Leaf Color by Number

Print the Maple leaf in fall colors, or open More options for an oak leaf, falling leaves and 5 more.

Maple leaf in fall colors, 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.

How it works

This leaf color by number set opens on a Maple leaf in fall colors. The other seven: oak leaf and acorn, pile of leaves, green leaf, falling leaves, last leaf on a branch, star-shaped leaf and leaf changing color.

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Autumn leaves color by number sheets

The Maple leaf in fall colors is 46 red squares with 11 orange ones for its veins, on a blue sky. The Leaf changing color runs green, yellow, orange and red from stalk to tip, one band of each.

One crayon in every key

Brown is in all 8 easy keys, for a stalk, a branch or a rake. Four sheets color every easy square: the maple leaf, the Pile of leaves and a rake, the Falling leaves and the Last leaf on a branch. The other four leave the paper white around the leaf.

  • The Oak leaf and acorn and the Star-shaped leaf need only 3 crayons each.
  • The Green leaf with a dewdrop has one blue square: the dewdrop.

Questions and answers

Are these free printable fall leaves color by number sheets?

Yes. All eight print free, and seven show fall colors: red, orange, yellow, purple and brown. The eighth, the Green leaf with a dewdrop, is green with yellow veins.

Which crayons does the leaf color by number need?

Four for the Maple leaf in fall colors, numbered 1 to 4: blue for the sky, red for the leaf, orange for the veins and brown for the stalk.

Is there an oak leaf to color?

Yes: the Oak leaf and acorn is an orange leaf with a brown midrib beside an acorn with a brown cap and a yellow nut. The fall set has another Oak leaf and a Leaf pile.

All 8 pictures

Fall leaves 4

  • Leaf changing color A leaf lying on its side that changes color from the stalk to the tip: green, then yellow, orange and red, with a brown stalk and midrib; the background is left white. On the detailed grid a light green band sits between the green and the yellow. Easy: 5 colors, 82 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 324 squares to color.
  • Maple leaf in fall colors A red maple leaf with orange veins and a brown stalk against a blue sky. On the detailed grid the sky is light blue and the leaf has yellow flecks. Easy: 4 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Oak leaf and acorn An orange oak leaf with a brown midrib and a brown stalk, beside an acorn with a brown cap and a yellow nut; the background is left white. On the detailed grid the leaf has red flecks, the acorn's cap is checked brown and black and the nut has a white glint. Easy: 3 colors, 61 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 244 squares to color.
  • Star-shaped leaf A purple leaf shaped like a star with five points, with red veins and a brown stalk; the background is left white. On the detailed grid the leaf has pink and orange flecks. Easy: 3 colors, 60 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 246 squares to color.
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On and off the branch 3

  • Falling leaves Six leaves, two red, two orange and two yellow, each with a brown stalk, falling from a bare brown branch through a blue sky. On the detailed grid the sky is light blue and the twigs of the branch are longer. Easy: 5 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Last leaf on a branch One red leaf with an orange midrib hanging from a bare brown branch against a yellow sky. On the detailed grid the branch has black knots and the leaf has orange side veins. Easy: 4 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Pile of leaves and a rake A pile of red, orange and yellow leaves with a brown rake standing beside it and one yellow leaf falling, against a blue sky. On the detailed grid the sky is light blue, the rake's head is gray, and an orange leaf and a red leaf fall too. Easy: 5 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 576 squares to color.

Green leaf 1

  • Green leaf with a dewdrop A green leaf with yellow veins and a brown stalk, with one blue dewdrop on it; the background is left white. On the detailed grid the left half of the leaf is light green and the dewdrop has a light blue glint. Easy: 4 colors, 60 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 238 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 descriptions say what is drawn and state no other fact, and the color and square counts were counted from the finished grids. Licence: own work