Boy Playing Flute for a Cobra Snake in a Basket
Coloring guide
A boy sits cross-legged and plays a small wooden flute while a smiling cobra rises from a woven basket beside him, hood spread wide. He's dressed in a wrapped turban, a loose vest over a long-sleeved shirt, baggy pants and simple shoes. The snake has big friendly eyes, a forked tongue and a banded belly. Behind them you'll see sandy ground with soft hills, small grass tufts and a few pebbles. The basket's crisscross weave and the snake's stripes make lots of small sections to fill in, while the clothes are big and easy. Golden yellow and olive green would suit the hood and belly, and a bright red or blue turban helps the boy stand out. It's a free printable that fits calm art time at home or at school. Browse more Snake coloring pages, or explore Puppies and Cats for even more fun.
A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.
- pale sand yellow
- bright red
- sky blue
- peach skin
- cream white
- terracotta orange
- golden orange
- olive green
- purple
- lime green
- mustard yellow
- sage green
A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.
- 1Start with the background: fill the mountains and the right hills with sky blue, the left grass with lime green, and the sand dunes with pale sand yellow.
- 2Color the snake next: use olive green for the hood and head, and mustard yellow for the long body and its bands, leaving the eye whites white.
- 3Fill the basket with terracotta orange and golden orange in alternating weave rows, adding a caramel brown tone on the lower left side.
- 4Dress the boy: bright red for the turban and pants, purple for the vest, cream white for the shirt and sleeves, and peach skin for his face, arms and chest.
- 5Finish the details: dark brown for the hair and shoe, caramel brown for the left shoe, golden orange for the flute, and sage green where the snake's hood meets the head.
- 6Optional: add a few darker strokes of the same color along one side of the basket and the snake to give them a little shadow.
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