MySQL Query with multiple LIMITS

Question

Let's say I have the following table with hundreds of toys of various colors...

---------------------------
  ITEM  |  COST  |  COLOR
---------------------------
    1   |  12.00 |  BLUE
    2   |  10.98 |  RED
    3   |   9.34 |  BLUE
    4   |  11.33 |  WHITE
    5   |   8.00 |  YELLOW
    .   |    .   |    .
    .   |    .   |    .
    .   |    .   |    .

If I wanted to select the three lowest priced blue toys, I could of course write...

SELECT * FROM TOYS WHERE Color = 'BLUE' ORDER BY COST LIMIT 3;

But, is there a way that I can select the a uniquely specified number of lowest priced yellow, white, and blue toys, as if I were saying...

 SELECT * FROM TOYS WHERE COLOR = 'YELLOW' (LIMIT 1) AND COLOR = 'WHITE' (LIMIT 3) AND COLOR = 'BLUE' (LIMIT 2) ORDER BY COST

Is it possible to do this fully in MySQL without walking through the array in PHP?

Answer 1

Why not?

select * from toys where color = 'Yellow' (LIMIT 1)
UNION
select * from toys where color = 'White' (LIMIT 3)
UNION
select * from toys where color = 'Blue' (LIMIT 2)