Color Me Mine franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening a Color Me Mine franchise takes $219,180 – $475,410 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is $30,000. Ongoing, franchisees pay a royalty of 5% on sales plus an ad-fund contribution of up to 1%. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated.
Color Me Mine franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | |
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $219,180 | $475,410 | $219,180 to $475,410 | |
| Net worth requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Liquid cash requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Cash to open (all-in range) | $219,180 | $475,410 | $219,180 to $475,410 | |
- 1 "Not disclosed" means Color Me Mine's filings do not state this figure. We publish the gap instead of estimating it.
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | 5% |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Up to 1% |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | 5 years |
See the full Color Me Mine cost breakdown — what's in that number and what isn't
How Color Me Mine's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where Color Me Mine's disclosed cost sits against the Education & Arts category:
- Minimum startup cost of $219,180 — about 2.2× the Education & Arts median of $100,538.
- Initial franchise fee of $30,000 — about 33% below the Education & Arts median of $44,750.
Category medians are computed from the Education & Arts brands in our data that disclosed each figure — a benchmark for scale, not a quality judgment. See all Education & Arts franchises
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How Color Me Mine's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2012–2021: began the window at 107 units; 51 units opened, 33 closed, ending at 122 units. (partial records: 2018 is not in the source data — totals span the reported years only.)
What about earnings?
We don't publish per-brand earnings figures — for Color Me Mine or anyone else. The only primary source is Item 19 of the brand's own franchise disclosure document (FDD), and no law requires a franchisor to publish one, so the "average owner income" numbers circulating elsewhere are usually unsourced or survivorship-biased. Ask Color Me Mine for its current FDD and read Item 19 yourself — and if there is no Item 19, that silence is information too.
What this data can't tell you
Everything on this page comes from disclosure filings — fees, ranges, and unit counts. Four questions that matter just as much are not in any filing we can source, so we say so instead of guessing:
- The hours and the labor
- No dataset field says whether Color Me Mine is a manage-from-a-laptop business or a 60-hour week in disguise. Item 15 of the FDD states whether you're obligated to run the business personally, and Item 11 lists what the franchisor actually does for you — then ask current owners what their week looks like (validation calls), not the sales team.
- How hands-on the ownership really is
- "Semi-absentee" is a pitch, not a filing field. Treat any hands-off claim as unverified until it's consistent with Item 15 and with what multiple current franchisees tell you — what absentee ownership actually means.
- Your territory — whether it's protected, and whether it's open
- Two territory questions sit outside our data. Whether Color Me Mine grants a protected or exclusive area is set in Item 12 of the FDD and varies brand to brand — some grant none, and the carve-outs (online sales, national accounts) matter as much as the map. And filing data can't say what's open in your market this month; only Color Me Mine can confirm current availability. Ask both before you inquire, and get the answer in writing.
- What owners earn
- Covered honestly above: our dataset has no earnings fields, the only primary source is the brand's own Item 19, and here is how to read that evidence.
About the Color Me Mine franchise
Color Me Mine is an education & arts franchisor with 122 units at the end of 2021 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2012 and 2021, it began the window at 107 units; its filings record 51 unit openings and 33 closures, ending at 122 units (partial records: 2018 is not in the source data — totals span the reported years only). Its parent company is Twist Brands LLC.
No franchise-related lawsuits reported in the disclosure data we hold (FDD Item 3, as of 2026-05) — an absence in our sources, not a guarantee; confirm against the brand's current FDD.
From the franchisor's materials
The franchised business being offered is Color Me Mine, a ceramic and craft studio offering customers instruction and services in ceramics, crafts, and products, including bisqueware, paint, glazing services, materials, and instruction for paint-your-own pottery and other related craft activities, which may include wet clay, mosaics, glass, tie dye and the like.
Color Me Mine franchise: quick answers
- How much does a Color Me Mine franchise cost?
- $219,180 – $475,410 all-in to open, per Color Me Mine's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many Color Me Mine units are there?
- 122 units at the end of 2021 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have Color Me Mine's units held up?
- 88% of units at risk between 2019 and 2021 did not close, per our metric recomputed from FDD Item 20-style unit history (methodology published on our verification page).