Shark Coloring Pages (Free PDF Printables)

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By: Papaya Ink Team · Last updated: October 14, 2026

Sharks are far better company on paper than their reputation suggests, and these shark coloring pages offer two very different ways to meet them. The black-and-white sheets are cartoon sharks with busy underwater lives, drawn in bold, friendly lines. The color-sample sheets are portraits of real species in their real homes: the whale shark and the basking shark, the great white and the shortfin mako, great hammerheads and bonnetheads, tiger, blue, nurse and reef sharks, plus the odd bottom dwellers most people have never heard of, from the walking epaulette shark to the fringed wobbegong. The cartoons suit younger colorers; the realistic pages reward an adult with time and sharp pencils.

Use the Show me buttons above the grid to see All, Black & White only, or With Color Sample. On a color-sample sheet the finished picture sits on top, the same drawing waits as line art below, and a dotted line runs between them, so you can keep the guide beside you or cut it off. Click any picture and its PDF opens – US Letter, fits A4. A black-and-white printer turns the sample gray, which still works as a map of light and dark. The PDF book button gathers the black-and-white sheets into a single file.

Real sharks are easier to color than they look once you know the trick most of them use: countershading. An open-water shark is dark on the back and pale underneath, so from above it fades into the deep and from below it disappears against the bright surface. Lay the darkest tone along the top, let it soften down the sides and leave the belly nearly white. Spots and stripes go on last, over the base color – or around it, when the spots are white. The backgrounds are where you can play: layer two or three blues for the water, let a few streaks of bare paper stand in for sunlight, and keep your boldest oranges and pinks for the coral.

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Shark Coloring Pages - A whale shark in a party hat celebrates a birthday under the sea with sea turtles, an octopus with a gift, a shell garland and a tiered cake. Detailed. — A whale shark in a party hat celebrates a birthday under the sea with sea turtles, an octopus with a gift, a shell garland and a tiered cake. Detailed.

Shark Coloring Pages - A hammerhead shark builds a seashell sandcastle while a crab and a starfish watch from the shallows. — A hammerhead shark builds a seashell sandcastle while a crab and a starfish watch from the shallows.

Shark Coloring Pages - A friendly shark discovers an open treasure chest beside a sunken pirate ship with an octopus captain on deck. Detailed. — A friendly shark discovers an open treasure chest beside a sunken pirate ship with an octopus captain on deck. Detailed.

Shark Coloring Pages - A shark waters a coral garden from a seashell watering can while a seahorse tends the plants. — A shark waters a coral garden from a seashell watering can while a seahorse tends the plants.

Shark Coloring Pages - Four sharks share a picnic basket of seashell treats on a checkered blanket on the seafloor. — Four sharks share a picnic basket of seashell treats on a checkered blanket on the seafloor.

Shark Coloring Pages - A shark in a bow tie conducts an underwater orchestra with an octopus drummer, singing dolphins and a crab shell band. Detailed. — A shark in a bow tie conducts an underwater orchestra with an octopus drummer, singing dolphins and a crab shell band. Detailed.

Shark Coloring Pages - A shark and a sea turtle visit an underwater amusement park with a seahorse carousel and a seashell Ferris wheel. Detailed. — A shark and a sea turtle visit an underwater amusement park with a seahorse carousel and a seashell Ferris wheel. Detailed.

Shark Coloring Pages - A shark teacher points at a seashell chart while a class of fish raise their fins from coral desks. Detailed. — A shark teacher points at a seashell chart while a class of fish raise their fins from coral desks. Detailed.

Shark Coloring Pages - A whale shark reads a bedtime story to five baby whale sharks tucked into seashell beds while lantern fish glow above. — A whale shark reads a bedtime story to five baby whale sharks tucked into seashell beds while lantern fish glow above.

Shark Coloring Pages - Two shark ladies in a sun hat, a bow and pearl necklaces enjoy a tea party served by an octopus waiter. — Two shark ladies in a sun hat, a bow and pearl necklaces enjoy a tea party served by an octopus waiter.

