Food Coloring Challenges

214 free food coloring challenges for fruits, veggies, snacks and sweet treats, each with a tasty color palette idea. Pick one, grab your pencils or markers, and color your next food page.

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Morning Tea Mystery Menu

Color the food in surprising but tasty-looking colors: blue bread, purple cheese, green cake. Use exactly 5 colors from the Morning Tea palette.

Morning Tea palette

5 colorsMediumExperimental
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Candy Shop Sweet Tooth

Pick a page with desserts or sweets and color it like a bakery window: exactly 3 colors from the Candy Shop palette, with frosting, sprinkles and glaze as the stars.

Candy Shop palette

3 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Ice Cream Parlor Lullaby

Keep everything soft: use 3 to 5 colors from the Ice Cream Parlor palette with light, even pressure, and skip heavy shading. Aim for a sweet bakery-window look.

Ice Cream Parlor palette

3 to 5 colorsEasyPastel palette
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Ember Essentials

Less is more: finish the whole food page with exactly 3 colors from the Ember palette. If you need extra tones and you're using colored pencils, layer the colors over each other instead of adding new ones.

Ember palette

3 colorsMediumLimited colors
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Citrus Shout

Go bright: use exactly 5 colors from the Citrus palette at full strength, pressing firmly so every area is rich and even. Think of a bright, mouth-watering food ad.

Citrus palette

5 colorsEasyBright and bold
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Feast Color Marathon

Use exactly 7 different colors, and don't use the same color twice within one treat. Choose the 7 pencils or markers from your set that you use the least.

Your pick of colors

7 colorsHardCreative restriction
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Fiesta Spotlight

Make the food light and the plate, table or background dark, or the other way round. Use exactly 2 colors from the Fiesta palette and push the difference as far as it will go.

Fiesta palette

2 colorsMediumLight and dark contrast
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Ember Lap

Set a timer for 5 minutes and color as much of the food page as you can with exactly 4 colors from the Ember palette. When the timer rings, put your pencils down, finished or not.

Ember palette

4 colorsEasyTimed session
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Breakfast Refrain

Choose exactly 4 colors from the Breakfast palette, put them in an order you like and repeat that order from one treat to the next, like a beat that never breaks.

Breakfast palette

4 colorsMediumRepeating sequence
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Rainbow Feast

Use exactly 7 colors from the Rainbow palette and give each treat the next color of the rainbow, like a candy-colored menu.

Rainbow palette

7 colorsEasyRainbow
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Citrus Mirror

Make the colors on your food page symmetrical: use exactly 4 colors from the Citrus palette and give every area exactly the same color as its twin on the other side of the page.

Citrus palette

4 colorsMediumSymmetry
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Pink and Mint Spark

Use exactly 4 colors: a light and a dark version of both pink and mint, so the page has depth as well as contrast. Put one color on the food and the other on the plate or background.

Pink and Mint palette

4 colorsHardComplementary colors
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Morning Tea Slow Hour

Slow down: color your food page one area at a time and finish it before moving to the next. Use 3 to 5 colors from the Morning Tea palette and take a slow breath between areas.

Morning Tea palette

3 to 5 colorsEasyMindful
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Cocoa All In

Use all 7 colors in the Cocoa palette on your food page, and don't give two areas that sit next to each other the same color.

Cocoa palette

7 colorsHardAll colors
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Berry Market Glazed

Make the food look glossy: color it with exactly 4 colors from the Berry Market palette, leaving small white highlights wherever light would hit.

Berry Market palette

4 colorsMediumTechnique
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Sun and Sea Balance

Use 4 to 6 colors from the Sun and Sea palette: the warm ones for the food and the cool ones for the plate, table or background. Notice how the warm areas seem to step forward.

Sun and Sea palette

4 to 6 colorsMediumWarm and cool
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Gingerbread Season

Bring winter to your food page: use exactly 6 colors from the Gingerbread palette and color it as if you were seeing it on a frosty winter day.

Gingerbread palette

6 colorsEasySeasonal
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Tangerine Glint

Color almost everything in grays, then add tangerine in just a few chosen places, such as one single treat. Use exactly 4 colors: 3 grays and tangerine.

Tangerine palette

4 colorsMediumAccent color
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Candy Corn Mood

Color for a playful feeling: use exactly 5 colors from the Candy Corn palette, and for each area of the food page choose whichever color feels most playful to you.

Candy Corn palette

5 colorsEasyMood
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Ember Serving Tray

Make the plate, table or background one strong, deep color and keep the food light and bright, or the other way round. Use exactly 3 colors from the Ember palette.

Ember palette

3 colorsMediumLight and dark contrast
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Morning Tea First Steps

An easy start: use exactly 3 colors from the Morning Tea palette. Color the largest food shapes first with light, even pressure, then fill in sprinkles, seeds and toppings last.

Morning Tea palette

3 colorsEasyBeginner-friendly
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Farmers Market Picnic Basket

Treat the page like a bento box: give each food item its own color from the Farmers Market palette, and don't give two items that sit next to each other the same color. Use exactly 5 colors.

Farmers Market palette

5 colorsEasyCreative restriction
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Plum Shades

Stick to one color family: use exactly 6 colors, all shades of plum, from the palest to the deepest, and nothing else. Use pale shades for shiny highlights and deeper ones for crusts, edges and shadows.

Plum palette

6 shades of one colorMediumMonochrome
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Citrus Zigzag

Use exactly 3 colors from the Citrus palette and alternate them so that no two neighboring areas ever share a color, whether it's food, plate or background.

Citrus palette

3 colorsMediumAlternating colors
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Picnic Diner Special

Color your snacks like a bold food ad: exactly 5 colors from the Picnic palette and a bright, contrasting background behind them.

Picnic palette

5 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Citrus Harvest

Pick a page with fruit or vegetables (or any food) and color it as fresh and juicy as possible with exactly 4 colors from the Citrus palette, adding a small white shine spot to each one.

Citrus palette

4 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Spice Market Ombre

Use 3 to 5 colors from the Spice Market palette, sorted from lightest to darkest, and let them shift gradually from left to right across the page.

Spice Market palette

3 to 5 colorsMediumGradient
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Dice Roll Feast

Number your colors, roll a die 6 times (or ask someone to call out 6 numbers) and color your food page with only the colors that come up.

Your pick of colors

6 colorsHardRandom selection
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Citrus Odd Recipe

Color the food in surprising but tasty-looking colors: blue bread, purple cheese, green cake. Use exactly 3 colors from the Citrus palette.

