Roar, stomp, soar, and travel millions of years into the past with our coloring pages of dinosaurs! This collection is packed with prehistoric creatures, from enormous long-necked plant eaters and heavily armored dinosaurs to famous predators, horned dinosaurs, feathered species, and a few wonderfully cute dinosaur friends.
Whether your favorite is the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex, the three-horned Triceratops, the plated Stegosaurus, or a sweet kawaii baby dinosaur, there are plenty of different prehistoric personalities here to color. Some of the pictures are simple and playful for younger kids, while others feature more detailed dinosaurs and prehistoric landscapes for older children and anyone who enjoys a little extra coloring challenge.
Grab your crayons, markers, or colored pencils and get ready for a prehistoric adventure.
🦖 Meet the Dinosaurs in These Coloring Pages
One of the best things about this collection is the variety. Instead of featuring only the most famous dinosaurs, these coloring pages introduce kids to all kinds of fascinating prehistoric creatures.
You may recognize classics such as T. rex, Triceratops, Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus, Velociraptor, Spinosaurus, and Ankylosaurus, but there are plenty of other dinosaurs waiting to be discovered too.
Look for dinosaurs including:
- Ankylosaurus
- Allosaurus
- Brachiosaurus
- Carnotaurus
- Diplodocus
- Giganotosaurus
- Iguanodon
- Mamenchisaurus
- Microraptor
- Ornithomimus
- Parasaurolophus
- Spinosaurus
- Stegosaurus
- Styracosaurus
- Triceratops
- Tyrannosaurus rex
- Velociraptor
- Xenoceratops
There are also prehistoric flying reptiles in the collection, along with detailed prehistoric scenery and adorable cartoon dinosaurs that are perfect for younger children.
🦕 Long-Necked Dinosaur Coloring Pages
Few prehistoric animals look quite as impressive on a coloring page as a giant long-necked dinosaur.
Our collection includes Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, and Mamenchisaurus, giving kids plenty of opportunities to color enormous dinosaurs stretching their necks high into prehistoric trees.
These pages are especially fun for experimenting with backgrounds. Kids can add towering trees, ferns, mountains, volcanoes, clouds, lakes, and other dinosaurs to create an entire Jurassic-inspired landscape.
There is no rule saying dinosaurs have to be green, either. Try earthy browns and grays for a more natural look, or create a blue Brachiosaurus, spotted Diplodocus, or rainbow-striped Mamenchisaurus.
🦖 T. Rex and Other Fierce Dinosaur Coloring Pages
For kids who prefer their dinosaurs with big teeth and plenty of attitude, the collection has several impressive predators.
The legendary Tyrannosaurus rex is naturally one of the stars. T. rex lived during the Late Cretaceous and remains one of the best-known carnivorous dinosaurs ever discovered.
There are other formidable predators here too. Allosaurus was a large Jurassic meat eater, while the striking Carnotaurus is immediately recognizable by the horns above its eyes. Giganotosaurus offers another enormous theropod to color, and the sail-backed Spinosaurus is one of the most distinctive dinosaurs in the collection.
Kids can keep these prehistoric predators realistic with browns, greens, grays, and earthy patterns—or invent something completely different. A bright orange T. rex with black stripes can be just as much fun.
🛡️ Ankylosaurus and Armored Dinosaurs
Some dinosaurs didn’t need to be fast when they came equipped with their own prehistoric armor.
Ankylosaurus is one of the most recognizable armored dinosaurs, with protective plates covering much of its body and an extraordinary club-like structure at the end of its tail.
Its bumpy armor makes an especially fun coloring subject because children can use different colors, patterns, and shading across the body. Try forest greens and browns for camouflage, rusty oranges and reds for a dramatic look, or give every armored plate its own color.
The collection also includes the unmistakable Stegosaurus, famous for the large plates running along its back and spikes on its tail. Those plates offer lots of room for colorful creativity.
🦏 Triceratops, Styracosaurus and Other Horned Dinosaurs
Horned dinosaurs are another favorite, and this collection features several wonderful examples.
