Color Our Collections

Research suggests coloring can reduce stress, improve mood, and enhance mindfulness. Download free coloring sheets featuring unique objects from our Distinctive Collections: the Cary Graphic Arts Collection and RIT Archive Collections. Use the hashtag #ColorRITCollections to share your creations on social media, and we'll share our favorites on our accounts @ritlibraries!

RAMI seal

Seal of the Rochester Athenaeum & Mechanics Institute
(RIT Archive Collections)

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Illuminated Character

Illuminated letter "P" from Biblia Sacra Latina, Versio Vulgata
Italy, 14th Century
(RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection)

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Spirit playing with a bookcart

Spirit the tiger plays with a book cart, 1963 
(RIT Archive Collections)

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Paper Bag Design

Paper bag designed by J. Scott Patnode for Bloomingdales
(RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection)

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Hot Air Balloon

A hot air balloon gets inflated on campus, circa 1980-1990
(RIT Archive Collections)

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Papayrus Scroll

A papyrus scroll, 8th Century CE, and
a papyrus fragment, circa 1500 BCE
(RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection)

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Editorial Cartoons

Editorial cartoons about epidemics, economics, and
elections by John Scott Clubb (1875-1934) and
Elmer Messner (1901-1979)
(RIT Archive Collections)

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Poster for FarmWork

Poster designed by Lester Beall for the
Rural Electrication Administration, 1937
(RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection)

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