Citrus palette

3 colorsMediumExperimental
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Bakery Sweet Tooth

Pick a page with desserts or sweets and color it like a bakery window: exactly 5 colors from the Bakery palette, with frosting, sprinkles and glaze as the stars.

Bakery palette

5 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Bubble Tea Cloud

Keep everything soft: use exactly 5 colors from the Bubble Tea palette with light, even pressure, and skip heavy shading. Aim for a sweet bakery-window look.

Bubble Tea palette

5 colorsEasyPastel palette
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Fiesta Budget

Less is more: finish the whole food page with exactly 2 colors from the Fiesta palette. If you need extra tones and you're using colored pencils, layer the colors over each other instead of adding new ones.

Fiesta palette

2 colorsMediumLimited colors
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Neon Shout

Go bright: use exactly 7 colors from the Neon palette at full strength, pressing firmly so every area is rich and even. Think of a bright, mouth-watering food ad.

Neon palette

7 colorsMediumBright and bold
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Retro Diner Spotlight

Make the food light and the plate, table or background dark, or the other way round. Use exactly 3 colors from the Retro Diner palette and push the difference as far as it will go.

Retro Diner palette

3 colorsMediumLight and dark contrast
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Pumpkin Patch Lap

Set a timer for 10 minutes and color as much of the food page as you can with exactly 5 colors from the Pumpkin Patch palette. When the timer rings, put your pencils down, finished or not.

Pumpkin Patch palette

5 colorsEasyTimed session
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Candy Shop Encore

Choose exactly 4 colors from the Candy Shop palette, put them in an order you like and repeat that order from one treat to the next, like a beat that never breaks.

Candy Shop palette

4 colorsMediumRepeating sequence
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Tropical Reflection

Make the colors on your food page symmetrical: use exactly 3 colors from the Tropical palette and give every area exactly the same color as its twin on the other side of the page.

Tropical palette

3 colorsMediumSymmetry
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Blue and Orange Clash

Use exactly 3 colors: complementary blue and orange, plus cream as a calm neutral to give the eye somewhere to rest. Put one color on the food and the other on the plate or background.

Blue and Orange palette

3 colorsMediumComplementary colors
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Vintage Postcard Quiet Time

Slow down: color your food page one area at a time and finish it before moving to the next. Use exactly 3 colors from the Vintage Postcard palette and take a slow breath between areas.

Vintage Postcard palette

3 colorsEasyMindful
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Mediterranean Full Palette

Use all 7 colors in the Mediterranean palette on your food page, and don't give two areas that sit next to each other the same color.

Mediterranean palette

7 colorsHardAll colors
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Fiesta Shine

Make the food look glossy: color it with exactly 3 colors from the Fiesta palette, leaving small white highlights wherever light would hit.

Fiesta palette

3 colorsMediumTechnique
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Lava and Lagoon Balance

Use exactly 6 colors from the Lava and Lagoon palette: the warm ones for the food and the cool ones for the plate, table or background. Notice how the warm areas seem to step forward.

Lava and Lagoon palette

6 colorsMediumWarm and cool
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Berry Market Days

Bring summer to your food page: use 4 or 5 colors from the Berry Market palette and color it as if you were seeing it in bright summer sunshine.

Berry Market palette

4 to 5 colorsEasySeasonal
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Lime Signal

Color almost everything in grays, then add lime in just a few chosen places, such as one single treat. Use exactly 3 colors: 2 grays and lime.

Lime palette

3 colorsMediumAccent color
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Cocoa Feeling

Color for a cozy feeling: use 3 to 5 colors from the Cocoa palette, and for each area of the food page choose whichever color feels most cozy to you.

Cocoa palette

3 to 5 colorsEasyMood
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Morning Tea Table Setting

Make the plate, table or background one strong, deep color and keep the food light and bright, or the other way round. Use exactly 4 colors from the Morning Tea palette.

Morning Tea palette

4 colorsMediumLight and dark contrast
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Chocolate Box Gentle Start

An easy start: use 2 or 3 colors from the Chocolate Box palette. Color the largest food shapes first with light, even pressure, then fill in sprinkles, seeds and toppings last.

Chocolate Box palette

2 to 3 colorsEasyBeginner-friendly
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Orchard Picnic Basket

Treat the page like a bento box: give each food item its own color from the Orchard palette, and don't give two items that sit next to each other the same color. Use exactly 4 colors.

Orchard palette

4 colorsEasyCreative restriction
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Leaf Green Whisper

Stick to one color family: use exactly 3 colors, all shades of leaf green, from the palest to the deepest, and nothing else. Use pale shades for shiny highlights and deeper ones for crusts, edges and shadows.

Leaf Green palette

3 shades of one colorMediumMonochrome
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Picnic Tag Team

Use exactly 2 colors from the Picnic palette and alternate them so that no two neighboring areas ever share a color, whether it's food, plate or background.

Picnic palette

2 colorsEasyAlternating colors
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Mediterranean Lunch Break

Color your snacks like a bold food ad: exactly 3 colors from the Mediterranean palette and a bright, contrasting background behind them.

Mediterranean palette

3 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Smoothie Bar Fruit Stand

Pick a page with fruit or vegetables (or any food) and color it as fresh and juicy as possible with exactly 6 colors from the Smoothie Bar palette, adding a small white shine spot to each one.

Smoothie Bar palette

6 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Chocolate Box Slope

Use exactly 4 colors from the Chocolate Box palette, sorted from lightest to darkest, and let them shift gradually from left to right across the page.

Chocolate Box palette

4 colorsMediumGradient
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Forgotten Colors Feast

Use only 3 colors you almost never pick. Your food page is their chance to shine.

Your pick of colors

3 colorsEasyRandom selection
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Ember Chef's Surprise

Color the food in surprising but tasty-looking colors: blue bread, purple cheese, green cake. Use exactly 4 colors from the Ember palette.

Ember palette

4 colorsMediumExperimental
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Candy Corn Sweet Tooth

Pick a page with desserts or sweets and color it like a bakery window: exactly 4 colors from the Candy Corn palette, with frosting, sprinkles and glaze as the stars.

Candy Corn palette

4 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Candy Shop Cloud

Keep everything soft: use exactly 4 colors from the Candy Shop palette with light, even pressure, and skip heavy shading. Aim for a sweet bakery-window look.

