Dive beneath the waves and enter a magical undersea world with our Ariel coloring pages, featuring the adventurous mermaid princess surrounded by flowing hair, shimmering scales, seashells, and the beauty of an imaginary ocean kingdom.
Ariel is especially fun to color because almost every part of her world invites creativity. You can recreate her familiar red hair and green mermaid tail, experiment with turquoise and purple ocean palettes, decorate seashells with pearly colors, or completely reinvent her look with rainbow scales and pastel hair.
Our printable designs include Ariel as a mermaid and a more elaborate underwater scene where she sits among beautiful seashell-inspired details. Younger children can concentrate on the larger areas of hair, tail, and ocean scenery, while older kids can add gradients, scale patterns, coral reefs, sparkling bubbles, and other small details.
Choose your favorite printable, gather your crayons, markers, or colored pencils, and get ready to make some colorful waves.
🧜♀️ Explore Our Ariel Coloring Pages
The Ariel collection currently includes two undersea designs centered on the famous mermaid princess.
One offers a simpler Little Mermaid-inspired Ariel coloring sheet, making it a good choice for children who want to focus on her flowing hair, mermaid tail, and character details.
The second places Ariel in a more elaborate seashell-inspired underwater setting, providing extra details for colorists who enjoy decorating an entire scene.
Together, the pages offer plenty of opportunities to experiment with mermaid colors, ocean scenery, pearls, shells, coral, bubbles, and fantasy designs.
If you would like even more magical undersea characters, explore our Coloring Pages of Mermaids.
❤️ Coloring Ariel’s Famous Red Hair
Ariel’s bright red hair is one of her most recognizable features.
Instead of using one solid red, try layering several related colors:
- Bright red
- Crimson
- Coral-red
- Burgundy
- Red-orange
- A little golden orange
Begin with the lightest shade and gradually add deeper red around sections where the hair overlaps.
Leave a few lighter streaks to suggest underwater light catching the flowing strands.
Colored pencils are especially useful for this because you can build the red slowly rather than covering the entire area at once.
🌈 Give Ariel Rainbow Hair
There is no rule saying your coloring-page Ariel has to look exactly like the familiar character.
Try giving her:
Rainbow Hair
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple
Mermaid Hair
Turquoise, teal, lavender, and blue
Sunset Hair
Gold, orange, coral, pink, and violet
Moonlight Hair
Navy, purple, silver, and pale blue
Pastel Hair
Pink, lavender, peach, mint, and baby blue
You could even imagine that her hair changes color depending on which part of the ocean she visits.
🐚 Ariel’s Mermaid Tail Coloring Ideas
The mermaid tail is another wonderful place to experiment with color.
A familiar Ariel-inspired palette uses green and turquoise, but there are endless alternatives.
Try:
Tropical Lagoon
Turquoise, teal, emerald, and aqua
Pearl Mermaid
Pale blue, lavender, silver, and cream
Sunset Mermaid
Orange, coral, pink, and purple
Rainbow Mermaid
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet
Deep-Sea Mermaid
Navy, indigo, violet, teal, and silver
Use lighter shades in the center of each scale and darker colors around the edges to make the tail appear more dimensional.
✨ Decorate Every Mermaid Scale
Instead of coloring Ariel’s tail as one solid area, turn the scales into tiny individual designs.
Try alternating two colors:
Turquoise → Green → Turquoise → Green
Or give every scale its own shade.
You could also add:
- Dots
- Tiny stars
- Hearts
- Flowers
- Spirals
- Rainbow patterns
For an especially magical look, add small white or pale-yellow highlights after the darker colors are finished.
🐚 Ariel on a Seashell Throne
The more detailed page gives you the opportunity to color Ariel alongside an elaborate seashell-inspired underwater seat and surrounding details.
Seashells do not need to be plain white.
Try:
- Pearl white
- Cream
- Pale pink
- Peach
- Lavender
- Coral
- Pale blue
Add tiny hints of gold or silver around decorative edges.
Then choose colors for Ariel that contrast with the shell. Her red hair and green tail will stand out beautifully against pale pearly tones.
For a fantasy version, make the entire seashell throne turquoise and purple with golden edges.
🦪 Create a Pearl-Inspired Palette
Pearls can inspire a softer ocean color scheme.
Try using:
- Cream
- White
- Silver
- Pale pink
- Lavender
- Light blue
- Soft gold
Rather than leaving white areas completely blank, add very light blue, gray, lavender, or cream shadows.
This creates the impression of something smooth and reflective without needing complicated techniques.
🌊 Color Ariel’s Underwater Kingdom
The background can transform a character coloring page into a complete ocean adventure.
Instead of using one flat blue, create several layers of water.
Try:
Near the surface: Pale aqua
Middle water: Turquoise
Deeper water: Royal blue
Far below: Navy or indigo
Add pale beams of sunlight from above.
