Color by Number Earth Day

Print the Smiling Earth, or open More options for a recycling bin, wind turbines, a young tree and 4 more.

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Color by number: Smiling Earth

Color each square by its number.

111122221111
112333322211
123333332221
122333222331
222432224332
222422224322
222222222222
234222222422
133444444221
133322222221
113322222211
111122221111

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

Smiling Earth, 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 an Earth Day word searchPrint a grid that hides its name

How it works

This color by number Earth Day set opens on a Smiling Earth in blue and green. Seven more pixel pictures cover recycling, sun and wind power, water and a newly planted tree, each in two grid sizes.

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Three things to recycle or use again

The Recycling bin is blue with a white triangle where the arrows go. With it are a Tote bag with a green leaf on the front and a Can and bottle, red and green.

Sun, wind and a young tree

The Wind turbines are left as white paper against a blue sky, so only the sky, the sun, the hubs and the ground get a color. The Solar panel has the fewest squares to color on the easy grid, 74. The Tree and shovel fills the whole grid in 4 crayons.

  • The Water drop needs only 2 crayons on the easy grid, blue and yellow, the fewest on this page.

Questions and answers

When is Earth Day?

April 22, every year. Earth Day was first kept on April 22, 1970.

Is there a recycle color by number picture?

Yes, three. The Recycling bin is blue with a black lid, the Can and bottle are a red can and a green bottle, and the Tote bag is an orange cloth bag with a leaf on it.

How do you color the white wind turbines?

You color around them. The sky is blue, the hubs are black and the ground is green and brown; every empty square is a tower, a blade or the cloud. Check Put 0 in the white squares in More options to number them.

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Earth and water 2

  • Smiling Earth The planet Earth drawn as a round, happy character in a yellow square: blue for the oceans, green for the continents, two black dots to see with and a broad black grin. On the detailed grid pink blush, white sparkles in both dots, light green spots on the continents and light blue streaks on the oceans are added. Easy: 4 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 7 colors, 574 squares to color.
  • Water drop A large blue drop of water on a yellow background, with a white glint left as paper. On the detailed grid the right edge of the drop is light blue. Easy: 2 colors, 140 squares to color. Detailed: 3 colors, 560 squares to color.

Reuse and recycle 3

  • Can and bottle A red can with a yellow label beside a tall green bottle with a white label left as paper, on a blue background. On the detailed grid the background is light blue, the can has a gray rim, and the bottle has a black cap and a light green highlight. Easy: 4 colors, 140 squares to color. Detailed: 7 colors, 564 squares to color.
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Reuse and recycle, continued

  • Recycling bin A blue recycling bin on a yellow background with a black lid and two black wheels. A white triangle, left as paper, stands where the recycling arrows go. On the detailed grid the lid is gray with a black rim and handle, and the left side of the bin has a light blue stripe. Easy: 3 colors, 132 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 524 squares to color.
  • Tote bag An orange cloth bag with brown handles on a yellow background, with a green leaf printed on the front. On the detailed grid the leaf has a light green vein, and the bag has a brown band along the top and brown lower edges. Easy: 4 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 576 squares to color.

Sun, wind and a young tree 3

  • Solar panel A slanted solar panel propped on two black legs in a green field, with a yellow sun in one corner: rows of blue cells split by black bars. On the detailed grid the upper rim of every cell is light blue, the legs are gray, orange rays surround the sun and a light green line tops the field. Easy: 4 colors, 74 squares to color. Detailed: 8 colors, 301 squares to color.
  • Tree and shovel A young tree with a round green crown and a brown trunk, planted in brown soil against an orange sky, with a shovel standing in the soil beside it: a brown handle and a black blade. On the detailed grid the crown has light green patches, the blade is gray under a black top edge and the soil has black specks. Easy: 4 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Wind turbines Two wind turbines and a cloud, left as white paper against a blue sky with a yellow sun, on green grass over brown earth: the tall turbine has three blades, and each has a black hub. On the detailed grid the sky is light blue, the towers are gray and the grass has a light green edge. Most large wind turbines have three blades. Easy: 5 colors, 120 squares to color. Detailed: 7 colors, 496 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 recycling bin shows a plain triangle, not the recycling symbol. The fact in the Wind turbines description and the date in the page's first question were 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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