Candy Shop palette

4 colorsEasyPastel palette
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Retro Diner Budget

Less is more: finish the whole food page with exactly 2 colors from the Retro Diner palette. If you need extra tones and you're using colored pencils, layer the colors over each other instead of adding new ones.

Retro Diner palette

2 colorsMediumLimited colors
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Smoothie Bar Blast

Go bright: use exactly 3 colors from the Smoothie Bar palette at full strength, pressing firmly so every area is rich and even. Think of a bright, mouth-watering food ad.

Smoothie Bar palette

3 colorsEasyBright and bold
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Ember Silhouette

Make the food light and the plate, table or background dark, or the other way round. Use exactly 4 colors from the Ember palette and push the difference as far as it will go.

Ember palette

4 colorsMediumLight and dark contrast
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Retro Diner Dash

Set a timer for 15 minutes and color as much of the food page as you can with exactly 3 colors from the Retro Diner palette. When the timer rings, put your pencils down, finished or not.

Retro Diner palette

3 colorsEasyTimed session
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Neon Encore

Choose exactly 3 colors from the Neon palette, put them in an order you like and repeat that order from one treat to the next, like a beat that never breaks.

Neon palette

3 colorsMediumRepeating sequence
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Candy Corn Mirror

Make the colors on your food page symmetrical: use 3 or 4 colors from the Candy Corn palette and give every area exactly the same color as its twin on the other side of the page.

Candy Corn palette

3 to 4 colorsMediumSymmetry
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Violet and Mustard Opposites

Use exactly 2 colors: violet and mustard, two complementary colors that sit opposite each other on the color wheel. Give one of them the larger areas and let the other one pop. Put one color on the food and the other on the plate or background.

Violet and Mustard palette

2 colorsEasyComplementary colors
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Ember Grand Tour

Use all 7 colors in the Ember palette on your food page, and don't give two areas that sit next to each other the same color.

Ember palette

7 colorsHardAll colors
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Candy Corn Glazed

Make the food look glossy: color it with exactly 2 colors from the Candy Corn palette, leaving small white highlights wherever light would hit.

Candy Corn palette

2 colorsMediumTechnique
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Coral and Mint Divide

Use exactly 5 colors from the Coral and Mint palette: the warm ones for the food and the cool ones for the plate, table or background. Notice how the warm areas seem to step forward.

Coral and Mint palette

5 colorsMediumWarm and cool
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Picnic Postcard

Bring summer to your food page: use exactly 5 colors from the Picnic palette and color it as if you were seeing it in bright summer sunshine.

Picnic palette

5 colorsEasySeasonal
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Scarlet Highlight

Color almost everything in grays, then add scarlet in just a few chosen places, such as one single treat. Use exactly 4 colors: 3 grays and scarlet.

Scarlet palette

4 colorsMediumAccent color
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Breakfast Feeling

Color for a cozy feeling: use exactly 4 colors from the Breakfast palette, and for each area of the food page choose whichever color feels most cozy to you.

Breakfast palette

4 colorsEasyMood
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Candy Corn Serving Tray

Make the plate, table or background one strong, deep color and keep the food light and bright, or the other way round. Use exactly 2 colors from the Candy Corn palette.

Candy Corn palette

2 colorsMediumLight and dark contrast
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Mediterranean Gentle Start

An easy start: use exactly 2 colors from the Mediterranean palette. Color the largest food shapes first with light, even pressure, then fill in sprinkles, seeds and toppings last.

Mediterranean palette

2 colorsEasyBeginner-friendly
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Ice Cream Parlor Lunchbox

Treat the page like a bento box: give each food item its own color from the Ice Cream Parlor palette, and don't give two items that sit next to each other the same color. Use exactly 6 colors.

Ice Cream Parlor palette

6 colorsEasyCreative restriction
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Indigo Study

Stick to one color family: use exactly 7 colors, all shades of indigo, from the palest to the deepest, and nothing else. Use pale shades for shiny highlights and deeper ones for crusts, edges and shadows.

Indigo palette

7 shades of one colorHardMonochrome
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Berry Market Flip-Flop

Use exactly 4 colors from the Berry Market palette and alternate them so that no two neighboring areas ever share a color, whether it's food, plate or background.

Berry Market palette

4 colorsMediumAlternating colors
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Smoothie Bar Snack Attack

Color your snacks like a bold food ad: exactly 4 colors from the Smoothie Bar palette and a bright, contrasting background behind them.

Smoothie Bar palette

4 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Farmers Market Fresh Pick

Pick a page with fruit or vegetables (or any food) and color it as fresh and juicy as possible with exactly 3 colors from the Farmers Market palette, adding a small white shine spot to each one.

Farmers Market palette

3 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Candy Corn Drift

Use exactly 6 colors from the Candy Corn palette, sorted from lightest to darkest, and let them shift gradually from left to right across the page.

Candy Corn palette

6 colorsMediumGradient
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Friend's Choice Feast

Ask someone else to choose 5 colors for you without seeing your food page, then make them work.

Your pick of colors

5 colorsMediumRandom selection
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Mediterranean Chef's Surprise

Color the food in surprising but tasty-looking colors: blue bread, purple cheese, green cake. Use exactly 5 colors from the Mediterranean palette.

Mediterranean palette

5 colorsMediumExperimental
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Ice Cream Parlor Sweet Tooth

Pick a page with desserts or sweets and color it like a bakery window: exactly 6 colors from the Ice Cream Parlor palette, with frosting, sprinkles and glaze as the stars.

Ice Cream Parlor palette

6 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Sorbet Lullaby

Keep everything soft: use exactly 6 colors from the Sorbet palette with light, even pressure, and skip heavy shading. Aim for a sweet bakery-window look.

Sorbet palette

6 colorsEasyPastel palette
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Candy Corn Budget

Less is more: finish the whole food page with exactly 3 colors from the Candy Corn palette. If you need extra tones and you're using colored pencils, layer the colors over each other instead of adding new ones.

Candy Corn palette

3 colorsMediumLimited colors
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Picnic Shout

Go bright: use exactly 4 colors from the Picnic palette at full strength, pressing firmly so every area is rich and even. Think of a bright, mouth-watering food ad.

Picnic palette

4 colorsEasyBright and bold
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Neon Light and Shadow

Make the food light and the plate, table or background dark, or the other way round. Use exactly 3 colors from the Neon palette and push the difference as far as it will go.

