Color by Number Dolphin

Color by number: Leaping dolphin

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

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111113111221

111333331111

134333333311

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11333331

111131133331

111111111331

111111113333

111111113113

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

How it works

This color by number dolphin set opens on a dolphin leaping over a green sea. Seven more pixel pictures show dolphins face to face, with a calf, with two fish, surfacing, tail up and at sunset.

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Blue dolphins on a green sea

Gray is not one of the 8 basic crayons, so on the easy grid the dolphins are blue and the sea is green. Open More options and choose Detailed 24 by 24: seven sheets turn the dolphins gray and the sea blue, with light blue ripples.

Where the white paper goes

Bellies, splashes and spray are left white, so those squares print empty. The Dolphin at sunset has none: it is a black outline, 46 squares, against yellow, orange and purple.

The Smiling dolphin is the quickest sheet: 128 squares on the easy grid.

Questions and answers

Why is the dolphin blue and not gray?

The easy grid uses only the 8 basic crayon colors, and gray is not one of them. The detailed 24 by 24 grid adds gray, so there the dolphins are gray on a blue sea.

Is a dolphin a fish?

No. A dolphin is a mammal that lives in water, and it breathes air through a blowhole. The Surfacing dolphin shows a puff of spray above its head.

What is a baby dolphin called?

A calf. The Dolphin and calf picture shows a large dolphin with a small one swimming below it, both heading right.

All 8 pictures

Leaping 3

Dolphin at sunset The black outline of a leaping dolphin against a yellow sun in an orange sky, over a purple sea. On the detailed grid the top of the sky is red, a blue line marks the horizon and yellow glints lie on the purple sea. Easy: 4 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 576 squares to color.
Leaping dolphin A dolphin leaping to the left over a green sea against a yellow sky with an orange sun: a blue body, a black eye and a white belly left as paper. On the detailed grid the dolphin is gray and the sea is blue with light blue ripples. A dolphin is a mammal that lives in water. Easy: 5 colors, 140 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 561 squares to color.
Two dolphins Two dolphins rising out of a green sea face to face against a yellow sky, each blue with a black eye and a white belly left as paper. On the detailed grid the dolphins are gray and the sea is blue with a light blue edge. Easy: 4 colors, 136 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 548 squares to color.

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At the surface 3

Dolphin tail A dolphin's tail tipping out of a green sea under a yellow sky, with an orange sun in the top corner. The tail is blue and seen at a slant, so the near half stands higher than the far half, and white foam is left as paper around its base. On the detailed grid the tail is gray and the sea is blue with light blue ripples. Easy: 4 colors, 138 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 555 squares to color.
Smiling dolphin A dolphin's head rising from a green sea against a yellow sky with its mouth open: a blue head, a black eye, a red mouth, and a white chin and throat left as paper. On the detailed grid the dolphin is gray, the inside of the mouth is pink and the sea is blue with a light blue edge. Easy: 5 colors, 128 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 511 squares to color.
Surfacing dolphin A dolphin's blue back and fin breaking the surface of a green sea against a yellow sky, with a black eye at the left and a puff of white spray, left as paper, above its head. On the detailed grid the dolphin is gray and the sea is blue with a light blue band. Dolphins breathe air through a blowhole. Easy: 4 colors, 134 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 536 squares to color.

Under the water 2

Dolphin and calf A large dolphin with a small one below it, both swimming to the right in a green sea: blue bodies, black eyes and white bellies left as paper. On the detailed grid the dolphins are gray and the sea is blue with light blue bubbles. Young dolphins are called calves. Easy: 3 colors, 140 squares to color. Detailed: 4 colors, 560 squares to color.
Dolphin and two fish A dolphin swimming to the left in a green sea below two orange fish: a blue body, a black eye on each animal and a white belly left as paper. On the detailed grid the dolphin is gray, the sea is blue with light blue bubbles, the orange fish keep their black eyes and each has a yellow mark. Easy: 4 colors, 140 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 561 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 facts in the Leaping dolphin, Dolphin and calf and Surfacing dolphin descriptions were checked against Wikipedia in October 2026, and the color and square counts were counted from the finished grids. Licence: own work