Get links to over 100 free adult coloring pages! You’ll love these printable favorites including all occasion, nature, inspirational quotes, holidays, and more.
Scroll down to the bottom of the post to get a video of something you can make with your coloring pages once they’re complete! It’s a fun craft idea so I’ll let you check it out.
I’m totally obsessed with adult coloring! And free adult coloring pages so that I can practice my craft. Not so very long ago, I wrote a guide on how to do it – because let me be honest, as an adult I need to be told how to relax. In that guide, I also reviewed various coloring tools and which ones were my favorites.
Adult Coloring Pages
Now I’m sharing a HUGE collection of free adult coloring pages with you! I absolutely love coloring books and own a bunch of those, but I love the printable adult coloring pages too. It’s nice to be able to grab a particular design that you like depending on your mood!
If you are just as into free coloring pages as I am, check out the options below. I’ve been to each of these links personally and have either printed and colored them (or they are on my list). There’s a ton and it’s going to take me awhile to work through of them . . . but that’s what I love!
This list should keep you busy for, well, forever! Visit the links below to download your favorite free coloring pages. These free adult coloring pages (with a few at the bottom for kids because I felt guilty) are organized by category so you can find what you are looking for easily. Enjoy!
What Paper Should I Use for Printing my Adult Coloring Pages?
Standard printer paper is typically 20 – 40 lb. I like to use 60 or 80 lb. paper to print my coloring pages (which is typically at most stores where you’d buy printer paper).
When the paper is a bit thicker, it makes the colors more vibrant. Standard printer paper is very thin!
The 60 or 80 lb. paper is also easier to use in crafts. If I know I’m going to Mod Podge the coloring pages, I might even print them on white cardstock!
What Colored Pencils Should I Use?
It’s funny you should ask, because I’ve tested a bunch of colored pencils myself and found the best colored pencils for adult coloring books (and they work for printables too).
To give you an idea of what to expect, I found the Pentel Arts set of 24 colored pencils to be the best cheap colored pencils. You need to see my other picks though – there are some fun options!
Now onto the adult coloring pages!
100+ Free Coloring Pages
GENERAL/ALL-OCCASION Free Coloring Pages
- Abstract designs – Trail of Colors
- Abstract pattern – Art is Fun
- Art supplies – Edupics
- Binder front page – Balancing Home
- Crayon mandala – Don’t Eat the Paste
- Fifty states – Doodle Art Alley
- Free quote bookmarks – Dawn Nicole Designs
- Gemstones – Shrimp Salad Circus
- Geometric designs – Sew Mama Sew
- Geometric lines – Coloring Pages for Adults
- Geometric shape – Color Pages for Mom
- Hipster girl – CreaChick
- Hydrangea and peonies – Just Paint It
- Inspiraled – Crayola
- Knot to color – Don’t Eat the Paste
- Many mandalas – Coloring Pages for Adult
- More mandalas – Coloring Pages for Adults
- Modern masks – Coloring Pages for Adults
- Row of houses – Dabbles and Babbles
- Sewing machines – Crafterhours
- Sewing notions – Crafterhours
- Stained glass window – Dover Publications
- Steampunk fashion – Dover Publications
- Sun mandala – Don’t Eat the Paste
- Tattooed girl – CreaChick
- Tea party – Just Paint It
NATURE/FANTASY Adult Coloring Pages
- Abstract florals -Art is Fun
- Beautiful butterfly – Dover Publications
- Birds and giraffes – Easy Peasy and Fun
- Boy and girl owls – Dover Publications
- Butterflies and flowers – Crafts on Sea
- Chameleon – Topkleurpaat
- Cute cats – Lilt Kids
- Deer – CreaChick
- Elephants – Easy Peasy and Fun
- Fantasy elves and unicorns – S. Macs Place to Be
- Fantasy fairies – Amy Brown
- Floral designs – Dover Publications
- Flower fashion – Dover Publications
- Flower swirls – Easy Peasy and Fun
- Hearts and flowers – 100 Directions
- Mermaids – Red Ted Art
- Mindful flowers – Red Ted Art
- Mushrooms – Dove Publications
- Openwork cats (several pages) – Komeko
- Owl in a tree – Zenspirations
- Owls and butterflies zentangle – Black Flower Creative
- Peacocks – Easy Peasy and Fun
- Rooster and hens – Dover Publications
- Secret garden (five pages) – The Guardian
- Strawberry mandala – Don’t Eat the Paste
- Three pages of florals – Feeling inspired
- Under the sea – Easy Peasy and Fun
- Whimsical flowers – Trail of Colors
- Woodland deer – Red Ted Art
- Zentangle flowers – Yet Another Mom Blog
