Color a Picture
Tap pixel squares on screen to fill a tiny picture with colour data.
Every picture on a computer screen is made of tiny coloured squares called pixels.
- Tap a pixel square to add colour data on screen
- Make a simple picture from pixel data
- Use two or three colours in your pixel grid
Finish first
Topic contents
Computer play 1 of 2
Tiny squares
Pixel painter
Tiny squares make a pictureFirst square
A picture on a screen is made of tiny coloured squares called pixels. Colour one square.
Grown-up note (read aloud)
Pictures on a computer screen are tiny coloured squares called pixels. Tap a square to paint colour data into it.
- Pixels are tiny squares on screen
- Tap to add colour data
Computer play 2 of 2
Pick a colour
Grown-up note (read aloud)
Choose a colour first, then tap pixel squares on screen. Change colour to add more detail to your picture data.
- Pick colour data then tap
- More pixels, more picture on screen
Practice
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