Noctyra · Color reference

Shadow Dragon Coloring Page Color Example — Noctyra

Color example for the Shadow Dragon coloring page. An original eclipse shadow dragon coloring resource featuring Noctyra leaping sideways inside a crescent-wing silhouette. Includes printable line art and a near-black indigo, violet, plum, silver, and pale cyan colored PNG reference.

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The left page is the finished version you look at while choosing colors. The right page is the one you print and color. Each downloads separately.

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Noctyra eclipse shadow dragon as near-black indigo, violet, plum, silver, and pale cyan colored reference illustration on white

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Noctyra eclipse shadow dragon as black-and-white printable coloring line art on white

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Activity guide for this page

Recommended age: Ages 9–12
Estimated time: 45–70 min
Difficulty: Challenging
Areas to color: about 280

Coloring order

Start with the huge wings wrapped around Noctyra's body, filling the wide sections with deep purple and navy.
Leave the sharp outer edges of the wings and the scales under the neck white or silver-gray so they shine like moonlight.
Last, color the feather-like tail trailing at the lower left and the curled claws in a dark violet.

Questions to talk about

Why do you think Noctyra wraps its wings around its body?
What lights would you like to see in a pitch-dark sky?
Have you ever looked out a window at night? What did you see?

Take it further

On black paper, draw stars and a thin crescent moon with a white pencil crayon to make a night sky for Noctyra to fly through.

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.

About this image

The reference showing each dragon's original palette. Follow it or pick your own colors. 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.