Ant Color by Number

Print the Black ant, or open More options for an anthill, an ant carrying a leaf and 5 more.

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Color by number: Black ant

Color each square by its number. Squares with no number stay white.

11
11
111
11111
1111111111
11111111111
1111111
111111
111
111
222222222222
333333333333

To color on screen, choose a color in the key, then tap the squares.

Black ant, 12 by 12, 3 colors.

Answer key: prints on page 2.

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Print gives a blank worksheet, and the colored answer key on page 2 when that box is ticked. Colors you fill in on screen stay on screen. By keyboard: the arrow keys move around the grid, Enter colors a square, a digit colors it by that number and Backspace clears it.

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How it works

This ant color by number set opens on a Black ant walking over grass. Behind it: Ant from above, Ant face, Ant carrying a leaf, Line of ants, Ant on a picnic blanket, Anthill and Ant nest underground.

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One ant up close: three body sections, six legs

The Black ant, the Ant from above and the Ant face each show one ant large. The Ant from above sets the three body sections in a row with six black legs, and the detailed grids draw the bend in each antenna.

Color by number ants on the move and at home

On the other five sheets one ant carries a leaf, three walk in a line, one crosses a picnic blanket, three climb the Anthill and three sit in the chambers of the Ant nest underground. The tunnels of the nest and the white checks of the blanket stay paper.

  • Black is in all 8 easy keys, so every student needs a black crayon.
  • The Black ant is the shortest sheet: 76 easy squares in black, green and brown.

Questions and answers

What is an anthill?

An anthill is the mound of sand or soil that worker ants pile up outside the entrance to their nest. The Anthill sheet shows one from outside; Ant nest underground is our cut-away drawing of tunnels and three chambers.

Why do some squares on the ant sheets have no number?

Those squares are white. The Black ant and the Ant carrying a leaf stand on a white background, 68 and 61 easy squares. Check Put 0 in the white squares in More options to print a 0 in each.

Do the ant sheets come with an answer key?

Yes. The colored key prints as page 2 of every sheet, on Letter or A4. Uncheck Answer key on page 2 in More options to leave it out.

All 8 pictures

One ant up close 3

  • Ant face An ant's face from the front on a green background: a brown head, a black eye on each side, two bent black antennae and two black jaws at the bottom. On the detailed grid the eyes have white glints, the head has orange marks, the jaws are longer and curve in, and light green flecks dot the background. Easy: 3 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 574 squares to color.
  • Ant from above A red ant seen from above on a yellow background: a head, a middle part and a large rear part in a row, six black legs and two black antennae. On the detailed grid the antennae bend at an elbow, each leg has a joint, two black eyes sit on the head and two orange bands cross the rear part. An ant's body has three sections, and all six legs join the middle one. Easy: 3 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 4 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Black ant A black ant walking to the right on green grass over brown soil: a big rear part, a middle part and a head with an eye left white as paper, two antennae and three legs on the side you see. The background is left white. On the detailed grid the body has gray shine marks, the antennae bend, each leg has a joint and light green tufts stand in the grass. Ants have elbowed antennae and a narrow waist. Easy: 3 colors, 76 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 257 squares to color.
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Ants on the move 3

  • Ant carrying a leaf A black ant with an eye left white as paper walks to the right on brown ground and holds a big green leaf above its back. The background is left white. On the detailed grid the leaf has light green veins, the ant has white shine marks and thin black legs and antennae, and orange pebbles lie on the ground. Easy: 3 colors, 83 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 297 squares to color.
  • Ant on a picnic blanket A black ant walks across a red and white checked picnic blanket toward a yellow crumb. The white checks are left as paper. On the detailed grid the ant has a white eye, bent antennae and three legs showing, the crumb is a wedge of yellow cheese with orange holes and a round slice of watermelon, pink with black seeds and a green rind, lies in the corner. Easy: 3 colors, 94 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 374 squares to color.
  • Line of ants Three black ants seen from above walk in a line across orange sand, with two red berries beside the trail. On the detailed grid each ant has six legs and two antennae, one red berry with a green leaf and a white glint lies at the top left, and yellow grains and gray pebbles dot the sand. Easy: 3 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 575 squares to color.

Where ants live 2

  • Ant nest underground A cut-away view of an ant nest under a blue sky: a tunnel left white as paper runs down from the green grass through brown soil to three chambers, with a black ant in each. On the detailed grid the sky is light blue, a small mound of soil rings the entrance, each chamber holds an ant and yellow seeds, gray pebbles sit in the soil and the grass has light green tufts. Easy: 4 colors, 115 squares to color. Detailed: 7 colors, 459 squares to color.
  • Anthill A brown anthill on green grass under a blue sky, with a black opening at the top and three black ants on its sides. On the detailed grid the sky is light blue with a white cloud, orange grains dot the mound, three ants climb it and a fourth walks in the grass, which has light green tufts. Easy: 4 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 562 squares to color.

How this list was compiled: Our own pixel pictures, drawn square by square for this site on 12 by 12 and 24 by 24 grids in October 2026. Nothing is traced, scanned or copied from clip art, and no picture shows a brand, a logo or a character from a film, show, book or game. The ants are plain ants of our own drawing, not a named species. The facts in the Black ant and Ant from above descriptions and in the answer about anthills were checked against Wikipedia in October 2026. The color and square counts were counted from the finished grids. Licence: own work

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