Spot the Difference Pictures: 12 Free Photo Puzzles with Answers

12 free spot the difference pictures made from our own travel photos. Each puzzle shows the same photo twice: in the second picture we changed five things, such as an object taken away, a colour changed, something mirrored or added. Click a picture to see it large, and open the answers under each puzzle when you give up.

They are free to print for a classroom, a newsletter, a care home quiz or a rainy afternoon; all we ask is a link to BigFoto.com. If you came from the old BigFoto spot the difference pages: those puzzles are gone, and these new ones take their place.

Puzzle 1: Colourful houses on Nyhavn, Copenhagen

Five differences. Look along the rooftops, the painted house fronts and the quay wall.

Show the answers to puzzle 1

• The green house second from the left is now blue.
• The big chimney on the roof of the yellow house is gone.
• A second red ladder hangs on the quay wall.
• The thin mast on the roof in the middle is gone.
• The small blue house on the right is now pink.

Puzzle 2: Garden gnomes on concrete planters

Five differences. Look at the gnomes on the right and the top of the wall.

Show the answers to puzzle 2

• The white rock at the top right is gone.
• The gnome playing the guitar is mirrored.
• A second small gnome with a red hat stands beside the gnome in yellow.
• Another little gnome with a red hat sits among the leaves at the bottom.
• The blue hat of the gnome on the far right is now red.

Puzzle 3: House with geranium window boxes

Five differences. Check the roof, the windows and the flowers on the left.

Show the answers to puzzle 3

• There are now two sun decorations on the wall at the bottom.
• The small aerial on the roof is gone.
• The net curtain in the tall window is now darker.
• The street name sign on the left is gone.
• The red flowers in the box on the far left are now purple.

Puzzle 4: Coloured houses in an Arctic village

Five differences. Look at the houses in the middle distance and at the two big houses in front.

Show the answers to puzzle 4

• The long brown hut in the middle distance is gone.
• An extra small red house stands in the snow.
• The small dark red house in the middle now faces the other way.
• The wooden frame and bench on the far left are gone.
• The lower brown wall of the big house on the left is now green.

Puzzle 5: Modern house with coloured panels

Five differences. Look at the coloured panels, the roof and the bottom left corner.

Show the answers to puzzle 5

• The red panel below the balcony on the left is now blue.
• The tall yellow panel on the left side is now green.
• There is an extra chimney pipe on the roof.
• The red post under the house is gone.
• One of the two letterboxes at the bottom left is missing.

Puzzle 6: Yellow trams in Lisbon

Five differences. Look at the signs on top and the front and side of both trams.

Show the answers to puzzle 6

• The blue route sign on the tram on the left is now red.
• The round logo on the front of the tram on the left is gone.
• The two round lights at the bottom of the big tram are gone.
• The big tram now has a second round logo.
• The number 544 on the big tram is gone.

Puzzle 7: Santa and snowman figures for sale

Five differences. Look at the big figures in front, the table behind them and the dark top left corner.

Show the answers to puzzle 7

• The snowman’s red scarf is now green.
• One black button on the snowman with the broom is gone.
• There are now three small Santas at the top left instead of two.
• One wheel of the dark car parked at the very top is gone.
• The Santa head in the middle of the table now has a blue hat.

Puzzle 8: Houses near Buena Vista Park, San Francisco

Five differences. Check the rooftops against the sky, the parked cars and the villa on the left.

Show the answers to puzzle 8

• The blue van behind the silver car is now red.
• The dark pointed spire on the chimney at the left end of the grey roofs is gone.
• The round metal vent on the roof is gone.
• There are now two pairs of thin spires on the roof instead of one.
• The striped awning on the villa on the left is mirrored.

Puzzle 9: Vegetable boat market in Venice

Five differences. Look at the pink house at the top and the boats on the canal.

Show the answers to puzzle 9

• The chimney on top of the red house is gone.
• The orange box on the white boat is now turquoise.
• The dark green shutter on the yellow house is now dark red.
• The small white sign on the pink house is gone.
• There is an extra window at the top of the pink house.

Puzzle 10: Whitewashed village street in Turkey

Five differences. Look at the doors, windows and washing on the right, and along the kerb.

Show the answers to puzzle 10

• The brown door on the right is now green.
• The door on the left is mirrored, so its handle is on the other side.
• The white barred window now looks like the green one to its left.
• The piece of white paper on the kerb at the bottom right is gone.
• The red shirt on the washing line is now yellow.

Puzzle 11: Floating Chinese restaurant in Rotterdam

Five differences. Look at the roof tips, the red walls and the deck just above the water.

Show the answers to puzzle 11

• The ornament on top of the left roof is gone.
• The red wall around the window on the left is now blue.
• There are two yellow containers on the building site at the far left.
• The white satellite dish on the deck is gone.
• The staircase on the deck now runs the other way.

Puzzle 12: Copper jugs and vases, Mostar shop

Five differences. Compare the plates, the jars, the vases and the holes in the wall.

Show the answers to puzzle 12

• The painted plate at the top is now more green and blue.
• There is an extra hole in the wall between the jugs and the jar above.
• The hole in the wall on the far left is gone.
• The vase with the wavy rim on the left is now brass instead of copper.
• The left of the two lidded jars at the top right is now gold instead of copper.

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Questions about these puzzles

Can I print them and use them for free?

Yes, for personal and commercial use: in class, in newsletters, magazines and quiz sheets. All we ask is a link back to BigFoto.com; the box at the top of the page has a credit link you can copy.

How hard are they?

Each puzzle has exactly five changes, some easy and one or two small. Children usually find three or four quickly; the last one takes a closer look. Picture A is the original photo.

How were the differences made?

By hand on our own photos: a piece of sky, wall or water copied over an object, a colour turned, a detail mirrored. No AI was used, and every change is shown in the answers.