character. Therefore, this is not for sensitive or young readers. Plus, if you are new to the GLBTQ community of coming of age/dealing with issues stories, these will be fresh, but if you have done a lot of reading in it, these will be familiar stories that you have read before. However, they are relatable no matter where you are in the rainbow world or sexual identities.
Brent Fisher and Michele Abounader have found several authors and allowed their voices to be heard. I am not familiar with them, but a few sounded familiar. The artwork becomes as large of a character as the texted characters are. The style is bright, but there are darkness and shadows, too. Colors, details and the light/dark contrasts all come together to make this collection. Sometimes things are crowded, making it hard to focus, but take your time. Again, not for the sensitive or young reader, but works on maybe levels and for multiple ages.