Neon palette

3 colorsMediumLight and dark contrast
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Gingerbread Stopwatch

Set a timer for 20 minutes and color as much of the food page as you can with exactly 3 colors from the Gingerbread palette. When the timer rings, put your pencils down, finished or not.

Gingerbread palette

3 colorsEasyTimed session
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Retro Diner Rhythm

Choose exactly 5 colors from the Retro Diner palette, put them in an order you like and repeat that order from one treat to the next, like a beat that never breaks.

Retro Diner palette

5 colorsMediumRepeating sequence
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Ember Twins

Make the colors on your food page symmetrical: use exactly 5 colors from the Ember palette and give every area exactly the same color as its twin on the other side of the page.

Ember palette

5 colorsMediumSymmetry
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Turquoise and Rust Face-Off

Use exactly 4 colors: a light and a dark version of both turquoise and rust, so the page has depth as well as contrast. Put one color on the food and the other on the plate or background.

Turquoise and Rust palette

4 colorsHardComplementary colors
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Citrus Full Set

Use all 7 colors in the Citrus palette on your food page, and don't give two areas that sit next to each other the same color.

Citrus palette

7 colorsHardAll colors
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Farmers Market Glazed

Make the food look glossy: color it with exactly 4 colors from the Farmers Market palette, leaving small white highlights wherever light would hit.

Farmers Market palette

4 colorsMediumTechnique
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Fire and Ice Tug of War

Use exactly 4 colors from the Fire and Ice palette: the warm ones for the food and the cool ones for the plate, table or background. Notice how the warm areas seem to step forward.

Fire and Ice palette

4 colorsMediumWarm and cool
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Citrus Season

Bring summer to your food page: use exactly 3 colors from the Citrus palette and color it as if you were seeing it in bright summer sunshine.

Citrus palette

3 colorsEasySeasonal
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Hot Pink Highlight

Color almost everything in grays, then add hot pink in just a few chosen places, such as one single treat. Use exactly 3 colors: 2 grays and hot pink.

Hot Pink palette

3 colorsMediumAccent color
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Neon Feeling

Color for an energetic feeling: use exactly 3 colors from the Neon palette, and for each area of the food page choose whichever color feels most energetic to you.

Neon palette

3 colorsEasyMood
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Picnic Plated

Make the plate, table or background one strong, deep color and keep the food light and bright, or the other way round. Use exactly 3 colors from the Picnic palette.

Picnic palette

3 colorsMediumLight and dark contrast
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Berry Market Warm-Up

An easy start: use exactly 3 colors from the Berry Market palette. Color the largest food shapes first with light, even pressure, then fill in sprinkles, seeds and toppings last.

Berry Market palette

3 colorsEasyBeginner-friendly
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Chocolate Box Lunchbox

Treat the page like a bento box: give each food item its own color from the Chocolate Box palette, and don't give two items that sit next to each other the same color. Use exactly 5 colors.

Chocolate Box palette

5 colorsEasyCreative restriction
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Rose Tones

Stick to one color family: use exactly 4 colors, all shades of rose, from the palest to the deepest, and nothing else. Use pale shades for shiny highlights and deeper ones for crusts, edges and shadows.

Rose palette

4 shades of one colorMediumMonochrome
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Candy Shop Ping-Pong

Use exactly 3 colors from the Candy Shop palette and alternate them so that no two neighboring areas ever share a color, whether it's food, plate or background.

Candy Shop palette

3 colorsMediumAlternating colors
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Tropical Lunch Break

Color your snacks like a bold food ad: exactly 5 colors from the Tropical palette and a bright, contrasting background behind them.

Tropical palette

5 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Berry Market Fresh Pick

Pick a page with fruit or vegetables (or any food) and color it as fresh and juicy as possible with exactly 5 colors from the Berry Market palette, adding a small white shine spot to each one.

Berry Market palette

5 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Breakfast Glide

Use exactly 5 colors from the Breakfast palette, sorted from lightest to darkest, and let them shift gradually from left to right across the page.

Breakfast palette

5 colorsMediumGradient
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Blind Pick Feast

Close your eyes and pick 4 colors from your set. Those are your whole palette for your food page, no swaps allowed.

Your pick of colors

4 colorsMediumRandom selection
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Gingerbread Odd Recipe

Color the food in surprising but tasty-looking colors: blue bread, purple cheese, green cake. Use exactly 3 colors from the Gingerbread palette.

Gingerbread palette

3 colorsMediumExperimental
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Gingerbread Sweet Tooth

Pick a page with desserts or sweets and color it like a bakery window: exactly 3 colors from the Gingerbread palette, with frosting, sprinkles and glaze as the stars.

Gingerbread palette

3 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Pumpkin Patch Less Is More

Less is more: finish the whole food page with exactly 2 colors from the Pumpkin Patch palette. If you need extra tones and you're using colored pencils, layer the colors over each other instead of adding new ones.

Pumpkin Patch palette

2 colorsMediumLimited colors
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Retro Diner Pop

Go bright: use exactly 6 colors from the Retro Diner palette at full strength, pressing firmly so every area is rich and even. Think of a bright, mouth-watering food ad.

Retro Diner palette

6 colorsMediumBright and bold
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Mediterranean Lap

Set a timer for 30 minutes and color as much of the food page as you can with exactly 2 colors from the Mediterranean palette. When the timer rings, put your pencils down, finished or not.

Mediterranean palette

2 colorsEasyTimed session
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Farmhouse Chain

Choose exactly 6 colors from the Farmhouse palette, put them in an order you like and repeat that order from one treat to the next, like a beat that never breaks.

Farmhouse palette

6 colorsHardRepeating sequence
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Farmers Market Mirror

Make the colors on your food page symmetrical: use exactly 2 colors from the Farmers Market palette and give every area exactly the same color as its twin on the other side of the page.

Farmers Market palette

2 colorsMediumSymmetry
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Teal and Coral Face-Off

Use exactly 3 colors: complementary teal and coral, plus sand as a calm neutral to give the eye somewhere to rest. Put one color on the food and the other on the plate or background.

Teal and Coral palette

3 colorsMediumComplementary colors
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Farmers Market Full Set

Use all 7 colors in the Farmers Market palette on your food page, and don't give two areas that sit next to each other the same color.

Farmers Market palette

7 colorsHardAll colors
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Gingerbread Shine

Make the food look glossy: color it with exactly 3 colors from the Gingerbread palette, leaving small white highlights wherever light would hit.