Leave bubbles white or very pale blue.
The changing shades will help make the underwater world look much deeper.
🪸 Build a Coral Reef Around Ariel
Add your own coral reef around the existing artwork.
Draw:
- Branching coral
- Sea fans
- Seaweed
- Tropical fish
- Seashells
- Sea stars
- Rocks
- Bubbles
Coral reefs can inspire some of the brightest colors on the page.
Try:
- Coral pink
- Orange
- Purple
- Yellow
- Turquoise
- Red
- Green
There is no need for a fantasy reef to match nature perfectly.
This is Ariel’s magical underwater world, so rainbow coral is completely welcome.
For even more aquatic inspiration, explore our Under the Sea Coloring Pages.
🐠 Add Ariel’s Ocean Friends
Ariel’s undersea adventures are closely connected with the creatures around her.
Add small ocean animals to open areas of the picture.
Try drawing:
- Tropical fish
- Crab
- Seahorse
- Dolphin
- Turtle
- Jellyfish
- Octopus
Give each one its own bright color.
A small yellow-and-blue fish can stand out beautifully beside Ariel’s green tail, while red or purple crabs can add contrast near the ocean floor.
You can find plenty of marine inspiration in our Ocean Coloring Pages.
🐬 Create an Entire Mermaid Lagoon
Why stop with a few fish?
Turn Ariel’s picture into an enormous fantasy lagoon.
Add dolphins swimming overhead, turtles gliding through seagrass, jellyfish drifting in the distance, and colorful fish hiding among coral.
A treasure chest could sit on the seafloor.
Maybe an underwater castle appears in the distance.
Draw a cave with a mysterious glow inside.
One Ariel printable can become the center of an entire underwater world.
🏰 Design Ariel’s Underwater Palace
Imagine Ariel has asked you to design an entirely new palace beneath the sea.
What would it look like?
Perhaps it has:
- Coral towers
- Seashell doors
- Pearl windows
- Seaweed gardens
- Starfish decorations
- Giant clam beds
- Glowing jellyfish lights
Draw the palace on another sheet of paper or add parts of it behind Ariel.
Use turquoise, pink, lavender, coral, gold, and pearl-inspired colors to create something that could never exist on land.
👑 Give Ariel an Underwater Crown
Design a crown worthy of a mermaid princess.
Instead of ordinary jewels, decorate it with:
- Pearls
- Tiny shells
- Starfish
- Coral
- Sea glass
- Ocean flowers
Try gold with turquoise gems or silver with lavender pearls.
Draw the crown on Ariel or create a larger version on a separate piece of paper.
You could even make a matching necklace and bracelet.
💎 Design Mermaid Jewelry
Ariel’s ocean world provides plenty of jewelry inspiration.
Create:
Pearl necklace
Seashell earrings
Coral bracelet
Starfish hair clip
Sea-glass crown
Use jewel-like turquoise, emerald, sapphire, ruby, purple, and gold.
Then imagine what each magical piece does.
Perhaps one necklace lets a mermaid speak to dolphins.
Maybe another glows whenever a storm is approaching.
🌸 Add Flowers to Ariel’s Hair
Mermaid hair and flowers make a beautiful combination.
Add:
- Tropical blossoms
- Tiny roses
- Sea-inspired flowers
- Pearls
- Ribbons
- Starfish
Keep Ariel’s hair red and use contrasting turquoise, lavender, yellow, or white decorations.
Or create a full floral crown across the top of her head.
The result can give the familiar character an entirely new style.
🌈 Create a Completely New Ariel Look
Print the page twice.
Color one Ariel using the familiar red, green, and purple-inspired palette.
Then redesign the second one.
Maybe she has:
Lavender hair + turquoise tail
Pink hair + purple tail
Blue hair + silver tail
Rainbow hair + golden tail
Place both versions side by side.
It is a simple way to see how dramatically color can change the mood of the exact same illustration.
💜 Try a Pastel Mermaid Palette
For a dreamy version, use:
- Lavender
- Blush pink
- Mint
- Baby blue
- Peach
- Pale yellow
Keep the colors soft throughout the entire page.
The ocean could become pale aqua rather than dark blue, while shells can use pink and lavender instead of natural sandy colors.
This creates a very different feeling from the bold familiar Ariel palette.
🌌 Create a Deep-Sea Ariel
Imagine Ariel traveling much deeper beneath the surface.
Use:
- Navy
- Indigo
- Violet
- Black-blue
- Teal
- Silver
Add glowing jellyfish and tiny points of light.
Ariel’s red hair can remain bright so it stands out dramatically against the dark water.
Or turn her into a deep-sea mermaid with silver hair and a dark blue tail.
Maybe her scales glow when there is no sunlight.
