Katie and John; It's an economical trade-off. If I mixed text with color on the same page in my catalogs, it would require more pages of color printing, which adds to the expense of the book. Another ten pages of color adds another $5 (my cost). I'm trying to keep the price at the same level it has been now for the past three years so that collectors don't balk at the price of the book. This catalog is not mass produced. Each issue is hand bound and assembled by me. I hope that explains it for you.