Gingerbread palette

3 colorsMediumTechnique
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Rust and Denim Tug of War

Use 4 to 6 colors from the Rust and Denim palette: the warm ones for the food and the cool ones for the plate, table or background. Notice how the warm areas seem to step forward.

Rust and Denim palette

4 to 6 colorsMediumWarm and cool
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Ice Cream Parlor Postcard

Bring summer to your food page: use exactly 4 colors from the Ice Cream Parlor palette and color it as if you were seeing it in bright summer sunshine.

Ice Cream Parlor palette

4 colorsEasySeasonal
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Turquoise Spark

Color almost everything in grays, then add turquoise in just a few chosen places, such as one single treat. Use exactly 4 colors: 3 grays and turquoise.

Turquoise palette

4 colorsMediumAccent color
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Bubble Tea Moment

Color for a playful feeling: use exactly 5 colors from the Bubble Tea palette, and for each area of the food page choose whichever color feels most playful to you.

Bubble Tea palette

5 colorsEasyMood
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Ice Cream Parlor Plated

Make the plate, table or background one strong, deep color and keep the food light and bright, or the other way round. Use exactly 4 colors from the Ice Cream Parlor palette.

Ice Cream Parlor palette

4 colorsMediumLight and dark contrast
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Spice Market First Steps

An easy start: use 2 or 3 colors from the Spice Market palette. Color the largest food shapes first with light, even pressure, then fill in sprinkles, seeds and toppings last.

Spice Market palette

2 to 3 colorsEasyBeginner-friendly
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Fiesta Lunchbox

Treat the page like a bento box: give each food item its own color from the Fiesta palette, and don't give two items that sit next to each other the same color. Use exactly 4 colors.

Fiesta palette

4 colorsEasyCreative restriction
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Emerald Study

Stick to one color family: use exactly 5 colors, all shades of emerald, from the palest to the deepest, and nothing else. Use pale shades for shiny highlights and deeper ones for crusts, edges and shadows.

Emerald palette

5 shades of one colorMediumMonochrome
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Mediterranean Switch

Use exactly 2 colors from the Mediterranean palette and alternate them so that no two neighboring areas ever share a color, whether it's food, plate or background.

Mediterranean palette

2 colorsEasyAlternating colors
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Fiesta Diner Special

Color your snacks like a bold food ad: exactly 3 colors from the Fiesta palette and a bright, contrasting background behind them.

Fiesta palette

3 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Orchard Fresh Pick

Pick a page with fruit or vegetables (or any food) and color it as fresh and juicy as possible with exactly 4 colors from the Orchard palette, adding a small white shine spot to each one.

Orchard palette

4 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Retro Diner Ombre

Use exactly 3 colors from the Retro Diner palette, sorted from lightest to darkest, and let them shift gradually from left to right across the page.

Retro Diner palette

3 colorsMediumGradient
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Pencil Shuffle Feast

Put all your colors in a cup, shake it and take out 7 without looking. Those are your palette for your food page.

Your pick of colors

7 colorsHardRandom selection
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Candy Shop Odd Recipe

Color the food in surprising but tasty-looking colors: blue bread, purple cheese, green cake. Use exactly 4 colors from the Candy Shop palette.

Candy Shop palette

4 colorsMediumExperimental
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Bubble Tea Frosting

Pick a page with desserts or sweets and color it like a bakery window: exactly 5 colors from the Bubble Tea palette, with frosting, sprinkles and glaze as the stars.

Bubble Tea palette

5 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Bakery Essentials

Less is more: finish the whole food page with exactly 2 colors from the Bakery palette. If you need extra tones and you're using colored pencils, layer the colors over each other instead of adding new ones.

Bakery palette

2 colorsMediumLimited colors
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Ember Turbo

Go bright: use exactly 5 colors from the Ember palette at full strength, pressing firmly so every area is rich and even. Think of a bright, mouth-watering food ad.

Ember palette

5 colorsEasyBright and bold
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Bakery Sprint

Set a timer for 5 minutes and color as much of the food page as you can with exactly 4 colors from the Bakery palette. When the timer rings, put your pencils down, finished or not.

Bakery palette

4 colorsEasyTimed session
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Spice Market Rhythm

Choose exactly 4 colors from the Spice Market palette, put them in an order you like and repeat that order from one treat to the next, like a beat that never breaks.

Spice Market palette

4 colorsMediumRepeating sequence
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Fiesta Mirror

Make the colors on your food page symmetrical: use exactly 4 colors from the Fiesta palette and give every area exactly the same color as its twin on the other side of the page.

Fiesta palette

4 colorsMediumSymmetry
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Lavender and Butter Face-Off

Use exactly 2 colors: lavender and butter, two complementary colors that sit opposite each other on the color wheel. Give one of them the larger areas and let the other one pop. Put one color on the food and the other on the plate or background.

Lavender and Butter palette

2 colorsEasyComplementary colors
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Tropical All In

Use all 7 colors in the Tropical palette on your food page, and don't give two areas that sit next to each other the same color.

Tropical palette

7 colorsHardAll colors
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Neon Shine

Make the food look glossy: color it with exactly 2 colors from the Neon palette, leaving small white highlights wherever light would hit.

Neon palette

2 colorsMediumTechnique
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Toast and Frost Split

Use exactly 6 colors from the Toast and Frost palette: the warm ones for the food and the cool ones for the plate, table or background. Notice how the warm areas seem to step forward.

Toast and Frost palette

6 colorsMediumWarm and cool
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Orchard Calendar

Bring summer to your food page: use 4 or 5 colors from the Orchard palette and color it as if you were seeing it in bright summer sunshine.

Orchard palette

4 to 5 colorsEasySeasonal
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Violet Spark

Color almost everything in grays, then add violet in just a few chosen places, such as one single treat. Use exactly 3 colors: 2 grays and violet.

Violet palette

3 colorsMediumAccent color
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Bakery Vibe

Color for a cozy feeling: use 3 to 5 colors from the Bakery palette, and for each area of the food page choose whichever color feels most cozy to you.

Bakery palette

3 to 5 colorsEasyMood
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Candy Shop Plated

Make the plate, table or background one strong, deep color and keep the food light and bright, or the other way round. Use exactly 2 colors from the Candy Shop palette.

Candy Shop palette

2 colorsMediumLight and dark contrast
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Cocoa Warm-Up

An easy start: use exactly 2 colors from the Cocoa palette. Color the largest food shapes first with light, even pressure, then fill in sprinkles, seeds and toppings last.