Shark Coloring Pages - A shark in a chef hat holds a tray of starfish and shell cookies while an octopus pipes cupcakes in an underwater bakery. — A shark in a chef hat holds a tray of starfish and shell cookies while an octopus pipes cupcakes in an underwater bakery.

Shark Coloring Pages - A whale shark wearing a flower lei swims through a coral arch while a turtle, a ray and two seahorses wave flags. — A whale shark wearing a flower lei swims through a coral arch while a turtle, a ray and two seahorses wave flags.

Shark Coloring Pages - A shark picks a book from a curved seashell library while a turtle in glasses studies and two fish read at a coral table. Detailed. — A shark picks a book from a curved seashell library while a turtle in glasses studies and two fish read at a coral table. Detailed.

Shark Coloring Pages - A hammerhead shark hands up a toolbox as a beaver and a pelican repair a lighthouse, with three ducklings in a rowboat below. — A hammerhead shark hands up a toolbox as a beaver and a pelican repair a lighthouse, with three ducklings in a rowboat below.

Shark Coloring Pages - A shark mail carrier delivers letters to seashell mailboxes for a turtle, an octopus, a crab and a seahorse family. — A shark mail carrier delivers letters to seashell mailboxes for a turtle, an octopus, a crab and a seahorse family.

Shark Coloring Pages - A whale shark builds a toy sailboat at a workbench with a crab and a shrimp helping and a toolbox on the floor. — A whale shark builds a toy sailboat at a workbench with a crab and a shrimp helping and a toolbox on the floor.

Shark Coloring Pages - A shark flies a starfish kite above the waves while a dolphin leaps beside it, with palm trees and a sailboat on the horizon. — A shark flies a starfish kite above the waves while a dolphin leaps beside it, with palm trees and a sailboat on the horizon.

Shark Coloring Pages - A shark, a seahorse and a clownfish gently pull a sea turtle free from tangled seaweed on the reef. — A shark, a seahorse and a clownfish gently pull a sea turtle free from tangled seaweed on the reef.

Shark Coloring Pages - A busy underwater festival with whale sharks, a hammerhead, a tiger shark, rays, jellyfish, food stands and a dolphin concert on a seashell stage. Detailed. — A busy underwater festival with whale sharks, a hammerhead, a tiger shark, rays, jellyfish, food stands and a dolphin concert on a seashell stage. Detailed.

Shark Coloring Pages - The biggest fish alive eats some of the smallest food in the sea, straining plankton through a mouth as wide as a doorway. No two whale sharks share the same spot pattern. Leave every spot white and color around it. — The biggest fish alive eats some of the smallest food in the sea, straining plankton through a mouth as wide as a doorway. No two whale sharks share the same spot pattern. Leave every spot white and color around it.

Shark Coloring Pages - Why the hammer? Eyes set at the far ends of the head give a wider view, and the broad head is packed with sensors that find stingrays buried in the sand. Save your loudest pinks and oranges for the reef. — Why the hammer? Eyes set at the far ends of the head give a wider view, and the broad head is packed with sensors that find stingrays buried in the sand. Save your loudest pinks and oranges for the reef.

Shark Coloring Pages - Half of this shark is tail. Threshers swing that long upper fin like a whip to stun sardines, then circle back to collect them. They also visit rocky pinnacles like this one, where small cleaner fish pick their skin clean. — Half of this shark is tail. Threshers swing that long upper fin like a whip to stun sardines, then circle back to collect them. They also visit rocky pinnacles like this one, where small cleaner fish pick their skin clean.

Shark Coloring Pages - Notice how the sea turtle keeps its distance. Tiger sharks are among the very few animals that can crack a turtle shell. Their stripes are boldest in youth and fade with age - brown bands over a gray-brown body. — Notice how the sea turtle keeps its distance. Tiger sharks are among the very few animals that can crack a turtle shell. Their stripes are boldest in youth and fade with age – brown bands over a gray-brown body.

