Patterns are everywhere. Look around you. The fabric of your clothes, the bark of a tree, the spots or stripes on your dog or cat - these are all patterns. You can explore more patterns with these easy pattern coloring pages.
Geometric Pattern Coloring Page 1
This geometric pattern consists of interlocking shapes outlined with short lines. You could use two colors for a traditional, cloth-like pattern or more colors to make it really interesting.
Crosshatch Pattern Coloring Page - Geometric Pattern Coloring Sheet
This crosshatch pattern is similar to a plaid or checkerboard. The lines don't fully enclose the squares, so you will have to decide how the colors should flow from one to another.
Woven Pattern Coloring Page - Geometric Pattern Coloring Sheet
This pattern is made from triangular dodecagons or twelve-sided shapes. You can color it to resemble a woven basket, cloth, or something else.
Intersecting Circles Pattern Coloring Page - Geometric Pattern Coloring Sheet
In this pattern, the circles overlap to form diamond shapes. Which forms will you give precedence to? The bolder colors will make them stand out.
Rhombus Pattern Coloring Page - Geometric Pattern Coloring Sheet
Diamonds inside of diamonds - the spaces between them may even trick your eyes into seeing even larger diamond shapes. Use two, three, or even more colors for this pattern.
Complex Triangles Pattern Coloring Page - Geometric Pattern Coloring Sheet
Please note: This link is labeled "Complex Triangles Pattern" but displays the same image as the "Rhombus Grid Pattern" listed below.
Hex Pattern Coloring Page - Geometric Pattern Coloring Sheet
Hexagons are six-sided shapes. Some of these are darkened by stripes. This pattern resembles a honeycomb. Make it even more so by using yellow and gold tones.
Circles Pattern Coloring Page - Geometric Pattern Coloring Sheet
Bubbles? Fish eggs? Rubber balls? You can decide what the objects are in this pattern by choosing the right colors for them.
Rhombus Grid Pattern Coloring Page - Geometric Pattern Coloring Sheet
The lines and dots of this pattern seem to form three-dimensional cubes. You can enhance the effect by using darker shades on the "tops" of the cubes.
Overlapping Lines Pattern Coloring Page - Geometric Pattern Coloring Sheet
What a mess! This pattern might be books in a box, layers of tape, or a pile of pick-up sticks. Choose colors that give it depth and interest.
Geometric Pattern Coloring Page 2
Stripes, stripes, and more stripes! Each of the overlapping rectangular shapes has stripes. Will they all have the same color pattern or be different? Will there be continuity when they pass behind another?
Geometric Pattern Coloring Page 3
This pattern of "L" shapes and dots might be a tribal pattern or an overhead view of city blocks. Use bright colors to add some spice to this leopard-like pattern.
Geometric Pattern Coloring Page 4
Overlapping hexagons create smaller hexagons and diamond shapes. This pattern resembles a stained glass window or a crystal-cut vase.
Geometric Pattern Coloring Page 5
"L" shaped lines create a wavy pattern that looks 3-D. It might be bricks in a cobblestone path, rows of houses, or tiered steps. It's up to you.
Plaid Pattern Coloring Page - Geometric Pattern Coloring Sheet
Plaids can use two colors or several. Imagine that the blocks of color are made by threads weaving in and out of a cloth.
Diagonal Pattern Coloring Page - Lines Pattern Coloring Sheet
This simple pattern is made up of parallel diagonal lines. It could be two-colored stripes, a rainbow pattern, or anything in between. The choice is yours.
Rhythm Pattern Coloring Page - Lines Pattern Coloring Sheet
The rhythm of music or the stripes on Charlie Brown's shirt - it all depends on how you decide to color this zig-zag pattern.
Diagonal Straight Pattern Coloring Page - Lines Pattern Coloring Sheet
This pattern is made from diagonal lines, some of which have rows of vertical lines in between. It might be stripes or it might be a three-dimensional row of buildings, furrows, or tread.
