Playing cards with distinctive suits

Abstract

A playing card deck with fifty-two cards divided equally into four suits, being hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs. The thirteen cards of each suit are sequentially numbered face cards, two through ten, a jack, a queen, a king and an ace with the following distinctive color arrangement: a first suit, hearts, with all markings, heart shapes and numbers being a red color; a second suit, diamonds, with all markings, diamond shapes and numbers being a red color with a pink screened background, whether partial or whole; a third suit, spades, with all markings, spade shapes and numbers being a black color; and a fourth suit, clubs, with all markings, club shapes and numbers being a black color with a grey screened background, whether partial or whole.

1 . A playing card deck comprising fifty-two cards divided equally into four suits of thirteen cards each, said suits being hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs, said thirteen cards of each suit each bearing a shape pertaining to its respective suit, and each of said thirteen cards of each suit having sequentially numbered face cards with numbers two through ten, a jack, a queen, a king and an ace, said cards having the following distinctive color arrangement:
 a first suit, hearts, with all markings, heart shapes and numbers being a red color;   a second suit, diamonds, with all markings, diamond shapes and numbers being a red color with a pink screened background;   a third suit, spades, with all markings, spade shapes and numbers being a black color, and   a fourth suit, clubs, with all markings, club shapes and numbers being a black color with a grey screened background.   
   
   
       2 . A playing card deck comprising fifty-two cards divided equally into four suits of thirteen cards each, said suits being hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs, said thirteen cards of each suit each bearing a shape pertaining to its respective suit, and each of said thirteen cards of each suit having sequentially numbered face cards with numbers two through ten, a jack, a queen, a king and an ace, said cards having the following distinctive color arrangement:
 a first suit, hearts, with all markings, heart shapes and numbers being a red color with a pink screened background;   a second suit, diamonds, with all markings, diamond shapes and numbers being a red color;   a third suit, spades, with all markings, spade shapes and numbers being a black color with a grey screened background; and   a fourth suit, clubs, with all markings, club shapes and numbers being a black color.   
   
   
       3 . The playing card deck of  claim 1  wherein the pink screened background of the second suit covers less than the entire background of the cards in said second suit and the grey screened background of the fourth suit covers less than the entire background of the cards in said fourth suit. 
   
   
       4 . The playing card deck of  claim 2  wherein the pink screened background of the first suit covers less than the entire background of the cards in said first suit and the grey screened background of the third suit covers less than the entire background of the cards in said third suit. 
   
   
       5 . The playing card deck of  claim 1  wherein the playing card deck is provided as an electronic depiction or simulation of a playing card deck. 
   
   
       6 . The playing card deck of  claim 2  wherein the playing card deck is provided as an electronic depiction or simulation of a playing card deck. 
   
   
       7 . The playing card deck of  claim 3  wherein the playing card deck is provided as an electronic depiction or simulation of a playing card deck. 
   
   
       8 . The playing card deck of  claim 4  wherein the playing card deck is provided as an electronic depiction or simulation of a playing card deck. 
   
   
       9 . A plurality of playing cards forming a deck, said plurality of cards including four suits, said suits being hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs, comprising:
 a first group of heart-suited cards with all markings, heart shapes and numbers being a red color on a white background;   a second group of diamond-suited cards with all markings, diamond shapes and numbers being a red color on a non-white background;   a third group of spade-suited cards with all markings, spade shapes and numbers being a black color on a white background; and   a fourth group of club-suited cards with all markings, club shapes and numbers being a black color on a non-white background.   
   
   
       10 . The plurality of cards of  claim 9  wherein said second group of diamond-suited cards is on a pink background. 
   
   
       11 . The plurality of cards of  claim 9  wherein said fourth group of club-suited cards is on a grey background. 
   
   
       12 . A plurality of playing cards forming a deck, said plurality of cards including four suits, said suits being hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs, comprising:
 a first group of diamond-suited cards with all markings, diamond shapes and numbers being a red color on a white background;   a second group of heart-suited cards with all markings, heart shapes and numbers being a red color on a non-white background;   a third group of club-suited cards with all markings, club shapes and numbers being a black color on a white background; and   a fourth group of spade-suited cards with all markings, spade shapes and numbers being a black color on a non-white background.   
   
   
       13 . The plurality of cards of  claim 12  wherein said second group of heart-suited cards is on a pink background. 
   
   
       14 . The plurality of cards of  claim 9  wherein said fourth group of spade-suited cards is on a grey background.