Cocoa palette

2 colorsEasyBeginner-friendly
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Cocoa Picnic Basket

Treat the page like a bento box: give each food item its own color from the Cocoa palette, and don't give two items that sit next to each other the same color. Use exactly 6 colors.

Cocoa palette

6 colorsEasyCreative restriction
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Sky Blue Ladder

Stick to one color family: use 3 to 5 colors, all shades of sky blue, from the palest to the deepest, and nothing else. Use pale shades for shiny highlights and deeper ones for crusts, edges and shadows.

Sky Blue palette

3 to 5 shades of one colorMediumMonochrome
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Bakery Zigzag

Use exactly 3 colors from the Bakery palette and alternate them so that no two neighboring areas ever share a color, whether it's food, plate or background.

Bakery palette

3 colorsMediumAlternating colors
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Breakfast Snack Attack

Color your snacks like a bold food ad: exactly 4 colors from the Breakfast palette and a bright, contrasting background behind them.

Breakfast palette

4 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Pumpkin Patch Melt

Use exactly 4 colors from the Pumpkin Patch palette, sorted from lightest to darkest, and let them shift gradually from left to right across the page.

Pumpkin Patch palette

4 colorsMediumGradient
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Window View Feast

Look out of the nearest window, pick 2 colors you can see outside and bring them into your food page.

Your pick of colors

2 colorsEasyRandom selection
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Chocolate Box Odd Recipe

Color the food in surprising but tasty-looking colors: blue bread, purple cheese, green cake. Use exactly 5 colors from the Chocolate Box palette.

Chocolate Box palette

5 colorsMediumExperimental
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Sorbet Frosting

Pick a page with desserts or sweets and color it like a bakery window: exactly 4 colors from the Sorbet palette, with frosting, sprinkles and glaze as the stars.

Sorbet palette

4 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Farmers Market Budget

Less is more: finish the whole food page with exactly 3 colors from the Farmers Market palette. If you need extra tones and you're using colored pencils, layer the colors over each other instead of adding new ones.

Farmers Market palette

3 colorsMediumLimited colors
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Fiesta Shout

Go bright: use exactly 7 colors from the Fiesta palette at full strength, pressing firmly so every area is rich and even. Think of a bright, mouth-watering food ad.

Fiesta palette

7 colorsMediumBright and bold
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Berry Market Lap

Set a timer for 10 minutes and color as much of the food page as you can with exactly 5 colors from the Berry Market palette. When the timer rings, put your pencils down, finished or not.

Berry Market palette

5 colorsEasyTimed session
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Tropical Chain

Choose exactly 4 colors from the Tropical palette, put them in an order you like and repeat that order from one treat to the next, like a beat that never breaks.

Tropical palette

4 colorsMediumRepeating sequence
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Chocolate Box Double Take

Make the colors on your food page symmetrical: use exactly 3 colors from the Chocolate Box palette and give every area exactly the same color as its twin on the other side of the page.

Chocolate Box palette

3 colorsMediumSymmetry
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Red and Green Spark

Use exactly 4 colors: a light and a dark version of both red and green, so the page has depth as well as contrast. Put one color on the food and the other on the plate or background.

Red and Green palette

4 colorsHardComplementary colors
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Sorbet Full Palette

Use all 7 colors in the Sorbet palette on your food page, and don't give two areas that sit next to each other the same color.

Sorbet palette

7 colorsHardAll colors
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Farmhouse Glazed

Make the food look glossy: color it with exactly 4 colors from the Farmhouse palette, leaving small white highlights wherever light would hit.

Farmhouse palette

4 colorsMediumTechnique
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Copper and Teal Duet

Use exactly 5 colors from the Copper and Teal palette: the warm ones for the food and the cool ones for the plate, table or background. Notice how the warm areas seem to step forward.

Copper and Teal palette

5 colorsMediumWarm and cool
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Cocoa Days

Bring autumn to your food page: use exactly 5 colors from the Cocoa palette and color it as if you were seeing it on a crisp autumn afternoon.

Cocoa palette

5 colorsEasySeasonal
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Cobalt Spark

Color almost everything in grays, then add cobalt in just a few chosen places, such as one single treat. Use exactly 4 colors: 3 grays and cobalt.

Cobalt palette

4 colorsMediumAccent color
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Vintage Postcard Moment

Color for a nostalgic feeling: use exactly 3 colors from the Vintage Postcard palette, and for each area of the food page choose whichever color feels most nostalgic to you.

Vintage Postcard palette

3 colorsEasyMood
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Farmers Market Serving Tray

Make the plate, table or background one strong, deep color and keep the food light and bright, or the other way round. Use exactly 3 colors from the Farmers Market palette.

Farmers Market palette

3 colorsMediumLight and dark contrast
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Orchard Starter

An easy start: use exactly 3 colors from the Orchard palette. Color the largest food shapes first with light, even pressure, then fill in sprinkles, seeds and toppings last.

Orchard palette

3 colorsEasyBeginner-friendly
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Picnic Lunchbox

Treat the page like a bento box: give each food item its own color from the Picnic palette, and don't give two items that sit next to each other the same color. Use exactly 5 colors.

Picnic palette

5 colorsEasyCreative restriction
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Coral Ladder

Stick to one color family: use exactly 6 colors, all shades of coral, from the palest to the deepest, and nothing else. Use pale shades for shiny highlights and deeper ones for crusts, edges and shadows.

Coral palette

6 shades of one colorMediumMonochrome
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Orchard Swap

Use exactly 2 colors from the Orchard palette and alternate them so that no two neighboring areas ever share a color, whether it's food, plate or background.

Orchard palette

2 colorsEasyAlternating colors
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Citrus Diner Special

Color your snacks like a bold food ad: exactly 3 colors from the Citrus palette and a bright, contrasting background behind them.

Citrus palette

3 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Berry Market Melt

Use exactly 6 colors from the Berry Market palette, sorted from lightest to darkest, and let them shift gradually from left to right across the page.

Berry Market palette

6 colorsMediumGradient
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Last Meal Feast

Use the 5 main colors of the last thing you ate, matched as closely as you can, to color your food page.

Your pick of colors

5 colorsMediumRandom selection
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Neon Odd Recipe

Color the food in surprising but tasty-looking colors: blue bread, purple cheese, green cake. Use exactly 3 colors from the Neon palette.

