About this coloring page
A dolphin leaps from the waves in a long arc, its tail still touching the water at the bottom left and its smiling face at the top right. It has a fin on its back and a flipper on its side, and three bubbles float nearby.
The long body is one smooth shape, so it is easy to color, and the curve of the jump gives the page a sense of movement. Coloring the back darker than the belly is an easy way to make the dolphin look round.
Color ideas
- Color the dolphin's back blue-gray and its belly pale gray, the way real bottlenose dolphins look.
- Make the fin on its back and the flipper a darker gray than the body.
- Color the wave at the bottom bright blue with white splashes where the tail meets the water.
Did you know?
- Dolphins are mammals and must come to the surface to breathe air.
- Dolphins find food by making clicking sounds and listening for the echoes that bounce back.
- Each bottlenose dolphin has its own signature whistle, a bit like a name.
Try this
Draw a second dolphin leaping right behind the first one, then make up a game the two of them are playing in the waves.