Shark Coloring Pages - Long, slim and built for distance, blue sharks cross entire oceans. That color is real: deep indigo on the back, bright blue sides, snow-white belly. Three blues, dark to light, will do the whole shark. — Long, slim and built for distance, blue sharks cross entire oceans. That color is real: deep indigo on the back, bright blue sides, snow-white belly. Three blues, dark to light, will do the whole shark.

Shark Coloring Pages - Ink-dipped fin tips give this shark away even from the surface. Young blacktips grow up in mangrove shallows, where the tangle of roots keeps bigger predators out. Detailed - two sharks, a forest of roots and leaves on the sand. — Ink-dipped fin tips give this shark away even from the surface. Young blacktips grow up in mangrove shallows, where the tangle of roots keeps bigger predators out. Detailed – two sharks, a forest of roots and leaves on the sand.

Shark Coloring Pages - Most sharks must keep swimming to breathe. Not the whitetip reef shark: it spends the day lying still in caves and under ledges, pumping water over its gills, and hunts at night. This one found a table coral for a roof. — Most sharks must keep swimming to breathe. Not the whitetip reef shark: it spends the day lying still in caves and under ledges, pumping water over its gills, and hunts at night. This one found a table coral for a roof.

Shark Coloring Pages - Those two little whiskers are barbels, used to feel for food in the sand. Nurse sharks feed by suction, pulling crabs out of crevices with one sudden gulp - which makes the hermit crab in the corner either brave or badly informed. — Those two little whiskers are barbels, used to feel for food in the sand. Nurse sharks feed by suction, pulling crabs out of crevices with one sudden gulp – which makes the hermit crab in the corner either brave or badly informed.

Shark Coloring Pages - Zebra shark, yet covered in spots? The name comes from the young, which are dark with pale stripes; the stripes break into spots as the shark grows up. Sand-colored body, one dark brown for every spot. — Zebra shark, yet covered in spots? The name comes from the young, which are dark with pale stripes; the stripes break into spots as the shark grows up. Sand-colored body, one dark brown for every spot.

Shark Coloring Pages - Saddles and spots, kelp, and a pair of orange garibaldi - this is the California coast. Leopard sharks are harmless to people and gather in warm, shallow bays every summer. The garibaldi are the excuse for your brightest orange. — Saddles and spots, kelp, and a pair of orange garibaldi – this is the California coast. Leopard sharks are harmless to people and gather in warm, shallow bays every summer. The garibaldi are the excuse for your brightest orange.

Shark Coloring Pages - This shark walks. At low tide the epaulette shark crosses tide pools on its fins as if they were legs, and it can get by on very little oxygen when the water is cut off. The big dark spot behind the head is the epaulette. — This shark walks. At low tide the epaulette shark crosses tide pools on its fins as if they were legs, and it can get by on very little oxygen when the water is cut off. The big dark spot behind the head is the epaulette.

Shark Coloring Pages - Dark harness markings make the Port Jackson shark easy to recognize in Australian waters. It lays spiral, screw-shaped eggs and wedges them into rock crevices - there is one tucked in at the left of the scene. — Dark harness markings make the Port Jackson shark easy to recognize in Australian waters. It lays spiral, screw-shaped eggs and wedges them into rock crevices – there is one tucked in at the left of the scene.

Shark Coloring Pages - Named for the short spines in front of its back fins, the horn shark hides in rocky caves by day and hunts sea urchins at night. It eats so many purple urchins that its teeth can turn purple. A detailed page, heavy on rock texture. — Named for the short spines in front of its back fins, the horn shark hides in rocky caves by day and hunts sea urchins at night. It eats so many purple urchins that its teeth can turn purple. A detailed page, heavy on rock texture.

Shark Coloring Pages - Bold brown bands are a childhood outfit: brownbanded bamboo sharks fade to plain brown as adults. This youngster is gliding past a giant clam, whose wavy blue-green mantle is the showpiece of the page. — Bold brown bands are a childhood outfit: brownbanded bamboo sharks fade to plain brown as adults. This youngster is gliding past a giant clam, whose wavy blue-green mantle is the showpiece of the page.

