Numberblocks Coloring Pages

Numberblocks coloring pages: 64 printable designs from the BBC CBeebies mathematics series, featuring each block character in their fixed canonical color across portrait poses, action scenes, and group compositions. Each page can be downloaded as a PDF to print or colored online in the browser.

What Is Numberblocks?

Numberblocks is a British animated series for preschoolers that premiered on CBeebies on January 23, 2017, created by former mathematics teacher Joe Elliot and produced by Alphablocks Ltd with animation by Blue Zoo Animation Studio. The show was developed with the National Center for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics to align with the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 curriculum, and won a BAFTA for Children’s Preschool Animation in 2019. Each character is literally made of the number of blocks its value represents, so quantity, addition, and subtraction become visible rather than abstract.

What’s Inside This Collection

Numbers One Through Ten

Each Numberblock has one fixed canonical color used across the entire show: One is red, Two is orange, Three is yellow, Four is a clear medium blue, Five is green, Six is hot pink, Seven is dark burnt orange, Eight is purple, Nine is dark blue, and Ten is orange with rainbow accents. Four and Nine form perfect squares, while One, Three, Five, Seven, and Nine each carry an odd block that sticks out at the top of their arrangement.

Numbers Beyond Ten

Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, and Eighteen appear in scenes and group compositions from the show’s later series. Thirteen famously splits apart into Ten and Three when its name is said, a visual representation of the number’s digits.

Scene and Group Pages

Pages like Numberblocks Two Sits Down, Numberblocks Five Singing, and Numberblocks Eight Walking place characters in specific poses and Numberland settings. Group pages such as Numberblocks from One to Five and Numberblocks Eighteen and Twelve bring multiple characters together, each needing its own exact canonical color.

What These Pages Do

The American Academy of Pediatrics identifies fine motor skill development as a core benefit of structured coloring for children ages 2 through 7, and matching each character’s fixed canonical color turns every page into a quiet numeracy exercise as well as a coloring one.

A 2005 study in the Art Therapy Journal documented measurable reductions in anxiety following structured coloring sessions. Counting the blocks in a character before coloring reinforces the same number sense that the show itself is built to teach.

How to Color Numberblocks Pages Well

• Get the canonical color right first: each character has exactly one correct color, red for One, orange for Two, yellow for Three, and so on. A blue One or a red Two reads as wrong to any fan of the show.
• Use two values per character: full saturation across each block face, and a slightly darker version of the same color along the joint lines between blocks, to suggest depth.
• Keep the Numberling solid black: the floating numeral above each character’s head should stay firm and legible against whatever background color surrounds it.
• Numberland backgrounds: warm yellow-gold ground tones and bright sky blue, or a contrasting color chosen deliberately against the character’s own canonical shade.
• On group pages: decide which character is the compositional focus and give it the most complete coloring, keeping supporting characters accurate but slightly softer.

5 Creative Craft Ideas With Numberblocks Coloring Pages

1. Color-by-Number Bar

Draw a row of small squares beneath a single-character page, one square per block in that character, and color each square as you color the matching block, so the finished bar shows the character’s quantity in a second, linear form.

2. Block-Building Parallel

Color a Numberblock page and, alongside it, build the same number using physical building blocks, placing the finished physical structure next to the colored page to connect the pictorial and the concrete.

3. Addition Discovery Display

Color two character pages, such as Three and Four, and a third page equal to their sum, then arrange all three in order with a plus and an equals sign drawn on small cards between them to build a physical addition equation.

4. Number Property Sorting Board

Color a complete set of One through Ten and sort the finished pages into groups: characters that form a square, characters that form a rectangle, and characters with an odd block sticking out, to make number properties visible through sorting.

5. Numberblocks Fact Book

Color one character page per session in numerical order and write three facts on the back of each, one from the show, one mathematical fact, and one real-world example of that number, binding the finished pages into a personal fact book.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Numberblocks?

Numberblocks is a BBC CBeebies animated series for preschoolers, created by former mathematics teacher Joe Elliot, in which each character is made of the number of blocks their value represents, making numbers, addition, and subtraction visible.

Which characters are included in this collection?

The collection features 64 designs covering Numberblocks One through Ten in portrait, action, and group scenes, plus later-series characters including Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, and Eighteen.

What color is each Numberblock?

One is red, Two is orange, Three is yellow, Four is medium blue, Five is green, Six is hot pink, Seven is dark burnt orange, Eight is purple, Nine is dark blue, and Ten is orange with rainbow accents. Each color is fixed and consistent across the entire show.

Why do some Numberblocks have an odd block sticking out?

One, Three, Five, Seven, and Nine each have a single block that sticks out at the top of their arrangement, a visual representation of odd numbers, since that block cannot pair evenly with the rest.

What is a Numberling?

The Numberling is the black numeral that floats above each character’s head, showing their value in standard written form and connecting the block representation to the written symbol children see in formal education.

Which Numberblocks form perfect squares?

Four forms a 2×2 square and Nine forms a 3×3 square, the two square numbers among the single-digit Numberblocks, and both are proud of the fact within the show.

Is Numberblocks based on any earlier show?

Numberblocks is the direct successor to Alphablocks, the same creator’s earlier CBeebies series that taught phonics using animated letter characters, applying the same sentient-character approach to numbers instead.

Are Numberblocks coloring pages free to print?

Yes. All pages are free to download as a PDF and print, or to color online in the browser. No account, email, or payment is required.

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