Your pictures on the theme of 'three colours'

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We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "three colours". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.

Image source, Tom Reynolds
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Tom Reynolds: "Beautiful sunflower fields In France. Taken when having lunch in a motorhome while touring."

Image source, Ila Schloss
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Ila Schloss: "A wonderful installation I stumbled upon in Cromwell, Connecticut. It has been said that it is the best use of a Yugo that many have ever seen! I love how animated they are, doing their very best to stay in position."

Image source, Kim Osborn
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Kim Osborn took this picture at The Longleat Balloon Festival in Wiltshire: "One of Europe's largest annual hot air balloon events, a spectacular night glow to music in memoriam of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Simply mesmerising."

Image source, Emma Warren
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Emma Warren: "I've bin struggling to get my photos published, as they're all a bit rubbish!"

Image source, Liz Clayton
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Liz Clayton: "I successfully grew these anemones this year. The purples, greens and yellows are so vibrant in the sun."

Image source, Mike Wright
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Mike Wright: "Close-up of three tulips, deliberately out of focus to emphasise the colours."

Image source, Mark Dakin
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Mark Dakin: "I hadn't realised that tulips only open up in the sun. I saw this flower a few days ago but, by the time I returned with my camera, the sun had gone in and the flower had closed. Good things come to those who wait."

Image source, Lee Harris
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Lee Harris: "A pheasant's eye daffodil, one of the most beautiful flowers of spring. Taken in Graves Park in Sheffield this year."

Image source, Matthew Logan
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Matthew Logan: "Every summer a huge field of sunflowers blooms along the Potomac River. The land, owned by the State of Maryland [USA], provides habitat and forage for wildlife."

Image source, Diana Woodhouse
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Diana Woodhouse took this picture of three coffee cups.

Image source, Tim Kehoe
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Tim Kehoe in the Danish capital, Copenhagen: "Restaurants and cafés, with their colourful furniture, are prepared to welcome springtime guests, but today - despite the sunshine - it's too chilly to sit outside."

Image source, Lorraine Devlin
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Lorraine Devlin: "A close-up of beads from my collection of vintage and antique glass necklaces. Red, white and blue - the three colours of our national flag."

Image source, Dave Hamer
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Dave Hamer: "Making light work of the wine gums, yum yum."

Image source, Mark Weaver
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Mark Weaver: "Trees glow three colours at a light show in my local park."

Image source, Antony Baduns
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Antony Baduns: "Colourful workmen`s markings, highlighting utility pipes on a pavement in Forfar, Angus."

Image source, David Hutchins
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David Hutchins: "I was walking past an outdoor basketball court and the abstract nature of this part of the court just caught my attention."

Image source, Kadir Mumyakmaz
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Kadir Mumyakmaz: "An original Italian scooter decorated with the Italian Flag's colours, proudly stands in front of an Italian restaurant in central London."

The next theme is "springtime" and the deadline for entries is 16 May 2023.

The pictures will be published later that week and you will be able to find them, along with other galleries, on the In Pictures section of the BBC News website.

You can upload your entries on this page or email them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk.

Terms and conditions apply.

Further details and themes are at: We set the theme, you take the pictures.

All photographs subject to copyright.

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