Ninja Reading a Secret Scroll Coloring Page

Ninja Reading a Secret Scroll Coloring Page kneels a ninja on the left of the sheet and spills a long scroll down the middle of it, rolled at the top and rolled again at the bottom with a spiral curl at the end. Eighteen symbols run down the paper in rows, and a fat candle burns in a saucer holder to the right. A free printable page for ages 5 to 11, and the quietest scene in this set.

How this coloring page was created

For this page, we entered the concept: 'a ninja kneeling and unrolling a long scroll with symbols that spills down the page, a candle beside it' on Colorin AI and generated a print ready coloring page in seconds. The scroll came back with a wave in it rather than lying flat, which is what makes it look like paper.

The word that mattered is 'spills'. A scroll asked for plainly comes back as a neat rectangle. Spilling it sent the paper curving down and off toward the bottom edge, so it now takes up more of the page than the ninja does and becomes the thing you look at first.

Details of this ninja scroll coloring page

The symbols are the reason to print this one. They are invented marks rather than real writing, which means there is nothing to get wrong and a child can read whatever they like into them.

They also break the biggest shape on the page into small colorable pieces. Without them the scroll would be one long empty band, and empty bands are where colorers lose interest.

Counted down the scroll there are three hash marks like tic tac toe grids, three small diamonds, three circles with a dot at the center, three triangles, four wavy lines and one spiral, about eighteen marks in five loose rows. The top rod and the bottom rod are both drawn as cylinders, and the bottom one ends in a tight spiral curl. A second rolled scroll rests on the ground under his left arm. The ninja's headband knots at the left with two short tails, a sash crosses his chest in two bands and hangs down, one hand rests on a knee and the other holds the top rod. His folded shin carries about five wrap bands. The candle has three drip lobes down one side, a flame with an inner teardrop, and a saucer with a curled handle. A single ground line runs across the page behind him, dividing floor from wall, and a thin border frames the whole scene. The scroll narrows slightly as it falls, so the lower rows of symbols sit closer together than the upper ones.

Coloring Ideas and Techniques

Leave the scroll paper almost white and put a thin band of tan along both edges where it curves. That is enough to make it read as a rolled sheet, and it keeps the eighteen symbols easy to see.

Candlelight is the excuse for warm color on this page. A yellow flame, an orange glow on the near side of the scroll and cooler tones on the ninja's back will light the whole scene from one direction.

Want to color your own? Turn a drawing of your own into a coloring page and print your own message the same way.