Patterns & Sequences

Find repeating shapes on quilts, castle windows, animal patterns and playful scenes. Choose a bold motif or a detailed garden, then color each repeated shape with the same color to follow its rhythm.

Follow a repeated shape

Find the repeated unit before adding color. Existing shapes determine the sequence.

Make the repeating unit visible

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

Balloon with blue circles, yellow triangles and pink hearts on white panels.
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 circles
  • 2. Yellow triangles
  • 3. Pink hearts
  1. Color the three circles in the middle band blue.
  2. Color the two triangles yellow.
  3. Color the five hearts below pink. Leave balloon panels, basket and landscape white.

Read circle–triangle across the band. If it continued, a triangle would come next. Colors can change; the shape order stays.

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