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Carp Streamers

Two smiling carp-shaped streamers hang from a pole beneath two clouds. Their large scales, fins and forked tails leave roomy shapes for trying a simple color pattern.

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Give each carp its own color

Print the original line drawing linked below. The numbered areas match the color key and steps; use the colored example as a starting point, then choose your own colors if you prefer.

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Upper carp with blue face, fins and tail and lower carp in red; scales, pole and clouds white. — A digital color suggestion, not a photograph of a printed result. Open the original line drawing to print and try your own colors.

1. Blue upper carp
2. Red lower carp
3. White scales

Color the upper carp’s face, two fins and tail blue; keep its eye and open mouth white.
Color the lower carp’s face, two fins and tail red, preserving its eye and mouth.
Leave all scales on both bodies, the pole and clouds white.

The two carp are easy to tell apart, and the white scale rows remain visible for a later pattern.

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