Color by Number Dinosaur

Press Print for the Tyrannosaurus, or pick a Triceratops, a Stegosaurus or 5 more by name under More options.

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Color by number: Tyrannosaurus

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

11111
1121111
1111111
111333
111111
11111
111111111
11111441
1111441
1111
1111
111111

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

Tyrannosaurus, 12 by 12, 4 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 Make a dinosaur word search to matchPrint a grid that hides its name

How it works

Each color by number dinosaur here has its name on the sheet: Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Ankylosaurus and Spinosaurus, plus a Pteranodon and a Hatching egg. Each is a pixel picture in two grid sizes.

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A different crayon for each one

The Tyrannosaurus is brown, the Triceratops orange, the Stegosaurus green, the Brachiosaurus blue, the Ankylosaurus yellow and the Spinosaurus purple. Those colors are ours: nobody knows what color the animals were. The easy Brachiosaurus needs only 3 crayons, blue, black and green.

Shortest and longest sheets

The Pteranodon is the quickest at both sizes, 55 squares on the easy grid and 204 on Detailed 24 by 24. The detailed Spinosaurus and the detailed Hatching egg are the longest at 418 squares each.

  • Triceratops means three-horned face. Seen from the side, the sheet shows two of the three: ask pupils to find them.
  • Stegosaurus had upright plates along its back and spikes on its tail; ours has orange plates and yellow spikes.
  • Each easy grid but the Hatching egg has exactly one black square, the eye. Find it first.

Questions and answers

Is a Pteranodon a dinosaur?

No. Pteranodon was a pterosaur, a flying reptile, and pterosaurs were not dinosaurs. It is in this set as the one animal in the air, and its description on the page says what it was.

Which dinosaurs are in this set?

Six: Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Ankylosaurus and Spinosaurus. The other two pictures are a Pteranodon and a baby dinosaur hatching from an egg.

Does each dinosaur color by number printable carry its name?

Yes. Each sheet is headed with its name, such as Color by number: Ankylosaurus, so pupils see how it is spelled. Uncheck Picture name on the sheet under More options and the heading says Mystery picture instead.

All 8 pictures

The big names 4

  • Brachiosaurus A blue Brachiosaurus with its long neck held straight up, facing right, on green grass. On the detailed grid it has a light blue belly and throat, purple spots and black toes. Its name means arm lizard in Greek. Easy: 3 colors, 61 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 241 squares to color.
  • Stegosaurus A green Stegosaurus facing right with orange plates along its back and yellow spikes on its tail. On the detailed grid it has light green spots, brown toes and light green grass under its feet. Stegosaurus had upright plates along its back and spikes on its tail. Easy: 4 colors, 71 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 330 squares to color.
  • Triceratops An orange Triceratops facing right with a red frill, yellow horns and a black eye, on green grass. On the detailed grid the frill has yellow spots, the toes are brown and the grass has light green flecks. Its name means three-horned face. Easy: 5 colors, 86 squares to color. Detailed: 7 colors, 355 squares to color.
  • Tyrannosaurus A brown Tyrannosaurus seen from the side, facing right: a big head with a red mouth, two small arms, a yellow belly and a thick tail. On the detailed grid white teeth show in the open jaws and it stands on green grass. Tyrannosaurus lived in today's western North America. Easy: 4 colors, 74 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 287 squares to color.
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Armor and a sail 2

  • Ankylosaurus A yellow Ankylosaurus facing right with brown armor on its back, a row of bony knobs along the top and a club at the end of its tail, on green grass. On the detailed grid the armor has orange studs, the toes are brown and a yellow sun is in the sky. Ankylosaurus was an armored dinosaur. Easy: 4 colors, 91 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 308 squares to color.
  • Spinosaurus A purple Spinosaurus facing right with a red sail on its back, standing in blue water. On the detailed grid the sail has orange ribs, the mouth is red, the arm has yellow claws and the water is light blue and blue. Spinosaurus lived in today's North Africa. Easy: 5 colors, 91 squares to color. Detailed: 7 colors, 418 squares to color.

In the air and in the egg 2

  • Hatching egg A green baby dinosaur looking out of a cracked yellow egg with orange spots. On the detailed grid its eyes are white with black pupils, it has light green spots, the shell has brown cracks and the egg sits in a brown nest. Easy: 4 colors, 112 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 418 squares to color.
  • Pteranodon An orange Pteranodon gliding with its wings spread, with a brown crest on the back of its head and a long yellow beak. On the detailed grid the wings have yellow edges and light blue clouds float below. Pteranodon was a flying reptile called a pterosaur, not a dinosaur. Easy: 4 colors, 55 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 204 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, no picture shows a brand or a logo, and none shows a character from a film, show, book or game. The colors are our own choice: nobody knows what color these animals were. The one fact in each named animal's description was checked against Wikipedia and a museum's dinosaur pages in October 2026, and the color and square counts were counted from the finished grids. Licence: own work

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