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Machu Picchu Coloring Page Color Example — Peru
Color example for the Machu Picchu coloring page. The full-color reference for Machu Picchu, Peru, painted in stone gray, ochre, moss, fern, deep teal. Use it to plan your colors, then print the matching line art.
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Activity guide for this page
- Recommended age
- Ages 8–11
- Estimated time
- 35–55 min
- Difficulty
- Challenging
- Areas to color
- about 230
Coloring order
- Color the tall, pointed peak behind in dark green and gray-brown, using the two colors to separate the folds along the ridge.
- Paint the stepped grassy terraces below in light green, and the stone house walls lined up between them in gray and beige.
- Last, color each small square room and stone gap, and the rocks in front, so neighboring spaces get different colors.
Questions to talk about
- How might people have built a stone town high up on a mountain?
- If you lived in one of these stone houses, what would you do first in the morning?
- Have you ever climbed a mountain? What did you see from the top?
Take it further
Stack blocks or small boxes in steps to build a mountain village, then take turns adding one sentence each to tell the story of who lives there.
Age and time are rough guides for a child coloring alone with pencils or crayons; every child is different. The area count is an estimate counted from the line-art image.
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Color example for the Machu Picchu coloring page. The full-color reference for Machu Picchu, Peru, painted in stone gray, ochre, moss, fern, deep teal. Use it to plan your colors, then print the matching line art.
A reference showing the colors of the building. Follow it or choose your own. It sits on the left page of a spread.
Printing and coloring tips
- Print on A4 or Letter in portrait to keep the original proportions.
- Keep the finished version open beside you while you color.
- Use slightly heavier paper with water-based markers so the ink shows through less.
- Fill the large areas first and leave the small ones for later.
- The finished version is only a suggestion. Any colors you like will work.
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