Shark Coloring Pages - Find the mouth. A fringe of branching skin flaps hides the outline of the wobbegong's head, so it lies on the reef looking like part of it and waits for fish to wander close. Detailed - every rosette on its back is a separate shape. — Find the mouth. A fringe of branching skin flaps hides the outline of the wobbegong's head, so it lies on the reef looking like part of it and waits for fish to wander close. Detailed – every rosette on its back is a separate shape.

Shark Coloring Pages - Bonnetheads are the hammerheads that eat their greens. Alongside crabs and shrimp they swallow plenty of seagrass, and they really do digest it. With seagrass everywhere and crabs on the sand, greens and sand tones do most of the work here. — Bonnetheads are the hammerheads that eat their greens. Alongside crabs and shrimp they swallow plenty of seagrass, and they really do digest it. With seagrass everywhere and crabs on the sand, greens and sand tones do most of the work here.

Shark Coloring Pages - Second-largest fish in the world, and as gentle as they come. The basking shark cruises slowly with its mouth wide open, filtering plankton through those long gill slits. Big, open shapes - an easier page despite the size of the animal. — Second-largest fish in the world, and as gentle as they come. The basking shark cruises slowly with its mouth wide open, filtering plankton through those long gill slits. Big, open shapes – an easier page despite the size of the animal.

Shark Coloring Pages - Under the Arctic ice lives what may be the longest-lived animal with a backbone. Greenland sharks barely grow in a year and are thought to reach several centuries of age. Cold blues for the ice, a mottled brown-gray for the shark. — Under the Arctic ice lives what may be the longest-lived animal with a backbone. Greenland sharks barely grow in a year and are thought to reach several centuries of age. Cold blues for the ice, a mottled brown-gray for the shark.

Shark Coloring Pages - Flying fish leave the water in a hurry when a shortfin mako shows up. Makos are the fastest sharks known and can launch themselves clear of the surface. Metallic blue on top, white below, with a few bright streaks of sunlight left on its back. — Flying fish leave the water in a hurry when a shortfin mako shows up. Makos are the fastest sharks known and can launch themselves clear of the surface. Metallic blue on top, white below, with a few bright streaks of sunlight left on its back.

Shark Coloring Pages - Everyone knows the great white, but few notice where the gray stops. It ends along a sharp, wavy line, and everything below is white, so the shark blends with the dark deep from above and the bright surface from below. Copy that edge carefully. — Everyone knows the great white, but few notice where the gray stops. It ends along a sharp, wavy line, and everything below is white, so the shark blends with the dark deep from above and the bright surface from below. Copy that edge carefully.

Shark Coloring Pages - Nose down and heading for the reef, the whale shark shows off the thickest skin of any animal on Earth. The grid of spots across its back is slow, calm work - a page to settle into with a podcast on. — Nose down and heading for the reef, the whale shark shows off the thickest skin of any animal on Earth. The grid of spots across its back is slow, calm work – a page to settle into with a podcast on.

Shark Coloring Pages - Great hammerheads often swim tilted on their side, using that tall, sickle-shaped first fin almost like a wing to save energy. Below, a spotted eagle ray glides past. Plenty of open water around both - an easy page to start with. — Great hammerheads often swim tilted on their side, using that tall, sickle-shaped first fin almost like a wing to save energy. Below, a spotted eagle ray glides past. Plenty of open water around both – an easy page to start with.

Shark Coloring Pages - That tail sweeping across the top of the page is a single long, simple shape, perfect for a smooth gradient from slate to silver. Common threshers can keep their swimming muscles warmer than the water around them, which helps in cold kelp country. — That tail sweeping across the top of the page is a single long, simple shape, perfect for a smooth gradient from slate to silver. Common threshers can keep their swimming muscles warmer than the water around them, which helps in cold kelp country.

Shark Coloring Pages - Tiger sharks have a reputation for eating almost anything, and the contents of their stomachs have included license plates. This one patrols beneath a ledge hung with tube sponges, a starfish resting on the rock below. Stripes, sponges and coral make it one of the busier pages. — Tiger sharks have a reputation for eating almost anything, and the contents of their stomachs have included license plates. This one patrols beneath a ledge hung with tube sponges, a starfish resting on the rock below. Stripes, sponges and coral make it one of the busier pages.