Neon palette

3 colorsMediumExperimental
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Chocolate Box Sugar Rush

Pick a page with desserts or sweets and color it like a bakery window: exactly 6 colors from the Chocolate Box palette, with frosting, sprinkles and glaze as the stars.

Chocolate Box palette

6 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Spice Market Budget

Less is more: finish the whole food page with exactly 2 colors from the Spice Market palette. If you need extra tones and you're using colored pencils, layer the colors over each other instead of adding new ones.

Spice Market palette

2 colorsMediumLimited colors
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Mediterranean Turbo

Go bright: use exactly 3 colors from the Mediterranean palette at full strength, pressing firmly so every area is rich and even. Think of a bright, mouth-watering food ad.

Mediterranean palette

3 colorsEasyBright and bold
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Picnic Stopwatch

Set a timer for 15 minutes and color as much of the food page as you can with exactly 3 colors from the Picnic palette. When the timer rings, put your pencils down, finished or not.

Picnic palette

3 colorsEasyTimed session
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Bubble Tea Parade

Choose exactly 3 colors from the Bubble Tea palette, put them in an order you like and repeat that order from one treat to the next, like a beat that never breaks.

Bubble Tea palette

3 colorsMediumRepeating sequence
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Berry Market Reflection

Make the colors on your food page symmetrical: use 3 or 4 colors from the Berry Market palette and give every area exactly the same color as its twin on the other side of the page.

Berry Market palette

3 to 4 colorsMediumSymmetry
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Cyan and Tomato Opposites

Use exactly 3 colors: complementary cyan and tomato, plus charcoal as a calm neutral to give the eye somewhere to rest. Put one color on the food and the other on the plate or background.

Cyan and Tomato palette

3 colorsMediumComplementary colors
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Candy Corn Full Set

Use all 7 colors in the Candy Corn palette on your food page, and don't give two areas that sit next to each other the same color.

Candy Corn palette

7 colorsHardAll colors
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Tropical Glazed

Make the food look glossy: color it with exactly 3 colors from the Tropical palette, leaving small white highlights wherever light would hit.

Tropical palette

3 colorsMediumTechnique
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Peach and Lilac Balance

Use exactly 4 colors from the Peach and Lilac palette: the warm ones for the food and the cool ones for the plate, table or background. Notice how the warm areas seem to step forward.

Peach and Lilac palette

4 colorsMediumWarm and cool
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Sorbet Postcard

Bring summer to your food page: use exactly 3 colors from the Sorbet palette and color it as if you were seeing it in bright summer sunshine.

Sorbet palette

3 colorsEasySeasonal
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Lemon Spark

Color almost everything in grays, then add lemon in just a few chosen places, such as one single treat. Use exactly 3 colors: 2 grays and lemon.

Lemon palette

3 colorsMediumAccent color
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Sorbet Glow

Color for a dreamy feeling: use exactly 5 colors from the Sorbet palette, and for each area of the food page choose whichever color feels most dreamy to you.

Sorbet palette

5 colorsEasyMood
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Breakfast Table Setting

Make the plate, table or background one strong, deep color and keep the food light and bright, or the other way round. Use exactly 2 colors from the Breakfast palette.

Breakfast palette

2 colorsMediumLight and dark contrast
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Smoothie Bar First Steps

An easy start: use 2 or 3 colors from the Smoothie Bar palette. Color the largest food shapes first with light, even pressure, then fill in sprinkles, seeds and toppings last.

Smoothie Bar palette

2 to 3 colorsEasyBeginner-friendly
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Morning Tea Bento

Treat the page like a bento box: give each food item its own color from the Morning Tea palette, and don't give two items that sit next to each other the same color. Use exactly 6 colors.

Morning Tea palette

6 colorsEasyCreative restriction
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Olive Tones

Stick to one color family: use exactly 3 colors, all shades of olive, from the palest to the deepest, and nothing else. Use pale shades for shiny highlights and deeper ones for crusts, edges and shadows.

Olive palette

3 shades of one colorMediumMonochrome
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Farmers Market Ping-Pong

Use exactly 4 colors from the Farmers Market palette and alternate them so that no two neighboring areas ever share a color, whether it's food, plate or background.

Farmers Market palette

4 colorsMediumAlternating colors
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Retro Diner Lunch Break

Color your snacks like a bold food ad: exactly 4 colors from the Retro Diner palette and a bright, contrasting background behind them.

Retro Diner palette

4 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Bakery Fade

Use exactly 5 colors from the Bakery palette, sorted from lightest to darkest, and let them shift gradually from left to right across the page.

Bakery palette

5 colorsMediumGradient
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Outfit Match Feast

Color your food page with the 3 colors closest to what you're wearing today, even if that's mostly gray.

Your pick of colors

3 colorsEasyRandom selection
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Smoothie Bar Mystery Menu

Color the food in surprising but tasty-looking colors: blue bread, purple cheese, green cake. Use exactly 4 colors from the Smoothie Bar palette.

Smoothie Bar palette

4 colorsMediumExperimental
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Smoothie Bar Budget

Less is more: finish the whole food page with exactly 2 colors from the Smoothie Bar palette. If you need extra tones and you're using colored pencils, layer the colors over each other instead of adding new ones.

Smoothie Bar palette

2 colorsMediumLimited colors
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Tropical Volume Up

Go bright: use exactly 4 colors from the Tropical palette at full strength, pressing firmly so every area is rich and even. Think of a bright, mouth-watering food ad.

Tropical palette

4 colorsEasyBright and bold
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Tropical Quick Draw

Set a timer for 20 minutes and color as much of the food page as you can with exactly 3 colors from the Tropical palette. When the timer rings, put your pencils down, finished or not.

Tropical palette

3 colorsEasyTimed session
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Chocolate Box Encore

Choose exactly 4 colors from the Chocolate Box palette, put them in an order you like and repeat that order from one treat to the next, like a beat that never breaks.

Chocolate Box palette

4 colorsMediumRepeating sequence
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Bubble Tea Fold

Make the colors on your food page symmetrical: use exactly 5 colors from the Bubble Tea palette and give every area exactly the same color as its twin on the other side of the page.

Bubble Tea palette

5 colorsMediumSymmetry
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Navy and Gold Standoff

Use exactly 2 colors: navy and gold, two complementary colors that sit opposite each other on the color wheel. Give one of them the larger areas and let the other one pop. Put one color on the food and the other on the plate or background.

