Betta Fish

Color graceful bettas with fan-shaped tails, flowing fins and bright patterns of your own. Explore planted aquariums, freshwater leaves and quiet scenes of children watching or drawing their fish.

A rounded fan or pointed rays?

The tail edge changes how you guide the pencil.

Change stroke direction at the fins

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.

Digital coloring example

Lavender betta with coral fins and half-moon tail inside green aquatic foliage.
A digital color suggestion, not a photograph of a printed result. Open the original line drawing to print and try your own colors.
  • 1. Lavender body
  • 2. Coral fins and tail
  • 3. Green plants
  1. Color the head and all body scales lavender, leaving the eye whites clear and scale lines visible.
  2. Color every fin and the broad tail coral pink, following each long radiating line.
  3. Color all leaves and stems green. Leave wood, stones, sand, the upper waterline and background white.

The fin rays should remain separate all the way to the rounded tail edge. This palette is imaginative, not a species color rule.

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