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Color by Number
Today's picture73 of 73 spaces left · Irises
Painting: Vincent van Gogh, Irises, 1890. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0).
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Color famous paintings by number: choose a color, then tap its numbered spaces. Van Gogh, Hokusai, Cézanne and more. Free, with no sign-up.
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How to play Color by Number
Bring a famous painting back to life, one color at a time. Every space in the picture has a number, and every number has its color in the strip under the picture.
- Tap a color to choose it. Its spaces are shaded grey, so you can see where it goes.
- Tap a shaded space to color it. A space only takes its own color: if you tap a different number, it tells you which number that space needs.
- When a color is finished, it gets a tick and the next color is chosen for you.
- Small spaces? Choose Zoom in, then scroll or drag the picture to move around. "Find one" outlines the next space for your color.
- "Show the painting" puts the original painting in place of your coloring, to compare. Tap the picture or choose it again to go back.
Choose any picture from the list under the game. Your coloring is saved on this device for each picture, and there is no time limit. The daily picture is the same painting for everyone, and changes at your midnight.
Keyboard
Tab to the picture, then the arrow keys move between the spaces for your color and Enter colors one. ] and [ choose the next or previous color, + and − zoom, H finds a space, and Ctrl+Z undoes.
Questions
How do I color a space?
Choose a color at the bottom of the picture. Each color has a number. Then tap every space with that number. A space only takes its own color, so you can't color one wrongly.
The spaces are small. Can I make them bigger?
Yes. Choose Zoom in, as many times as you like, then scroll around the picture. The spaces for your color are shaded grey, and Find one outlines the next one for you.
Where do the pictures come from?
They are public-domain paintings and prints from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Open Access collection. When you finish, Show the painting lets you compare your picture with the original.
Can I print a picture to color with pencils?
Yes. The printable page has each picture as a numbered outline, with a color key.