🌅 Create a Sunset Ocean Scene
Not every Ariel picture has to remain entirely underwater.
Imagine her swimming near the surface at sunset.
Use yellow and gold near the horizon, then blend upward through orange, coral, pink, purple, and blue.
Beneath the surface, reflect some of those colors through the water.
Ariel’s silhouette against a bright sunset can make a surprisingly dramatic coloring page.
🧜♀️ Ariel and the World of Mermaids
Mermaids have appeared in legends, folklore, literature, and art in many cultures, although their stories and appearances differ considerably.
Some are enchanting.
Some are mysterious.
Some are dangerous.
Some have fish tails, while other water spirits from world traditions look very different from the mermaid image familiar today.
That gives you permission to invent your own mermaid too.
Ariel may be one famous version, but an imaginary ocean can contain thousands of completely different merfolk.
✏️ Design Your Own Mermaid
After coloring Ariel, draw a new mermaid character.
Choose:
Hair color
Tail color
Scale pattern
Jewelry
Home
Ocean companion
Maybe your mermaid has short blue hair and a golden tail.
Perhaps another has purple curls, rainbow scales, and a jellyfish best friend.
Give the character a name and decide where in the ocean they live.
🧜♀️ Ariel and The Little Mermaid
Disney’s Ariel is the mermaid princess introduced in the animated movie The Little Mermaid, released in 1989.
Disney’s film drew inspiration from Hans Christian Andersen’s earlier fairy tale “The Little Mermaid,” but the two versions are not identical.
In fact, the mermaid in Andersen’s original story is not named Ariel.
The Disney adaptation created its own characters, personality, story details, and ending while borrowing the broad idea of a young mermaid fascinated by the human world.
That makes Ariel an interesting example of how an older fairy tale can be transformed into a very different modern story.
📚 The Original Little Mermaid Fairy Tale
Danish author Hans Christian Andersen first published The Little Mermaid on April 7, 1837.
His story begins beneath the ocean in a beautiful kingdom ruled by a sea king. The underwater palace is described with coral walls, amber windows, shells, and pearls—details that sound almost as though they were created for coloring.
The young mermaid becomes fascinated with the world above the water and longs for something beyond the life she already knows.
Andersen’s tale is more serious and bittersweet than the later Disney movie, so families may want to choose an age-appropriate edition when reading it with younger children.
🐚 Color an Andersen-Inspired Underwater Palace
The original fairy tale describes a fantastical underwater palace, making it perfect inspiration for another art activity.
Draw:
- Coral walls
- Amber-colored windows
- Shell roof
- Pearls
- Strange underwater plants
- Fish swimming between branches
Try coral pink for the walls, warm golden amber for the windows, and pearl colors across the roof.
Then add Ariel—or your own mermaid—to the scene.
The activity combines an older literary story with a modern coloring character.
📖 Compare Two Little Mermaid Stories
Older children can compare an age-appropriate version of Andersen’s story with Disney’s The Little Mermaid.
Look for similarities and differences.
Ask:
Who is the main character?
What does she want?
What is the underwater kingdom like?
Why does she become interested in the human world?
Who helps her?
What challenges does she face?
How does each story end?
There is no need to decide which version is “better.” The interesting part is seeing how storytellers can transform a familiar idea.
🌊 Two Worlds: Land and Sea
A major part of Ariel’s story is her fascination with a world different from her own.
Turn that into a coloring activity by dividing a sheet of paper in half.
Label one side:
SEA
and the other:
LAND
On the sea side, draw:
- Coral
- Fish
- Shells
- Bubbles
- Seaweed
On land, draw:
- Trees
- Flowers
- Castle
- Clouds
- Birds
Then place Ariel between the two.
The picture becomes a visual comparison of two different environments.
🏖️ Create an Ariel Beach Scene
Imagine Ariel has reached the shore.
Add:
- Sand
- Seashells
- Waves
- Palm trees
- Sun
- Sandcastle
Use sandy tan, turquoise, blue, coral, and sunny yellow.
For sunset, switch to orange, pink, purple, and gold.
You can find more shoreline inspiration in our Coloring Pages of the Beach.
🐚 Collect Colors From Seashells
Seashells can inspire some surprisingly beautiful palettes.
Try:
Conch Palette
Peach, cream, pink, coral
Pearl Palette
White, silver, lavender, pale blue
Sandy Shell Palette
Tan, brown, cream, gold
Fantasy Shell Palette
Turquoise, purple, pink, and yellow
Use one palette across Ariel’s tail, shells, jewelry, and background to create a coordinated page.
🌊 What Is Real and What Is Fantasy?
Ariel is a fantasy mermaid, but many parts of her underwater environment can be connected with real ocean life.
