Adult Coloring Pages

Where to start

• Gardens: the enclosed fern garden, the garden maze door and the night garden cottage.
• Landscapes and villages: the wolf pack in a forest panorama, the mountain bus road and the waterfall through four seasons.
• Markets and streets: the tram on a rainy street, the historic market arcade and the pretzel bakery display.
• Rooms and libraries: the grand library reading hall, the Victorian bedroom and the clockwork room.
• Animals: the octopus and sunken galleon, the moonlit fox and the owl in a tree hollow.

How to print these well

Fine lines need a little more care than a simple page.

• Use "Fit to page" at full size. Shrinking the page makes small spaces harder to color.
• Choose your print quality. "Normal" or "High" keeps thin lines crisp. "Draft" can leave them gray and broken.
• Pick heavier paper if you can. Regular copy paper is fine for colored pencils. Markers can bleed through, so use cardstock or put a spare sheet underneath.

What should I color with?

• Colored pencils are the easiest choice. A sharp point gets into the smallest spaces, and you can layer colors.
• Fine-tip markers give bold, even color. Test one on a corner first.
• Gel pens are great for small accents like lanterns, flowers and stars.

How to start a page this detailed

Pick three to five colors before you begin, then work out from the middle so your hand doesn't smudge what you've done. Do the big background areas last, once you've seen how the rest looks. And there's no need to finish in one sitting. Want a different challenge? Try coloring a page in one color from our monochrome coloring pages.