Boy with a Red Envelope and Chinese New Year Lanterns
Coloring guide
A happy young boy with tousled hair and a wide open-mouthed grin holds a rectangular envelope against his chest with both hands. The front of the envelope has a diamond shape. His traditional jacket has a stand-up collar, knot-style frog buttons down the front and wide cuffs. Above him hang three round paper lanterns of different sizes, each with vertical ribs and a dangling tassel. The background is plain white, leaving room for your own additions. Thick, clean lines and big open areas make it easy for preschoolers and early elementary kids. You could go red and gold on the envelope and lanterns, then pick bright blue or green for the jacket so he pops. It saves as a free PDF and needs no sign-up. Fans of Chinese New Year coloring pages often like Father's Day and Winter as well.
A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.
- bright red
- peach skin
- dark brown
- golden yellow
- charcoal gray
- coral pink
A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.
- 1Start with peach skin on the face, ears, neck and both hands, leaving the background white.
- 2Color the mouth coral pink and the hair dark brown.
- 3Fill the jacket, both sleeves, the red envelope and all the lanterns with bright red.
- 4Use golden yellow for the diamond on the envelope, the collar, the sleeve cuffs, the jacket hem and the lantern caps.
- 5Color the pants charcoal gray.
- 6Optional: add a slightly darker red along the folds of the jacket and lanterns for depth.
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