Color by Number Circus

Print the Big top, or open More options for a clown face, a juggling clown and 5 more.

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Color by number: Big top

Color each square by its number.

111112221111
111112221111
111113411111
111134341111
111343434111
113434343411
134343434341
333333333333
143432234341
143432234341
143432234341
555555555555

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

Big top, 12 by 12, 5 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.

Next step Color a train nextPrint a grid that hides its name

How it works

This color by number circus set opens on a Big top in red and yellow stripes. Behind it: Clown face, Juggling clown, Juggling pins, Unicycle, Trapeze swing, Circus cannon and Ferris wheel.

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Two clowns with paper-white faces

The Clown face has orange hair, a red nose and a blue hat. The Juggling clown wears a purple suit and keeps three balls in the air. Both faces are white squares, which print empty.

A carnival color by number: the Ferris wheel

The Ferris wheel has seven cars in four colors on a black ring. The Trapeze swing is the quickest easy sheet, 50 squares; the Big top fills all 144.

  • Red and yellow are in all 8 easy keys.
  • The Clown face has 54 white squares, all of them the face: they print empty.

Questions and answers

Is there a clown color by number?

Yes, two. The Clown face is a close-up with orange hair and a red nose, and the Juggling clown is a whole clown in a purple suit with three balls.

Why is the clown's face not numbered?

A clown's white face is white paper here, and white squares print empty. Check Put 0 in the white squares in More options to print a 0 in each one.

What is a big top?

A big top is the large tent of a touring circus. The sheet shows one in red and yellow stripes with a blue flag on top.

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Clowns 2

  • Clown face A clown's face on a green background: a white face left as paper, orange hair at both sides, blue eyes, a red nose, a red smile, a blue hat with a yellow pompom and a red and yellow ruffle. On the detailed grid the hat has a red band, the eyes have black pupils, the cheeks are pink and the hair has yellow curls. Easy: 5 colors, 90 squares to color. Detailed: 7 colors, 366 squares to color.
  • Juggling clown A clown in a purple suit with yellow buttons and red shoes, red hair and a red nose, juggling a red, a yellow and a blue ball on a green background; the face is white paper. On the detailed grid the clown has black eyes, a red smile and a pink ruffle, and each ball has a white shine. Easy: 5 colors, 134 squares to color. Detailed: 7 colors, 539 squares to color.

In the ring 4

  • Circus cannon A red circus cannon with a yellow muzzle, pointing up to the right on a black wheel with a yellow hub, on a brown stand against a green background. On the detailed grid three yellow studs run along the barrel, the wheel has gray spokes and the stand has an orange stripe. Easy: 5 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 7 colors, 576 squares to color.
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In the ring, continued

  • Juggling pins Three juggling pins in red, blue and green, each with a yellow band and a black knob on its handle. On the detailed grid an orange line runs under each yellow band and each pin has a white shine. Easy: 5 colors, 60 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 239 squares to color.
  • Trapeze swing An acrobat with black hair and brown skin in a purple costume and red shoes, sitting on a yellow trapeze bar that hangs from two brown ropes. On the detailed grid the costume has a yellow collar and yellow sequins, the acrobat has a red mouth and the bar has an orange underside. Easy: 5 colors, 50 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 200 squares to color.
  • Unicycle A unicycle: one black wheel with a yellow hub and yellow spokes, a blue post, a red seat and red pedals. On the detailed grid gray spokes join the yellow ones, the post has a light blue side and the seat has a black top. Easy: 4 colors, 58 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 243 squares to color.

Tent and wheel 2

  • Big top A circus tent in red and yellow stripes with a blue flag on top and a blue doorway, on green grass against a purple evening sky. On the detailed grid a blue scalloped trim runs under the roof, the doorway has a yellow lintel and light green tufts dot the grass. The large tents of touring circuses are known as big tops. Easy: 5 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Ferris wheel A Ferris wheel on green grass: a black ring with a yellow hub, seven cars in red, yellow, blue and green, and two blue legs. On the detailed grid gray spokes run from the hub to the ring and each car has a black roof. Easy: 5 colors, 71 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 307 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 fact in the Big top description was checked against Wikipedia in October 2026, and the color and square counts were counted from the finished grids. Licence: own work

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