6. An aid for increasing the reading efficiency of a dyslexic, comprising: a transparent sheet of material having a plurality of colors that cover at least a portion of an area of text to be read; and a plurality of horizontally positioned color gradients for each color, each color gradient covering at least a portion of one line of text, whereby each color gradient creates a less distracting environment and allows the dyslexic to more readily focus and concentrate on the lines of text to be read.
8. The aid according to claim 6, wherein said plurality of color gradients comprises six color gradients.