Color fan deck with removable blades

A color display fan deck blade that can be removed from and added to a color fan deck without unfastening a fastener having a body with a body width that holds a plurality of fan blades for rotation and display of color on one or more surfaces of the blades, the fan deck blade comprising:

• a planar base with a top and bottom surface that illustrates paint color at least on one side of the fan deck blade;
• a foldable, overlay flap configured to be folded;
• and
• a planar connector at an edge of the fan deck blade,
• wherein the planar connector at least in part defines at least one opening, the opening having an opening width that when the fan deck blade is in use in the color fan deck surrounds the fastener to permit the fan deck blade to be swivelably held around the body of the fastener within the color fan deck;
• wherein the planar connector at least in part defines a channel extending from a first channel end to the at least one opening to permit removal and/or addition of the fan deck blade from/to the fastener to effect a changing of the color fan deck without the fastener being opened or removed from the color fan deck;
• wherein at least a portion of the channel has a width less than the body width of the fastener;
• wherein the planar connector has flexibility and resiliency to flex sufficiently to permit opening the channel effective to allow removal and/or addition of the fan deck blade from/to the fastener and a deformation strength sufficient to hold the color fan deck's weight without deformation to prevent separation of the fan deck blade from the fastener when the color fan deck is held by the fan deck blade;
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• wherein after folding, the foldable overlap flap is removably adhered to cover at least a portion of the channel to block removal of the at least one individual blade from the fastener by blocking movement of the planar connector relative to the fastener.

A method of making a fan blade for displaying paint color that is removable from a color fan deck having a plurality of fan blades without removing a fastener that pivotally holds the fan blades together, the method comprising:

• die cutting a fan blade comprising a planar base with a top and bottom surface that illustrates paint color at least on one side of the fan blade to define within the fan blade:
• an opening having an opening width configured to surround a fastener to permit the fan blade to be pivotally held with a plurality of other fan blades within a color display fan deck, and
• a planar connector of the fan blade defining a channel extending from a first channel end at the at least one opening to a second channel end at or near an edge of the fan blade to permit removal and/or addition of the fan blade from/to the fastener to effect a changing of the color display fan deck without the fastener being opened or removed from the color display fan deck;
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• wherein the planar base and the planar connector are spaced at the first channel end to a width less than the fastener's width;
• wherein the planar connector has flexibility and resiliency to flex sufficiently to permit opening the channel to a width larger than the fastener's width to allow removal and/or addition of the fan blade from/to the fastener and a deformation strength sufficient to hold the color display fan deck's weight from the fastener without deformation to prevent opening the channel to a width larger than the fastener's width;
• mounting the fan blade on the fastener;
• adhering a polymeric film to one or both sides of the at least one individual blade, the polymeric film surrounding the at least one opening and the channel and
• folding a portion of the polymeric film over itself to cover at least a portion of the channel and applying releasable adhesive to releasably adhere the portion of the polymeric film over the at least a portion of the channel.