Navy and Gold palette

2 colorsEasyComplementary colors
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Gingerbread Full Set

Use all 7 colors in the Gingerbread palette on your food page, and don't give two areas that sit next to each other the same color.

Gingerbread palette

7 colorsHardAll colors
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Ice Cream Parlor Shine

Make the food look glossy: color it with exactly 2 colors from the Ice Cream Parlor palette, leaving small white highlights wherever light would hit.

Ice Cream Parlor palette

2 colorsMediumTechnique
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Tropical Days

Bring summer to your food page: use exactly 4 colors from the Tropical palette and color it as if you were seeing it in bright summer sunshine.

Tropical palette

4 colorsEasySeasonal
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Farmhouse Glow

Color for a cozy feeling: use 3 to 5 colors from the Farmhouse palette, and for each area of the food page choose whichever color feels most cozy to you.

Farmhouse palette

3 to 5 colorsEasyMood
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Farmhouse Serving Tray

Make the plate, table or background one strong, deep color and keep the food light and bright, or the other way round. Use exactly 3 colors from the Farmhouse palette.

Farmhouse palette

3 colorsMediumLight and dark contrast
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Bakery Easy Start

An easy start: use exactly 3 colors from the Bakery palette. Color the largest food shapes first with light, even pressure, then fill in sprinkles, seeds and toppings last.

Bakery palette

3 colorsEasyBeginner-friendly
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Vintage Postcard Lunchbox

Treat the page like a bento box: give each food item its own color from the Vintage Postcard palette, and don't give two items that sit next to each other the same color. Use exactly 5 colors.

Vintage Postcard palette

5 colorsEasyCreative restriction
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Violet Depths

Stick to one color family: use exactly 7 colors, all shades of violet, from the palest to the deepest, and nothing else. Use pale shades for shiny highlights and deeper ones for crusts, edges and shadows.

Violet palette

7 shades of one colorHardMonochrome
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Fiesta Ping-Pong

Use exactly 3 colors from the Fiesta palette and alternate them so that no two neighboring areas ever share a color, whether it's food, plate or background.

Fiesta palette

3 colorsMediumAlternating colors
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Neon Diner Special

Color your snacks like a bold food ad: exactly 5 colors from the Neon palette and a bright, contrasting background behind them.

Neon palette

5 colorsEasyThemed palette
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Ice Cream Parlor Slope

Use exactly 3 colors from the Ice Cream Parlor palette, sorted from lightest to darkest, and let them shift gradually from left to right across the page.

Ice Cream Parlor palette

3 colorsMediumGradient
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Photo Palette Feast

Open the last photo you took and pick 2 colors from it to color your food page.

Your pick of colors

2 colorsEasyRandom selection
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Pumpkin Patch Chef's Surprise

Color the food in surprising but tasty-looking colors: blue bread, purple cheese, green cake. Use exactly 5 colors from the Pumpkin Patch palette.

Pumpkin Patch palette

5 colorsMediumExperimental
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Chocolate Box Less Is More

Less is more: finish the whole food page with exactly 3 colors from the Chocolate Box palette. If you need extra tones and you're using colored pencils, layer the colors over each other instead of adding new ones.

Chocolate Box palette

3 colorsMediumLimited colors
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Food coloring books to try them in

Bold and easy food coloring books by Toby Greenhouse: fruits and veggies, snacks and sweet treats.

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Food and Snacks - Coloring Book for Kids and Adults: Big, Bold, Easy and Fun Designs to Color and Relax
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Fruits and Veggies - Bold and Easy Coloring Book: Delicious Fun for Beginners, Adults, and Seniors to Unwind and Relax
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Sweet Treats: Desserts, Cookies, Ice Cream & More - Bold and Easy Coloring Book: Cakes, Chocolate Muffins, Candies and Other Goodies for Coloring and Relaxation
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About food coloring challenges

Food is one of the happiest things to color: bright fruit, fresh vegetables, cakes, cookies, ice cream and candy. These food coloring challenges give you palettes and ideas for every kind of food coloring page, from juicy realistic colors to pastel desserts and playful rainbow snacks.

They work with colored pencils, markers, gel pens or crayons, and suit kids and adults alike. Easy challenges are quick and relaxing, perfect for bold and easy food coloring books, while Hard ones push you to try new color combinations. Grab a snack and get coloring.

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Morning Tea Mystery Menu

Candy Shop Sweet Tooth

Ice Cream Parlor Lullaby

Ember Essentials

Citrus Shout

Feast Color Marathon

Fiesta Spotlight

Ember Lap

Breakfast Refrain

Rainbow Feast

Citrus Mirror

Pink and Mint Spark

Morning Tea Slow Hour

Cocoa All In

Berry Market Glazed

Sun and Sea Balance

Gingerbread Season

Tangerine Glint

Candy Corn Mood

Ember Serving Tray

Morning Tea First Steps

Farmers Market Picnic Basket

Plum Shades

Citrus Zigzag

Picnic Diner Special

Citrus Harvest

Spice Market Ombre

Dice Roll Feast

Citrus Odd Recipe

Bakery Sweet Tooth

Bubble Tea Cloud

Fiesta Budget

Neon Shout

Retro Diner Spotlight

Pumpkin Patch Lap

Candy Shop Encore

Tropical Reflection

Blue and Orange Clash

Vintage Postcard Quiet Time

Mediterranean Full Palette

Fiesta Shine

Lava and Lagoon Balance

Berry Market Days

Lime Signal

Cocoa Feeling

Morning Tea Table Setting

Chocolate Box Gentle Start

Orchard Picnic Basket

Leaf Green Whisper

Picnic Tag Team

Mediterranean Lunch Break

Smoothie Bar Fruit Stand

Chocolate Box Slope

Forgotten Colors Feast

Ember Chef's Surprise

Candy Corn Sweet Tooth

Candy Shop Cloud

Retro Diner Budget

Smoothie Bar Blast

Ember Silhouette

Retro Diner Dash

Neon Encore

Candy Corn Mirror

Violet and Mustard Opposites

Ember Grand Tour

Candy Corn Glazed

Coral and Mint Divide

Picnic Postcard

Scarlet Highlight

Breakfast Feeling

Candy Corn Serving Tray

Mediterranean Gentle Start

Ice Cream Parlor Lunchbox

Indigo Study

Berry Market Flip-Flop

Smoothie Bar Snack Attack

Farmers Market Fresh Pick

Candy Corn Drift