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Animals coloring pages

These animal coloring pages take you from the forest to the savanna: a fox among the trees, a peacock showing off its long tail feathers and a tall giraffe reaching for leaves. Each drawing has the animal in its home, with plants, branches and grass around it, so there is plenty to color besides the animal itself. They are a great way to talk about where animals live and what they eat while you color together. Try warm oranges and browns for the fox, rich blues and greens for the peacock and a patchwork of yellows and browns for the giraffe, or ignore nature completely and invent your own colors. The pages suit older children, teenagers and adults who like a bit of detail. Download any page as a free PDF in A4 or Letter size and print it at home or at school, or color it on a phone or tablet in the Pencilbloom app and save your finished animal to your gallery.

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Coloring page of a fox sitting in a forest
Coloring page of a peacock with its long tail feathers
Coloring page of a giraffe eating leaves from a tree

How to print and color this page

Every coloring page on Pencilbloom is a free printable PDF with clean, closed outlines, so each area is easy to fill without going over the lines. Here is how to get the best result at home.

  1. Tap Download PDF to save the page, or Print to send it straight to your printer. When both sizes are offered, pick A4 or US Letter to match your paper.
  2. Print at 100% scale, often called “actual size”, so the outlines stay sharp and nothing is cut off at the edges.
  3. Use plain white paper for colored pencils and crayons. For markers or paint, thicker paper of 120 g/m² or more stops the ink from bleeding through.
  4. Start with the largest areas in light colors, then add darker shades, patterns and small details last. Light layers are easier to fix than dark ones. If you don’t like a color, you can usually cover it with a darker one.
  5. Take your time: a detailed page can take an hour or more, and it is fine to finish it over a few days. Good light makes the colors easier to judge.
  6. Not sure which colors to choose? Open the page in the Pencilbloom app: its camera shows which color goes where on your printed sheet, one area at a time.
  7. Coloring with kids? Print one copy each, or print a spare to test your colors before you start on the real page. Little ones can start with the big areas and leave the fine details to grown-ups.

When you finish, pick another picture from the coloring pages below, or learn to draw one yourself with a step-by-step lesson.

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