Triceratops is easy to recognize thanks to its three facial horns and enormous frill. The plant-eating dinosaur lived during the Late Cretaceous and shared its world with Tyrannosaurus rex.
Then there is Styracosaurus, whose spectacular head ornamentation looks almost like a prehistoric crown of spikes. Xenoceratops adds another horned dinosaur for children who enjoy discovering species beyond the familiar favorites.
These dinosaurs are wonderful subjects for experimenting with contrasting colors. Children might give the body a natural brown or green shade while making the horns and frills much brighter.
🌿 Parasaurolophus, Iguanodon and Plant-Eating Dinosaurs
Not every dinosaur needed enormous horns or sharp teeth to stand out.
Parasaurolophus, with its dramatic backward-pointing head crest, has one of the most recognizable silhouettes in the dinosaur world. Iguanodon is another important herbivorous dinosaur represented in the gallery.
There are plenty of ways to imagine these plant eaters. Kids can picture them wandering through fern-covered forests, gathering beside rivers, munching on prehistoric vegetation, or traveling together across an ancient landscape.
Try adding leaves, rocks, footprints, trees, insects, and distant mountains around the finished dinosaur to turn a single coloring page into a complete prehistoric scene.
🪶 Microraptor and Feathered Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs weren’t all giant, scaly creatures.
The collection also includes Microraptor, a small feathered dinosaur that looked very different from giants such as Brachiosaurus or T. rex. Fossil evidence shows that Microraptor had feathers on both its forelimbs and hindlimbs.
That makes Microraptor a particularly interesting dinosaur to color. Instead of thinking only about reptile-like skin tones, kids can experiment with the kinds of colors and patterns they might use for birds.
Try glossy black, deep blue, purple, green, or completely imaginary rainbow feathers.
🪽 What About the Pterodactyl?
You’ll also spot flying prehistoric creatures among these coloring pages.
Although they are often grouped with dinosaurs in books, toys, movies, and coloring collections, pterosaurs were not actually dinosaurs. They were a separate group of flying reptiles that lived during the same broad prehistoric era.
That little distinction can make these pages an easy learning opportunity. Kids can color the flying reptile soaring over prehistoric mountains and forests while learning that the ancient world contained many kinds of fascinating animals besides dinosaurs.
And creatively, the sky is the limit. Add a fiery sunset, bright blue sky, erupting volcano, misty mountains, or an entire flock of prehistoric flyers in the distance.
🥰 Cute Dinosaur Coloring Pages for Younger Kids
Not every dinosaur has to look terrifying.
Some of the sweetest pictures in this collection feature cute dinosaurs, playful prehistoric scenes, kawaii dinosaurs, and adorable dinosaur babies. There is even a charming dinosaur with a butterfly.
These gentler pictures are especially inviting for preschoolers and younger elementary-age children who may love dinosaurs without necessarily wanting a realistic giant predator staring back at them.
Cute dinosaurs are also perfect for imaginative colors. Try pastel pink, mint green, baby blue, lavender, sunshine yellow, or an entire rainbow of colors.
Add hearts, flowers, stars, clouds, butterflies, or tiny dinosaur friends to make the scene even more cheerful.
🎨 What Colors Were Dinosaurs?
This is where dinosaur coloring becomes especially interesting.
Scientists can learn an extraordinary amount from fossils, but we don’t know the exact colors of most dinosaur species. Evidence from exceptionally preserved fossils has provided clues about coloration in some prehistoric animals, including feathered dinosaurs, but there is still plenty we cannot know.
For coloring purposes, that means imagination can take over.
Kids might choose:
- Greens and browns for camouflage
- Gray and tan for an earthy prehistoric palette
- Orange and black stripes
- Blue and green spots
- Brightly colored crests and horns
- Colorful feathers
- Rainbow plates on a Stegosaurus
- Pastel colors for cute dinosaurs
- Completely imaginary dinosaur patterns
There is no need for every dinosaur on the page to look like one from a movie. Creating your own version is part of the fun.
