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Jungle Temple Dragon Coloring Page Color Example — Verdantis

Color example for the Jungle Temple Dragon coloring page. An original jungle temple dragon coloring resource featuring Verdantis climbing an ancient temple stair with one forepaw raised in overgrown stone temple ruins, broad stairs, tropical leaves, hanging vines, a round sun opening, orchids, and jungle canopy. Includes printable line art and a emerald, deep jungle green, antique gold, turquoise, warm stone gray, orchid magenta, and cream colored PNG reference.

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Verdantis jungle temple dragon as emerald, deep jungle green, antique gold, turquoise, warm stone gray, orchid magenta, and cream colored reference illustration in overgrown stone temple ruins, broad stairs, tropical leaves, hanging vines, a round sun opening, orchids, and jungle canopy

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Verdantis jungle temple dragon as black-and-white printable coloring line art in overgrown stone temple ruins, broad stairs, tropical leaves, hanging vines, a round sun opening, orchids, and jungle canopy

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Activity guide for this page

Recommended age: Ages 9–12
Estimated time: 60–90 min
Difficulty: Challenging
Areas to color: about 450

Coloring order

Start with the round sun and sky at the top, then the vine-draped temple pillars and arches and the wide stone stairs in warm gray and cream.
Color Verdantis's leaf-veined wing and layered leafy scales emerald and deep green, and pick out the vein lines and the fern-curl horn in antique gold.
Fill the round mosaic patches on the shoulders with turquoise, tile by tile, color the vine whiskers lime, and finish the big jungle leaves and orchids in green and magenta.

Questions to talk about

What might Verdantis be looking for up the temple stairs?
Who do you imagine lived in this temple long ago?
Which parts of Verdantis look like leaves?

Take it further

Put a leaf under a sheet of paper and rub over it with a crayon to print its veins, then use that pattern to draw a new wing for Verdantis.

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.