31 Pokemon Coloring Pages (Free PDF Printables)

Most Pokemon coloring pages are one Pokemon on an empty page. Thirteen of these are. The rest put several together, or put a trainer in the frame, which is harder to draw and much more fun to color. There are 31 designs.

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The thirteen solo pages are Pikachu twice, Eevee twice, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Blastoise, Venusaur, Snorlax, Psyduck, Gengar, Jigglypuff and Mewtwo. Nine more are groups: the Kanto starters together, Umbreon and Espeon, Meowth riding Growlithe, and several trios. Seven have a trainer in them, with Ash, Misty, Brock, Gary and Nurse Joy. The last two are wide scenes, one underwater and one of legendary flyers.

Every one of these Pokemon coloring pages is free. Each design prints on standard US Letter paper, there is no sign-up, and the Pokemon coloring sheets can be printed as many times as you need. Click any design below to open the full-size PDF.

What’s in This Collection

The starters and the Kanto originals

Bulbasaur in a garden, Squirtle firing a water gun, Blastoise, Venusaur in the jungle, and all three starters together. The choice between those three is the oldest decision in the series, and it was deliberately built so that no option is safe: each one is strong against the next and weak against the one after, with no way out of the loop.

Pikachu and Eevee

Pikachu sitting, Pikachu mid-thunderbolt, Eevee, Eevee curled on its tail, and Umbreon with Espeon. Eevee is the reason that last page exists. It has more evolutions than any other Pokemon, which is the whole point of the design, and Umbreon and Espeon are the two that depend on nothing more than raising it by night or by day.

The ones with a joke in them

Snorlax asleep, Psyduck looking confused, Gengar laughing and Jigglypuff singing. Psyduck is permanently in pain, which is canon rather than a drawing choice. Its powers only work while its headache is bad enough, so the confused expression on that page is the character, not a mood.

Trainers

Seven designs with a person in them: Ash with his Pokemon, Ash with Misty and Pikachu, Ash and Pikachu alone, Misty with hers, Brock with his, Gary with his, and Nurse Joy with Chansey. These are the hardest pages here, because a human face has far less margin for error than a creature with no nose.

Groups and scenes

Several trios, a large group page, Meowth riding Growlithe, an underwater scene and a page of legendary flyers. The group pages take the longest and are the ones worth saving for an afternoon rather than ten minutes.

Coloring Tips

Learn the three or four colors that matter. Most of these creatures have a fixed palette that children know by heart and will correct you on. Pikachu is yellow with brown stripes and red cheeks, Bulbasaur is blue-green with a darker green bulb, Squirtle is blue with a brown shell and a cream belly. Getting those right matters more than shading does.

Or ignore them completely and color a shiny. Every creature in the games has a rare alternate color scheme, and using one turns a familiar page into a different exercise. It is the easiest way to get a second use out of a page a child has already finished once.

Shells and armor want a highlight. Blastoise, Squirtle and Golem all have hard surfaces, and leaving a small unfilled patch where the light would hit is what separates a shell from a lump. Soft creatures like Jigglypuff and Snorlax want the opposite, with no highlight at all and a soft even fill.

Do the trainers’ faces last. On the seven trainer pages, the face is the smallest area and the easiest to ruin. Color the clothes and the Pokemon first, so by the time you reach the face your hand is warmed up and you already know which pencils you are using.

Start younger children on the solo pages. Pikachu sitting, Eevee, Psyduck and Jigglypuff are single figures with heavy outlines and few internal lines. The group pages, the underwater scene and the legendary flyers have the most going on and suit an older child.

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