Shark Coloring Pages - Squid are the blue shark's favorite food, and three of them are making a quick exit at the top. Blue sharks also have some of the biggest litters of any shark. Those extra-long pectoral fins are worth outlining in your darkest blue. — Squid are the blue shark's favorite food, and three of them are making a quick exit at the top. Blue sharks also have some of the biggest litters of any shark. Those extra-long pectoral fins are worth outlining in your darkest blue.

Shark Coloring Pages - For one of the most common sharks on Indo-Pacific reefs, the blacktip is surprisingly shy and usually turns away from divers. Color only the outlined fin tips black and keep the rest of the body a soft gray, so the marks really stand out. — For one of the most common sharks on Indo-Pacific reefs, the blacktip is surprisingly shy and usually turns away from divers. Color only the outlined fin tips black and keep the rest of the body a soft gray, so the marks really stand out.

Shark Coloring Pages - A blunt head is a tool here. At night whitetip reef sharks hunt in loose groups, wedging themselves into cracks in the coral to grab fish that have gone to sleep. Detailed - sea fans through the arch and big scallops in front. — A blunt head is a tool here. At night whitetip reef sharks hunt in loose groups, wedging themselves into cracks in the coral to grab fish that have gone to sleep. Detailed – sea fans through the arch and big scallops in front.

Shark Coloring Pages - Hours on the bottom are nothing unusual for a nurse shark, and sometimes several rest in a heap in the same cave. This one has the seafloor to itself, plus a large conch shell for company. Warm tan for the shark, pinks inside the shell. — Hours on the bottom are nothing unusual for a nurse shark, and sometimes several rest in a heap in the same cave. This one has the seafloor to itself, plus a large conch shell for company. Warm tan for the shark, pinks inside the shell.

Shark Coloring Pages - Look at the length of that tail: on a zebra shark it is nearly as long as the rest of the body. It rests on sand by day and hunts snails and crabs at night. Big scallops make a good place to try out patterns. — Look at the length of that tail: on a zebra shark it is nearly as long as the rest of the body. It rests on sand by day and hunts snails and crabs at night. Big scallops make a good place to try out patterns.

Shark Coloring Pages - When the tide comes in, leopard sharks follow it onto the flats to dig for clams and worms, then slip back out as the water drops. Dark saddles across the back, round spots in between - two shades of brown are enough. — When the tide comes in, leopard sharks follow it onto the flats to dig for clams and worms, then slip back out as the water drops. Dark saddles across the back, round spots in between – two shades of brown are enough.

Shark Coloring Pages - Behind the head sits a big ringed spot that is thought to work as a false eye, making a small shark look like the front end of something much larger. Epaulettes are barely longer than an arm. Flat rocks and shells - a calm, uncluttered page. — Behind the head sits a big ringed spot that is thought to work as a false eye, making a small shark look like the front end of something much larger. Epaulettes are barely longer than an arm. Flat rocks and shells – a calm, uncluttered page.

Shark Coloring Pages - Two kinds of teeth fill a Port Jackson shark's mouth: small pointed ones in front for gripping, flat crushing plates behind for sea urchins and shellfish. Kelp overhead, urchins nearby - dinner is never far away. — Two kinds of teeth fill a Port Jackson shark's mouth: small pointed ones in front for gripping, flat crushing plates behind for sea urchins and shellfish. Kelp overhead, urchins nearby – dinner is never far away.

Shark Coloring Pages - Homebody of the shark world, the horn shark lives in a small patch of reef and often returns to the same cave day after day. It clambers over rocks using its paddle-like fins. Spotted body, spiky urchins, lots of round pebbles. — Homebody of the shark world, the horn shark lives in a small patch of reef and often returns to the same cave day after day. It clambers over rocks using its paddle-like fins. Spotted body, spiky urchins, lots of round pebbles.

