Sea Turtle Beside Sea Fan Coloring Page

About this page

On the left, a sea turtle floats with its head raised toward a stream of small bubbles, close beside a huge, lacy sea fan that fills the right half of the page. The fan branches in countless fine veins from a thick base. Its roots sit in a small mound of lumpy coral, with a starfish lying on the front, a few tube sponges at the right and a short bundle of sea plants at the left. Beads of coral line the mound's edges. The turtle's shell has big plates and its flippers have scale patterns. The giant fan contrasts nicely with the smooth turtle shapes. A medium page for adults, it rewards a few fine pencil colors in the fan while leaving big smooth areas to relax into on the shell.

In this picture

• sea turtle
• sea fan
• coral mound
• starfish
• tube sponges
• sea plants
• bubbles
• shell plates

Coloring ideas

• Color the sea fan in a purple-to-pink gradient so its veins glow
• Make the starfish a bright orange against the mound's muted tones
• Give the coral beads along the mound a different color from the base
• Fade the bubbles from pale blue at the bottom to white at the top
• Color the turtle's shell in earthy greens so the fan stays the star

Suggested palette

• purple
• magenta
• orange
• sea green
• sand
• aqua

Good for

• a relaxing weekend activity
• a framed reef piece
• a gift for a snorkeling fan

Coloring tips

• Start with the largest areas, then add detail.
• Test markers on spare paper to prevent bleed-through.
• Use lighter layers first when working with colored pencils.

Print guide

1. Choose the PDF that matches your paper size.
2. Print at 100% scale or “actual size”.
3. Use portrait orientation and normal print quality.