Guides
Tips for coloring comfortably, getting great photo puzzles, and the stories behind our themes.
Getting started
- How to Color by Number on daubday: A Beginner's GuideNew to daubday? Learn how the numbered palette works, what happens when you tap the wrong area, how progress saves, and what you see when a picture is done.4 min read
- Coloring Tiny Areas Comfortably: Zoom, Hint, and FitDetailed pictures have small areas that are hard to tap. Here is how to zoom, pan, use the Hint and Fit buttons, and drag-paint so tiny spots stay easy.4 min read
- The Picture of the Day: How It Works and How to Catch UpEvery day daubday publishes one new picture, the same for everyone. Learn when it changes, how numbering works, where past pictures live, and how to share.4 min read
- A Small, Calm Coloring Routine You Can KeepHow to build a short, easygoing color-by-number habit: picking a picture for the time you have, two ways to color, short sessions, and the daily picture.4 min read
- Add daubday to Your Home Screen on Android and iPhonePut daubday on your Home Screen so it opens like an app. Steps for Android, desktop Chrome, and iPhone, plus what to do inside in-app browsers like KakaoTalk.4 min read
Photo puzzles
- How to Pick a Photo That Makes a Great Color-by-Number PuzzleWhich photos turn into clean, satisfying color-by-number puzzles and which turn messy. Tips on subject, background, light, cropping, pets, people and food.4 min read
- Colors, Detail and Smoothing: The Photo Puzzle Settings ExplainedWhat the Colors, Detail and Smoothing settings change in a photo puzzle, how they affect each other, and good starting combinations for different photos.4 min read
- Saving and Sharing Your Finished PictureWhat happens when you finish a picture: the replay, Share on phones or computers, saving a PNG or a timelapse video, and sharing the daily picture spoiler-free.4 min read
- Color Basics for Color-by-Number FansA friendly primer on hue, value and saturation, why palettes are numbered in order, and how light and dark contrast makes a picture easy to read.4 min read
Stories behind the themes
- A Short History of Paint by Number, from 1950s Kits to AppsHow paint by number began with a Detroit paint company in the 1950s, why critics argued about whether it was real art, and how the idea moved onto screens.4 min read
- Mandalas: Meaning, Tradition, and How to Color ThemWhat the word mandala means, its place in Hindu and Buddhist practice, why circular designs are so satisfying to color, and tips for daubday's mandala pictures.4 min read
- Jogakbo: The Korean Patchwork Cloth Behind daubday's Patchwork ThemeJogakbo is Korean patchwork wrapping cloth sewn from leftover fabric scraps. Learn what it is, how it was used, and how it inspired daubday's Patchwork theme.4 min read
- Dancheong: The Painted Colors of Korean Palaces and TemplesDancheong is the painted decoration on traditional Korean wooden buildings. Learn its purposes, the five obangsaek colors, its motifs, and daubday's take on it.4 min read
- Koi in East Asian Art and Gardens, and How to Color ThemFrom the Dragon Gate legend to Japanese garden ponds and Korean folk painting, learn where koi imagery comes from and how to color daubday's Koi pictures well.4 min read