Shark Coloring Pages - If you have ever touched a shark in an aquarium touch pool, there is a good chance it was a bamboo shark. In the wild it hides in crevices and tangled roots by day and comes out after dark. Alternate light and dark bands down the tail. — If you have ever touched a shark in an aquarium touch pool, there is a good chance it was a bamboo shark. In the wild it hides in crevices and tangled roots by day and comes out after dark. Alternate light and dark bands down the tail.

Shark Coloring Pages - Wobbegong is thought to come from an Aboriginal Australian word meaning shaggy beard, and the frilly fringe around the mouth explains why. Flat and patient, it waits on the rocks for dinner to arrive. Detailed - marbling over every inch of the body. — Wobbegong is thought to come from an Aboriginal Australian word meaning shaggy beard, and the frilly fringe around the mouth explains why. Flat and patient, it waits on the rocks for dinner to arrive. Detailed – marbling over every inch of the body.

Shark Coloring Pages - Scientific headlines came from a bonnethead when a female in an American zoo gave birth with no male involved, the first proven case of a shark doing that. Sand dollars dot the seafloor and seagrass frames the scene. Plenty of white space to color. — Scientific headlines came from a bonnethead when a female in an American zoo gave birth with no male involved, the first proven case of a shark doing that. Sand dollars dot the seafloor and seagrass frames the scene. Plenty of white space to color.

Shark Coloring Pages - Basking sharks got their name from feeding at the surface on calm summer days, as if they were sunbathing. People watch for them from clifftops along northern coasts. Two scenes in one: seabirds and a lighthouse above, a giant fish below. — Basking sharks got their name from feeding at the surface on calm summer days, as if they were sunbathing. People watch for them from clifftops along northern coasts. Two scenes in one: seabirds and a lighthouse above, a giant fish below.

Shark Coloring Pages - Fresh Greenland shark meat is toxic. In Iceland it is fermented and dried for months into hakarl, a delicacy famous mainly for its smell. Ice floes above, steep cliffs on both sides - the mottled skin rewards a sharp pencil. — Fresh Greenland shark meat is toxic. In Iceland it is fermented and dried for months into hakarl, a delicacy famous mainly for its smell. Ice floes above, steep cliffs on both sides – the mottled skin rewards a sharp pencil.

Shark Coloring Pages - Tuna and swordfish are on the mako's menu, and its long, slender teeth stay visible even with the mouth closed. Swirling current lines and a ring of bubbles carry the motion here. Clean outlines - a good page for markers. — Tuna and swordfish are on the mako's menu, and its long, slender teeth stay visible even with the mouth closed. Swirling current lines and a ring of bubbles carry the motion here. Clean outlines – a good page for markers.

Shark Coloring Pages - From South Africa to Australia and back within a single year - that is how far one tagged great white swam. Here she cruises over a rocky reef - leave the sunbeams as bare paper and let them fall across her back. — From South Africa to Australia and back within a single year – that is how far one tagged great white swam. Here she cruises over a rocky reef – leave the sunbeams as bare paper and let them fall across her back.

Fun Things to Make with These Coloring Pages

Color the hammerhead sandcastle page, cut out the shark and glue it onto a folded sheet of blue card for a beach-themed birthday invitation.
Turn the whale shark parade into a garland: color it, cut out the shark and the flag-waving friends, punch holes and string them across a party table.
Use the shark teacher classroom sheet as a first-day-of-school activity: kids color the fish students and write their own names on the coral desks.
Laminate the underwater festival page and hand out dry-erase markers for a reusable "find and count the sharks" game.
Color the shark mail carrier page, cut around the envelopes and write tiny thank-you notes inside them for family or classmates.
Frame the shark tea party sheet in an ocean palette of teals and corals as a playful piece of kitchen or bathroom wall art.
Print the bedtime story whale shark on cardstock, color it and fold it into a bookmark with the baby sharks peeking over the top.
Copy the lighthouse repair page twice, color both, cut the second into six to eight pieces and use it as a matching puzzle against the whole first sheet.