Music Color by Number

Print the Pair of eighth notes, or open More options for a treble clef, piano keys and 5 instruments.

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Color by number: Pair of eighth notes

Color each square by its number.

111111111111
111122222221
111122222221
111121111121
111121111121
111121111121
111121111121
111121111121
112221112221
122221122221
122221122221
112211112211

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

Pair of eighth notes, 12 by 12, 2 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.

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How it works

This music color by number set opens on a Pair of eighth notes: 50 black squares on yellow. Behind it are a Treble clef, Piano keys, a Violin and bow, a Trumpet, a Saxophone, a Xylophone and a Triangle.

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Eight color by number music sheets, 2 to 5 crayons

The Pair of eighth notes and the Treble clef take 2 crayons each on the easy grid. The Xylophone takes 5: red, yellow, green and blue bars on brown rails, with two brown mallets.

Six instrument color by number pictures

Piano keys shows one octave: 5 black keys in a group of 2 and a group of 3, with the white keys left as paper. The Triangle has one open corner and a black beater. Open More options and choose Detailed 24 by 24 for staff lines behind the notes and f-holes on the violin.

  • Piano keys is the quickest sheet on the easy grid: 66 squares in red, black and brown.
  • Black is in 7 of the 8 easy keys; only the Xylophone has none.

Questions and answers

Is there a music note color by number?

Yes: the Pair of eighth notes shows two black notes joined by a beam. The Treble clef, black on red, is in the same group. Both take 2 crayons on the easy grid and gain gray staff lines on the detailed one.

Which instruments are in the set?

Six: Piano keys, Violin and bow, Trumpet, Saxophone, Xylophone and Triangle. The other two pictures are written music, the Pair of eighth notes and the Treble clef.

Why do the white piano keys have no number?

White squares print empty on these sheets, so the white keys stay paper. Check Put 0 in the white squares in More options to print a 0 in each one.

All 8 pictures

Notes and clef 2

  • Pair of eighth notes Two black eighth notes joined by a beam on a yellow background. On the detailed grid five gray staff lines run behind the notes. Two eighth notes side by side are usually joined by a beam like this one. Easy: 2 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 3 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Treble clef A black treble clef on a red background. On the detailed grid five gray staff lines cross behind it. Easy: 2 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 3 colors, 576 squares to color.

Keys, bars and a triangle 3

  • Piano keys One octave of a piano keyboard under a red case: five black keys in a group of 2 and a group of 3, the white keys left as paper, and a brown ledge along the bottom. On the detailed grid a yellow line edges the red case, the black keys and brown ledge stay, and gray lines separate the seven white keys. An octave on a keyboard has seven long keys and five shorter raised ones. Easy: 3 colors, 66 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 312 squares to color.
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Keys, bars and a triangle, continued

  • Triangle A blue triangle on an orange background, hanging from a red loop, with one corner left open and a black beater beside it. On the detailed grid the left edges of the triangle are light blue. The instrument is a metal bar bent into a triangle with one open end, and it is struck with a beater. Easy: 4 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Xylophone A xylophone seen from above: four bars in red, yellow, green and blue, each shorter than the last, on two brown rails, with two brown mallets beside them. On the detailed grid a gray pin sits at each end of every bar. A xylophone's bars are struck with mallets. Easy: 5 colors, 74 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 288 squares to color.

Strings and wind 3

  • Saxophone A yellow saxophone on a red background: a black mouthpiece at the top, three black keys down the body and a bell that curves up on the right. On the detailed grid one edge of the body is orange. Easy: 3 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 4 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Trumpet A yellow trumpet on a red background, pointing right: a black mouthpiece, three valves with black caps and a wide bell. On the detailed grid the undersides of the tubes are orange. Easy: 3 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 4 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Violin and bow An orange violin seen from the front on a yellow background, with a black fingerboard down the middle, a brown scroll at the top and a brown bow beside it. On the detailed grid the violin has two black f-holes and brown lower edges, and the bow has gray hair. Easy: 4 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 576 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 Pair of eighth notes, Piano keys, Xylophone and Triangle descriptions 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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