Brick Pattern Coloring Page - Lines Pattern Coloring Sheet
Bricks are rectangles. Each row is offset, with the "breaks" coming in the middle of the bricks above and below. This gives brick structures stability and visual interest.
Pattern with Shapes Coloring Page 1
These wiggly, swiggly stripes, which resemble puzzle pieces or zippers, are crying out to be colored with bright, neon hues.
Wavey Pattern Coloring Page - Pattern with Shapes Coloring Sheet
Ocean waves are beautiful. Can you color this wave pattern with varying shades of blue - and maybe even a green or purple or two?
Broken Glass Coloring Page - Pattern with Shapes Coloring Sheet
The sharp angles and irregular shapes make this pattern look like broken glass. It could also be confetti if you're looking for a happier ending.
Irregular Round Edges Pattern Coloring Page - Pattern with Shapes Coloring Sheet
These types of irregular shapes are found everywhere in nature. Use tan and brown, and you have giraffe spots. Use blue and green, and you have islands.
Big Circles Pattern Coloring Page - Pattern with Shapes Coloring Sheet
These circles of various sizes look a lot like bubbles. Use shades of blue with soapy details of purple, pink, and green.
Artsy Pattern Coloring Page - Pattern with Shapes Coloring Sheet
This artistic pattern looks like a modern painting. Use bold, contrasting colors like red, yellow, deep blue, and white to bring the art to life.
Wick Pattern Coloring Page - Pattern with Shapes Coloring Sheet
This pattern uses rectangles to create the illusion of woven cloth or a basket. Color your basket brown or your cloth any color you can imagine.
3D Lines Pattern Coloring Page - Pattern with Shapes Coloring Sheet
Sometimes called a chevron, this pattern uses parallelograms to create arrows that point up and down. Use many colors or just two - the choice is yours.
Pattern with Shapes Coloring Page 2
This plaid pattern is formed using circles and lines. The lines enclose rectangles and squares - some with circles at the corners and others with circles inside.
Zentangle Pattern Coloring Page 1
This pattern, too, looks like something woven, perhaps fabric or a tatami mat. Green grasses and brown wood are often used to weave such mats.
Zentangle Pattern Coloring Page 2
This tangle looks like stairs with a railing. But if you turn it upside down, the railings become the stairs and vice versa!
Zentangle Pattern Coloring Page 3
What are these overlapping ovals with smaller, slightly pointier shapes inside? They might be colorful feathers on a parrot or the ears of many rabbits.
Zentangle Pattern Coloring Page 4
This wavy pattern looks like a checkerboard underwater! Make it black and red like a checkerboard, or use versions of blue for its watery appearance.
Scales Pattern Coloring Page - Zentangle Pattern Coloring Sheet
Many animals have scales - fish, reptiles, and even birds. These oval-shaped scales overlap one another and appear to converge in the middle.
Flower Pattern Coloring Page - Zentangle Pattern Coloring Sheet
This pattern is flower power to the max! A daisy flower in the center seems to be radiating vibrations, or perhaps rainbows, from each petal.
Triangle Lines Coloring Page - Zentangle Pattern Coloring Sheet
This starburst pattern color be a snowflake or the top of a beach umbrella. What it becomes depends on how you choose to color it.
Zentangle Pattern Coloring Page 5
Eggs? Rocks? Animal scales? Only time will tell as you color these overlapping ovals with stripes, wavy lines, and scalelike patterns.
Zentangle Pattern Coloring Page 6
Rainbows? Lolipops? It doesn't really matter which. This pattern is calling to you to add bright colors to it.
Lolypops Pattern Coloring Page - Zentangle Pattern Coloring Sheet
This basket of lollipops is patterned with curved triangular stripes. What flavors will they be? Fruity rainbow? Orange and cream? Pink strawberry or blue raspberry?
Triangle Scales Coloring Page - Zentangle Pattern Coloring Sheet
Half of these triangles have the bold pattern of animal scales. Will the scales be all one color or different colors? It's up to you.