📚 Turn Dinosaur Coloring Into a Learning Activity
Dinosaur coloring pages can easily become part of a dinosaur, fossil, geology, or prehistoric-life lesson at home or in the classroom.
After a child chooses a dinosaur, encourage them to find out a few things about it. What did it eat? When did it live? Was it a herbivore or carnivore? Did it walk on two legs or four? How large was it? Where have its fossils been discovered?
You could also compare several dinosaurs from the collection. A Brachiosaurus looks very different from a Velociraptor, while the armor of Ankylosaurus served a very different purpose from the teeth of a large predator.
For younger children, simply learning dinosaur names can be enough. Older kids may enjoy writing the dinosaur’s name underneath the finished picture and adding one or two interesting facts.
✂️ Fun Dinosaur Activities to Try
Finished dinosaur pictures don’t have to disappear into a pile of coloring pages. Turn them into part of a bigger prehistoric project.
Kids can use their finished pages to make:
- A homemade dinosaur book
- A classroom dinosaur wall
- Dinosaur flashcards
- A prehistoric timeline
- Dinosaur fact sheets
- A dinosaur-themed bedroom display
- A pretend natural history museum
- Dinosaur puppets
- Storytelling cards
- A prehistoric scrapbook
One especially fun idea is to let each child choose several dinosaurs, color them, and create their own Dinosaur Museum. Add handwritten museum labels with the dinosaur’s name, diet, and favorite fact.
🌋 Create a Prehistoric World
Many of the dinosaur pictures are perfect starting points for larger scenes.
Once the main dinosaur is colored, draw a habitat around it. Add prehistoric forests, ferns, mountains, rivers, clouds, rocks, nests, footprints, or distant dinosaurs.
Volcanoes are another classic addition to an imaginary dinosaur world. Our Coloring Pages of Volcanoes are a fun companion activity if your child wants to continue exploring dramatic prehistoric-looking landscapes.
Even though dinosaurs lived across an enormous span of time and not every familiar prehistoric element existed together, there’s nothing wrong with letting imagination rule during creative play.
🖍️ Coloring Tips for Dinosaur Pages
Crayons are perfect for younger children and larger spaces, while colored pencils make it easier to add details to scales, feathers, armor, horns, and scenery. Markers can create especially bright dinosaur colors, although heavier paper may work better if ink tends to bleed through.
Older kids can experiment with shading. Try using a darker version of the body color underneath the dinosaur, around its legs, or between plates and scales. A lighter shade along the back can create the impression that sunlight is hitting the animal from above.
Patterns can make dinosaurs especially interesting. Add spots, stripes, mottled camouflage, feather markings, or contrasting colors around horns and crests.
🖨️ How to Use These Dinosaur Coloring Pages
Choose your favorite dinosaur picture from the collection and print the page you would like to color. Regular printer paper works well for crayons and colored pencils, while slightly heavier paper can be useful for markers or craft projects.
Then gather your coloring supplies and decide what kind of prehistoric world you want to create.
Your dinosaur can be realistic, colorful, cute, fierce, striped, spotted, feathered, rainbow-colored—or something nobody has ever imagined before.
⭐ Start Your Prehistoric Coloring Adventure
From the enormous Brachiosaurus and Mamenchisaurus to armored Ankylosaurus, horned Triceratops, speedy-looking Velociraptor, mighty T. rex, unusual Microraptor, and adorable baby dinosaurs, this collection has a prehistoric creature for almost every kind of dinosaur fan.
Pick a favorite, grab your colors, and bring the age of dinosaurs back to life one page at a time.
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📚 Sources
- Natural History Museum — The Dino Directory
- Natural History Museum — What Are Dinosaurs?
- Natural History Museum — Pterosaurs: The Truth About These “Flying Dinosaurs”
- Natural History Museum — Microraptor
- Smithsonian — What Makes a Dinosaur a Dinosaur?
