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49 Free Color by Numbers Worksheets

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Color by number worksheets are a great way to teach your kids or students basic number recognition and how to use a legend. It also gives them the opportunity to work on their fine motor skills.

There are tons of color by number worksheets below, over all different sorts of themes. No matter what the kids are interested in, they are sure to find a suitable match here that they'll love to tackle. 

Scroll further down the page to find some free, printable color by calculation worksheets that will help your child or student practice their math facts.

In addition to these worksheets, there are some great places they can go on the computer to play free color by number online games.

If your kids love these free color by number worksheets, be sure to check out some other free printable activities for kids including connect the dots worksheets, hidden pictures, and printable mazes.

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    Color by Number Worksheets

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    These color by number worksheets are like your standard coloring pages, but kids will need to use a key to find out which color they should use to color in which area of the picture. They range in difficulty, some being very easy and others being more difficult for older kids.

    1. Ice Cream Cone: An easy color by number that makes up a picture of an ice cream cone.
    2. Care Bears: Use 5 colors to color in a Care Bear.
    3. Train: This one features a train!
    4. Princess: Any girl will love this princess color by number.
    5. Birthday Cake: Print and use 8 colors to complete this one.
    6. Fruit: A simple worksheet that's perfect for the little ones.
    7. Butterfly: This is a picture of a butterfly that uses 5 colors.
    8. Mickey Mouse: Color in Mickey Mouse in this color by number.
    9. Penguin: A fairly easy color by number worksheet that features a penguin.
    10. Sailboat: Use 5 different colors to color in the sailboat and lighthouse.
    11. Park: A coloring page that's a picture of a park.
    12. Beach: This 1-4 color by number worksheet is a picture with some items you'd use on the beach.
    13. Bee Dance: Two bees getting their grooves on.
    14. Ball: A very easy one for kids.
    15. Lighthouse: A fairly simple color by number that's so fun to do.
    16. Rocket Ship: Use 5 colors to color in this rocket ship.
    17. Fish: A more advanced color by number that uses 6 different colors.
    18. A is for Alligator: Get this one to also help teach the letter A.
    19. Rose: A fun color by number that's great for kids of all ages.
    20. Boy: A lovely option that would be fun to complete.
    21. Garfield: Garfield is the highlight of this worksheet.
    22. Lion: Use 7 colors to color in this lion.
    23. Pretty Butterfly: Use 6 different colors to color in the picture of a pretty butterfly.
    24. Firefighter: You'll need to use 6 different colors to complete this picture of a firefighter.
    25. Summer: Color in the numbers 1-6 for this worksheet. It's in both Spanish and English.
    26. Clown: There are 6 different colors you'll need to add to the image to get a picture of a clown.
    27. Horse: Find the colors 1-5 to color in this picture of a horse and barn. Can you get all the colors right?
    28. Monkey: This monkey is swinging on a tree and needs 5 colors to be filled in yellow, orange, blue, green, and purple colors.
    29. Star: This is a super easy color by number worksheet that only uses two colors while leaving the background of the image white. This would be perfect for preschoolers.
    30. Kitten in a Basket: Color in 3 different colors in this adorable kitten in a basket color by number worksheet.
    31. Octopus: This picture is a little tougher, it uses 12 different colors. This is such a good worksheet for a child learning to count above 10.
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    Calculation Color by Number Worksheets

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    This group of color by number worksheets are for older students who need a step up from the more simple options. These worksheets require either counting, subtraction, addition, multiplication, or advanced math to complete.

    Many of these are digital, so you can complete them without printing anything off!

    1. Counting: Count the dots and color in the space with the corresponding color.
    2. Addition: Color by number this underwater picture with simple addition facts up to 20.
    3. Subtraction: Kids will need to use their subtraction skills to complete this color by number.
    4. Addition and Subtraction: Color in the pictures of kids enjoying the school day in this free printable.
    5. Hard Subtraction: This worksheet is a little tougher with large digit numbers.
    6. Multiple Single Digit Addition: This color by number requires that anywhere from 2 to 5 digits be added together.
    7. Multiple Double Digit Addition: This is a little harder with multiple double-digit numbers that need to be added together.
    8. High Digit Addition: Add four-digit numbers in this color by number.
    9. Multiplication: Easy multiplication needs to be done to solve this.
    10. Multiplication and Addition: This color by number has both multiplication and addition calculations.
    11. Hard Multiplication: There are more than 2 numbers that need to be multiplied in this color by number.
    12. Parenthesis: A wide range of calculations involving parenthesis.
    13. Simple Addition: Color flowers and butterflies by finding the sum.
    14. Order of Operations: Color the picture of a cow by solving the order of operation questions.
    15. Integer Operations: Solve the integer operations in this advanced color by number worksheet.
    16. Back to School: Solve simple addition and subtraction equations to find what color you should use.
    17. Math Fact Color by Number: Color in the picture of a coral reef with this free worksheet that has you practice addition and subtraction.
    18. Addition Color by Number: Solve basic addition equations to color in this picture of underwater fun.