Rough Triangles Coloring Page - Zentangle Pattern Coloring Sheet
Every triangle has three sides, but not all triangles are created equal. Some of these triangles are large, some small, and some made of multiple triangles.
Rough Triangle Lines Coloring Page - Zentangle Pattern Coloring Sheet
Some of these triangles are striped with straight lines. Do these indicate darker areas, like in a comic book? Or colorful stripes? It's up to you to decide.
Hypnotic Eyes Coloring Page - Zentangle Pattern Coloring Sheet
These spiraling triangle patterns look like stairs descending into a deep pit, or a bit like an eye.
Nature Patterns Coloring Page 1
Tigers, zebras, cats, and even fish and lizards have stripes. The colors you choose will determine what type of animal these came from.
Space Coloring Page - Doodle Pattern Coloring Sheet
Dreaming beyond the stars? You don't have to come back down. Color this pattern of stars, planets, moons, comets, and constellations instead.
Plants Coloring Page - Doodle Pattern Coloring Sheet
Leaves come in all shapes and sizes - pinnate, palmate, obovate, lanceolate, sagittate, ovate, and reniform. Color these along with some flowers.
Doodle Patterns Coloring Page 1
These doodles might look like your brain after math class. Color the pluses, multiplication signs, zig-zags, spirals, and dots.
Hearts Coloring Page - Doodle Pattern Coloring Sheet
So many hearts, so little time! Use red and pink for love or white and yellow for friendship. Or mix in all the colors! It's up to you.
Alien Coloring Page - Doodle Pattern Coloring Sheet
Little green men have taken over this pattern. You'll find that they've brought stars, planets, rocket ships, and flying saucers with them.
Beach Coloring Page - Doodle Pattern Coloring Sheet
What makes a great day at the beach? Palm trees, surf boards, snorkeling, beach balls, volleyball, ice cream, and plenty of sunshine - this pattern has it all.
Hypnotic Coloring Page - Spiral Pattern Coloring Sheet
These spirals come in many sizes. What do you imagine them to be? The tops of ice cream cones? Seashells? Treetops in a fanciful forest? Color them accordingly.
Tree Rings Coloring Page - Spiral Pattern Coloring Sheet
The light and dark brown rings of a tree can help you guess its age. How many years do you see as you get to the heart of the matter?
Triangles Coloring Page - Spiral Pattern Coloring Sheet
Take a closer look at the spiral staircase pattern from the hypnotic eyes pattern above. Will the shapes get darker at greater depths?
Rhombuses Coloring Page - Spiral Pattern Coloring Sheet
This pattern has a small diamond shape at its center with larger ones radiating from it. Can you use lighter to darker colors in sequence to make it glow?
Perfect Circles Coloring Page- Spiral Pattern Coloring Sheet
These successively smaller circles look like a bullseye target or a long tunnel. Does it get darker, or is there a light at the end?
Irregular Circles Coloring Page - Spiral Pattern Coloring Sheet
A spiral is a classic pattern, and one found in nature. With no solid lines between the layers, how will you blend the colors?
Coloring patterns can be fun and challenging. Some people say they even help them feel calmer.
Which of these easy pattern coloring pages was your favorite?
Did you find a charming nature-inspired pattern, a geometric pattern, or a zentangle?
You'll never be bored if you make a pattern coloring book to take with you wherever you go. Download the coloring pages and print them out. Then, bind them together with ribbon, stapes, or tape to create your very own custom coloring book!
More About Easy Pattern Coloring Pages
Lots of coloring sheets have patterns built in. For example, many of the coloring pages below have patterns made out of shapes. The simple shapes repeat over and over again, forming the pattern.
These patterns can look very different depending on how you color them. You might use similar colors or contrasting colors. You might use darker versions of the same shade to create the illusion of dimension.
Patterns Online Coloring Page
Get creative with this interactive Beach Coloring Page - Doodle Pattern coloring page. Experiment with unique color combinations and see which one looks the best!
In addition to the usual printable coloring pages, we also have online coloring available for every coloring sheet in this post!
Just scroll down, and you'll find the coloring options for each coloring page.
