Coral Reef Adventure with a Smiling Dolphin and Tropical Fish
Coloring guide
Swimming diagonally across this underwater scene is a happy dolphin with a big open-mouth smile and a round, friendly eye, its tail curling down toward the seafloor. Four small striped tropical fish drift nearby, and one on the right looks like a clownfish. The background is full of branching coral, tall wavy seaweed, tube-shaped sponges and rounded brain coral, with pebbles and rocks on the sandy bottom and anemone-like plants framing the lower corners. Wavy surface lines, light rays and small bubbles fill the top. Younger kids will find large open spaces on the dolphin's body, and older kids can spend time on all the coral detail. Sky blue and silvery gray suit the dolphin, orange and yellow make the fish stand out, and pink and purple fit the coral. Print this free page for an easy afternoon activity. Kids who like Dolphin coloring pages usually enjoy Dogs and Bat too.
A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.
- sky blue
- periwinkle gray
- sand beige
- light gray
- golden orange
- coral orange
- slate gray
- pale aqua
- soft violet
- leaf green
- coral pink
- lavender purple
A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.
- 1Color the dolphin body, flipper, fin and tail with sky blue, leaving the white highlight areas on the face and belly untouched.
- 2Fill the water background and light rays with sky blue and pale aqua, keeping the bubbles white.
- 3Color the sandy seabed at the bottom with sand beige.
- 4Add the rocks and coral mounds in periwinkle gray and light gray, then fill the branching corals with coral orange, salmon coral, and coral pink.
- 5Color the tube corals in golden orange and the anemone in bright lime, adding soft violet and lavender purple accents.
- 6Finish the fish with bright yellow fins and stripes, leaving the white stripes white, and add slate gray details to the coral shadows. Optional: add a few darker shades of blue on the dolphin's back for depth.
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