On the Run with Dora the Explorer and Boots

A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.

• chocolate brown
• light orange
• baby pink
• sky blue
• hot pink
• coral red
• pale blue
• bright orange
• lemon yellow
• lavender purple
• dark brown
• crimson

A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.

1. 1Color Dora's hair chocolate brown, leaving the small shine spots white.
2. 2Fill Dora's face, hands, arms and knees with light orange, keeping the eye whites white.
3. 3Color Dora's shirt hot pink, her shorts bright orange, and her backpack lavender purple.
4. 4Fill Boots' body with pale blue, his face and paws with baby pink, his belly with lemon yellow, and his legs and feet with coral red.
5. 5Color the bucket sky blue with slate blue inside, the sneakers white with bubblegum pink stripes, and Boots' mouth cherry red.
6. 6Optional: Add a little darker shading on the hair and the bucket edges for depth.