A hippo mother walks along the riverbank beside her calf, which turns its face upward toward her.

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Hippo Mother and Calf on the Riverbank

A hippo mother walks along the riverbank beside her calf, which turns its face upward toward her. Tall water plants rise on the left, and the river and two distant trees stretch behind the broad bodies.

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Matching lavender on a sandy riverbank

Give mother and calf the same color against green reeds and beige ground.

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Digital example: Lavender mother and calf hippos on a beige bank beside green reeds and blue water.

1. Lavender-gray — hippos
2. Blue — water
3. Green — foliage
4. Beige — rocks and bank
5. Brown — wood and reed heads
6. Pink — inner ears

Color both hippos lavender-gray; keep the toenails white.
Color the water behind the hippos pale blue.
Repeat green on reeds, grasses, bushes and tree crowns.
Color the bank and small stones beige.
Use brown on tree trunks, branches and the long reed heads.
Add pale pink inside the ears.

Both hippos should stand clearly on the beige bank, with blue water behind.

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