Rainbow Color by Number

Color by number: Rainbow and two clouds

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

111222222111

122333333221

223344443322

233445544332

234455554432

234551155432

234511115432

111111

111111111111

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

How it works

This rainbow color by number set opens on a rainbow between two clouds. Behind it are a rainbow over a hill, a double rainbow, a prism, a pinwheel, an umbrella, a layer cake and a box of crayons.

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Color by number rainbow worksheets: four bands or six

The easy grids here use 5 crayons each, so an easy rainbow has four bands: the Rainbow and two clouds is red, yellow, green and purple on a blue sky. Choose Detailed 24 by 24 under Size for six bands: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, from the outside of the arc in.

Rainbow color by number printable, short to long

The easy Rainbow umbrella is the shortest sheet, 63 squares, and the easy Rainbow pinwheel has 64. The easy Double rainbow is the longest: all 144 squares get a color. On the detailed grid the Rainbow over a hill and the Rainbow umbrella leave no square white: 576 each.

The easy Rainbow pinwheel has 15 squares for each blade: blue, red, green and yellow.
The detailed Prism is the one sheet with a black background: 8 crayons, and the beam going in stays white.

Questions and answers

What are the colors of the rainbow in order?

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet is the sequence most often taught, with red on the outside of the arc. The detailed sheets use six crayons for it: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.

Why does the easy rainbow have only four bands?

Each easy grid on this page uses 5 crayons, and one of them is the sky or the hill. The detailed 24 by 24 grids use up to 8, so their rainbows have six bands.

What prints on a rainbow coloring page color by number sheet?

The picture's name, a key of 5 crayons on an easy grid or 8 on a detailed one, and the grid, on one Letter or A4 page with a name and date line. Page 2 is the answer key: the same picture in full color.

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In the sky 3

Double rainbow Two rainbows in a blue sky, a small one inside a wide one. The small arch is red, yellow, green and purple from the outside in, and the wide arch runs the other way, with red on the inside. On the detailed grid each has six bands, the wide arch has thinner bands, the sky is light blue with two white clouds and the grass is light green. In a double rainbow a second, fainter arc is seen outside the first, with its colors reversed. Easy: 5 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 8 colors, 549 squares to color.
Rainbow and two clouds A rainbow in four bands, red, yellow, green and purple, arching across a blue sky with a white cloud at each end. On the detailed grid the sky is light blue, the rainbow has six bands, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, and each cloud has a gray shadow. In a rainbow red is on the outside of the arc and violet on the inside. Easy: 5 colors, 118 squares to color. Detailed: 8 colors, 458 squares to color.
Rainbow over a hill A rainbow in four bands, red, yellow, blue and purple, coming down from the top right behind a green hill, with a yellow sun in the corner. On the detailed grid the sky is light blue, the rainbow has six bands and the hill is light green. Easy: 5 colors, 83 squares to color. Detailed: 8 colors, 576 squares to color.

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Light and color 2

Prism A black triangle for a glass prism: a yellow beam of light goes in on the left and comes out on the right as bands of red, yellow, green and blue. On the detailed grid the background is black, the prism is a gray outline, the beam going in is white paper and it fans out in six colors. A prism can break white light up into the colors of the spectrum. Easy: 5 colors, 76 squares to color. Detailed: 8 colors, 560 squares to color.
Rainbow pinwheel A pinwheel with four blades, blue, red, yellow and green, on a brown stick. On the detailed grid each blade shows a lighter back, light blue, pink, orange and light green, and the stick is orange. Easy: 5 colors, 64 squares to color. Detailed: 8 colors, 280 squares to color.

Rainbow things 3

Box of crayons Four crayons, red, yellow, green and purple, standing in a blue box with a white label. On the detailed grid there are six crayons in rainbow order, each with a black band, in a light blue box whose label shows six small color bars. Easy: 5 colors, 94 squares to color. Detailed: 8 colors, 402 squares to color.
Rainbow layer cake A cake in four layers, blue, green, yellow and red from the top down, with purple frosting dripping over the top layer, a red candle with a yellow flame and a purple plate. On the detailed grid it has six layers in rainbow order with white frosting between them, pink frosting and a pink candle on top, and a gray plate. Easy: 5 colors, 88 squares to color. Detailed: 8 colors, 330 squares to color.
Rainbow umbrella An open umbrella with four panels, red, yellow, green and blue, a black tip and a black handle with a hook. On the detailed grid it has six panels in rainbow order against a light blue sky, with blue raindrops falling around it. Easy: 5 colors, 63 squares to color. Detailed: 8 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, no picture shows a brand or a logo, and none shows a character from a film, show, book or game. The order of a rainbow's colors, the second arc of a double rainbow and what a prism does to white light were checked against Wikipedia in October 2026 (text under CC BY-SA 4.0, read for the facts and not copied), and the color and square counts were counted from the finished grids. Licence: own work