The invention provides an artificial colored sand which is manufactured by composite color paste and gravel, wherein the composite color paste includes acrylic ester emulsion, toner, auxiliaries and water. According to the technical scheme, the produced artificial colored sand is rich in color, has bright and uniform color and luster, and has little limitation from the ore source; and meanwhile, the artificial colored sand has the cost lower than that of the natural colored sand, and the demand of a customer on personalized color can be met; and the economy and environmental protection can be achieved; and moreover, the composite color paste and the gravel have high attaching force during being sintered, so that the flexibility of the colored sand is improved. Compared with currently used natural colored sand, the artificial colored sand provided by the invention has uniform color, excellent film forming property, high attaching force, high resistance to water and alkali, relatively high pollution resistance, and super wear resistance, is economic and environment-friendly, and solves the problems of the natural colored sand that the ore sources are gradually reduced, the demands on production cannot be met, products in different batches have color difference, and the timeliness of the production cannot be met.