INSPIRATIONAL/QUOTES Coloring Pages for Adults
- Breathe and Choose hope today – Coloring Pages Bliss
- Color my heart happy – Dawn Nicole Designs
- Dance, love, sing, live – Craftsy
- Do all things with kindness – Dawn Nicole Designs
- Doing this for me – Tried & True
- Dr. Seuss quotes – Country Chic Cottage
- Dream, create, inspire – Live Laugh Rowe
- Dream it, do it – Dawn Nicole Designs
- Everything will be okay – Beauty That Moves
- Hello lovely – Dawn Nicole Designs
- If you can be anything, be kind – Dawn Nicole Designs
- Just let it go – Tried & True
- Peace comes from within – Lilt Kids
- Shine on you crazy diamond – Shrimp Salad Circus
- The heavens declare the glory of God – Pitter & Glink
- The nights are long, the years are short – Tried & True
- The world smiled – Tried & True
- Today is a new day – Chica Circle
- Today is going to be awesome – In the Playroom
- Your dream does not have an expiration date – Craftsy
HOLIDAYS AND SEASONS Free Adult Coloring Pages
Christmas
- Candy cane stained glass – Dover Publications
- Charlie Brown Christmas – Cartoon Jr
- Christmas balls – Coloring Pages 1001
- Christmas street – Activity Village
- Christmas coloring pages – Free-n-Fun Christmas
- Holiday candles – Dover Publications
- Joy! – Don’t Eat the Paste
- North Pole sign – Super Coloring
- Ornaments, stocking, candle, bell – Educational Insights
- Ornament wreath – Free-n-fun Christmas
- Outdoor lights – Dover Publications
- Pretty packages – Dover Publications
- Santas (several of them!) – Great Kids Birthday Parties
- Santa leaving presents – Easy Peasy and Fun
- Snow globe – Education.com
- Snowman ornaments – Dawn Nicole Designs
- Snowy house – Coloring Book
- The Grinch! – Hello Kids
New Years
- Happy New Year – Stephanie Ackerman Designs
Valentine’s Day
- Love you forever – Tried & True
- I love ewe and you light up my life – Pink Stripey Socks
- I love everything about you – Tried & True
- Rainbow love – Don’t Eat the Paste
- Whatever our souls – Tried & True
- You are perfect in every way – Tried & True
- You are my sunshine – Tried & True
- You are always in my heart – Tried & True
St. Patrick’s Day
- I am so lucky to know you – Tried & True
Spring
- The Lorax inspired Earth Day coloring page – Dawn Nicole Designs
- Under my umbrellas – Shrimp Salad Circus
Mother’s Day
- You are so very loved – Dawn Nicole Designs
Summer
- Colorful summer collection – Hallmark
- Hot air balloon party – Parents.com
- Summer bucket list – Lindsay Hopkins
- Summer collection – Easy Peasy and Fun
- Sand castle coloring page (scroll down in the link) – Art is Fun
- Ice cream – Just Paint It
Thanksgiving
- Dotted and striped turkey – U Create
- Give thanks – Dawn Nicole Designs
- Grateful heart turkey – Red Ted Art
- Turkey, cornucopia, fallen leaves, squirrel – Make and Takes
- Thankful for you – 100 Directions
Fourth of July
- 4th of July collection – Easy Peasy and Fun
- American flag and paper sparkler wands – 100 Directions
- Independence Day eagle – Crayola
Fall
- Enchanted squirrel – In the Playroom
- Fall makes my heart happy – Dawn Nicole Designs
- Fall boomarks – Dawn Nicole Designs
- Fall tree – U Create
- Fallen leaves – 100 Directions
- Harvest pumpkin at Homeschool Encouragement
- I love you more than pumpkin spice everything – Tried & True
- Leaves, flowers, acorns – Alisa Burke
- Pumpkin doodles – Balancing Home
- Scrollwork pumpkin – 100 Directions
- Whimsical owl – 100 Directions
- Zentangle feather – Coloring Pages for Adults
Halloween
- Halloween coloring pages for kids – Coloring-pages.info
- Happy Halloween – The Pinning Mama
- Haunted house – Mr. Printables
- Haunted houses – Dover Publications
- Haunted pumpkin patch – Dover Publications
- It’s just a bunch of hocus pocus – Eighteen25
- Quilting spiders – U Create
- Skull coloring pages – Cool 2 B Kids
- Sugar skull – 100 Directions
- Sugar skulls – AZ Coloring
- Witches brew – Just Paint It
- Zombie love – Coloring Life
CELEBRATIONS Printable Adult Coloring Pages
- Happy Birthday gift tags – Pitter & Glink
- Thank you – Don’t Eat the Paste
FOR KIDS . . . just because sometimes we don’t want to color without them!
- Barbie coloring pages – Only Coloring Pages
- Cinderella inspired quotes – In the Playroom
- Disney coloring pages – Only Coloring Pages
- Flextangles for Christmas and Winter – Red Ted Art
- Frozen movie – Only Coloring Pages
- My Little Pony – Coloring-pages.info
- Pokemon coloring pages – Coloring-pages.info
- Star Wars – Everything Etsy
Where do you find your favorite free adult coloring pages? Let me know your favorite source for free coloring pages in the comments!
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Jan Klatt says
November 30, 2015 at 5:16 pmI am interested in the Nature/Fantasy themed Free coloring books. Do the free coloring books require a purchase? If the coloring books are indeed free, without any purchase, how do i go about getting them?
Amy says
November 30, 2015 at 6:15 pmHi Jan! I am not aware of entire free coloring books – this compilation is single pages alone. To reach each printable page, click on the link of the name and it will take you there. Then you can decide if you like enough to print! 😀
Lynn Marie White ~ Serendipity's Treasures says
February 17, 2016 at 10:34 pmHi, Thanks so much for letting me include this on my blog, I hope you got a chance to check out the contest! I really appreciate you sharing your fantastic article on Coloring 101 along with your collections of pages.
Lindsay - Shrimp Salad Circus says
February 22, 2016 at 9:37 amThanks so much for linking to my coloring pages, lady! <3
Debbie says
February 25, 2016 at 2:10 amI would like to get the coloring pages but I would like to find color by number with bigger pictures. Is there any such thing. When. I relax I don’t want to make dEcisions as to what color to use..
Amy says
February 25, 2016 at 8:26 amHi Debbie! So I didn’t find many good “color by number” pages for adults when I googled. If you are willing to spend a little money, here are some good color by number books for adults: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=aps&keywords=color+by+number+adults&linkCode=as2&tag=diycandy-20&linkId=DZGM4TF5VSJFWLVT
They have 40 – 50 designs per book which is a great value!
Stephen E Vaile says
February 26, 2016 at 9:36 pmSo where are the “manly man” not “girly man” coloring book topics/pages. BTW use a font color an old indan can actually see!
alicefahl says
March 6, 2016 at 11:57 amIi like the adult coloring page
Lilly says
March 30, 2016 at 7:47 amI would also mention my favourite free coloring pages source: http://topcoloringpages.net/
Debbie says
April 12, 2016 at 4:39 amWow!! Thank you for the list – fantastic 🙂
Janie says
April 14, 2016 at 11:13 amLoved all the information and advise, I haven’t downloaded any pages yet. My problem is I don’t know what kind of paper is best to use. I color mainly with gel pens( I liked the detailed mandalas)
Also my mom colors using mainly pencils. What paper would be best for each of these?
Amy says
April 14, 2016 at 12:36 pmI use printer paper with “Colorlok” technology. I find there’s no bleeding and pencils go on smoothly. I still need to try more papers, and I’ll do my review . . . however, until then, use this guide to find that type of paper near you! http://www.colorlok.com/
iindetya says
May 16, 2016 at 9:20 amThank youuuuu!!!
Antonina says
June 18, 2016 at 1:21 pmHi Amy,
I’ve just launched a website where I publish my printablemandalas and floral patterns (oriental style) daily to download as a way of promoting my forthcoming books. I aim at always having 14 free designs + 2 weekend mini-books available (it’s been 4 days now since I launched, so there are 4 colouring pages and 1 mini e-book now:) Each design is there for 14 days, and then I archive it while getting new ones instead, so a regular visitor won’t be bored or disappointed. Perhaps you would consider adding my sites: gumroad.com/dailymandala and to your list? Thank you very much for this great article in any case!
Talia Knight says
July 5, 2016 at 4:35 pmThanks for this comprehensive list of coloring pages. I love how you categorized it to make it easy for people to find what they want.
I’ve created a free mandala coloring book with six mandalas for people to enjoy. It would probably go under the general/all occasion category, since the mandalas are abstract.
Each mandala has crisp, clean lines without any of the fuzziness that we so often see in free coloring pages.
Thanks!
How To Draw says
July 18, 2016 at 12:41 amThanks Amy for sharing this amazing coloring pages list with us.
maggy, red ted art says
October 1, 2016 at 11:00 amWowee what a fantastic list, honoured to be included. Many thanks!
Evelyn Gavilanes says
October 6, 2016 at 9:43 amI’m looking forward to these pages, I’m living in Ecuador, adult coloring books are not available here yet.
sue salisbury says
December 26, 2016 at 7:50 ami do not have a printer how can you be able to send them through the mail box
Amy says
December 26, 2016 at 12:11 pmHi Sue! There’s no way to send them – but what you can do is go to a FedEx Kinkos and print them. It’s inexpensive when you are just doing black and white copies! 😀
ColorGaia says
February 18, 2017 at 4:55 pmThanks for putting this list together. Free coloring pages are great – I think a lot of the coloring programs at hospitals, nursing homes, and community centers couldn’t exist without them. Some of the really high quality coloring books are just so expensive!
While free coloring pages are great and give a lot of people the opportunity to get back into coloring, it’s important to make sure the artists are getting credit for there work. I used to love going on Pinterest and finding thousands of free coloring pages until I realized that a lot of them were stolen. Generally, if the artist of the page is not cited, I’m skeptical that a website has permission to give away the page.
I know it’s tempting to download all the free pages you can, but if we don’t have some respect for the artists that create these beautiful works, what’s their incentive to keep making coloring pages?