Fantasy
- Mermaids
- Underwater royal kingdoms
- Talking sea characters
Real Ocean Inspiration
- Coral
- Fish
- Crabs
- Sea turtles
- Dolphins
- Seashells
- Seaweed
Children can circle or list which elements belong to the real ocean and which belong to a fairy-tale world.
Then add one of each to the coloring page.
🐠 Build a Real Ocean Around a Fantasy Mermaid
Try putting Ariel in a more nature-inspired marine habitat.
Draw:
- Coral reef
- Tropical fish
- Sea turtle
- Seagrass
- Rocks
- Crabs
Research the colors of one real fish or turtle and color it accurately.
Then keep Ariel completely fantastical.
The finished picture can combine real ocean science with imaginative storytelling.
🐬 Mermaid or Dolphin?
A mermaid is imaginary.
A dolphin is a real marine mammal.
Compare the two.
Ariel has a human-like upper body and imaginary fish-like tail.
A dolphin has flippers, a streamlined body, tail flukes, and a blowhole.
Dolphins breathe air and must surface regularly.
Color a dolphin beside Ariel and see how different a real ocean mammal looks from a legendary sea character.
Explore our Coloring Pages of Dolphins for more.
🐢 Add a Sea Turtle Friend
A sea turtle can make another beautiful companion for Ariel.
Color the shell using olive, golden brown, tan, cream, and green.
Then add darker and lighter sections to create a mottled pattern.
Or turn the turtle into another fantasy character with a rainbow shell.
Visit our Coloring Pages of Turtles for an entire turtle collection.
🪼 Create a Glowing Jellyfish Garden
Draw jellyfish floating around Ariel.
Use:
- Pink
- Lavender
- Turquoise
- Pale blue
- Purple
Add a soft glow around them with lighter versions of the same colors.
A deep navy background will make pale jellyfish look especially luminous.
For more drifting ocean inspiration, explore our Coloring Pages of Jellyfish.
🐙 Add an Octopus to the Kingdom
An octopus can make a particularly imaginative undersea character.
Give it eight differently colored arms.
Try orange, red, purple, blue, pink, or turquoise.
Then imagine what job an octopus might have in Ariel’s underwater kingdom.
Perhaps it plays eight musical instruments.
Maybe it runs a library and can shelve eight books at once.
Or perhaps it paints enormous underwater murals.
🗺️ Find the Oceans of the World
Ariel’s kingdom is fictional, but the real planet has enormous oceans to explore.
Find the five commonly recognized oceans on a map:
- Pacific Ocean
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Southern Ocean
- Arctic Ocean
Choose one and imagine your own mermaid kingdom hidden somewhere beneath its waves.
What animals live nearby?
Is the water warm or cold?
What does the palace look like?
🧭 Design an Underwater Treasure Map
Draw a map leading through Ariel’s ocean world.
Add:
- Palace
- Coral reef
- Shipwreck
- Mermaid lagoon
- Sea cave
- Treasure chest
- Shark territory
Connect everything with dotted lines.
Add an X where the treasure is hidden.
Then write a few directions:
“Swim past the coral reef.”
“Turn at the sea turtle.”
“Look beneath the purple shell.”
💰 Add a Sunken Treasure Chest
A mermaid adventure practically demands some treasure.
Draw an old chest on the seafloor.
Fill it with:
- Gold coins
- Pearls
- Crowns
- Gemstones
- Mysterious keys
- Old maps
Use gold, ruby red, emerald green, sapphire blue, and purple.
Perhaps Ariel has discovered an object from the human world and is trying to decide what it does.
🔎 Design a Collection of Human Treasures
Ariel is famously curious about objects from the world above the sea.
Create a collection of unusual objects she might discover underwater.
Draw:
- Fork
- Teacup
- Shoe
- Clock
- Book
- Key
- Comb
- Music box
Then imagine what a mermaid who had never seen the object before might think it was used for.
The answers can become as silly as you like.
🎵 Make an Underwater Music Scene
Ariel’s world is closely associated with music.
Draw an imaginary underwater concert.
Maybe crabs play drums.
Fish form a choir.
An octopus plays several instruments at once.
Seashells become horns.
Add colorful music notes floating through the water.
Ariel can be the singer—or the audience.
👗 Design Ariel’s Land Outfit
Ariel does not have to remain in mermaid form for every creative activity.
Draw a princess-style dress for her.
Choose:
Ocean Gown
Turquoise, sea green, silver, and pearl
Sunset Gown
Orange, coral, pink, and purple
Royal Gown
Deep blue, gold, and cream
Fantasy Gown
Lavender, pink, turquoise, and rainbow accents
Add seashell embroidery or tiny pearl decorations so the dress still feels connected to the ocean.
👑 Ariel and the Disney Princess Collection
Ariel is part of Disney’s Princess character lineup alongside characters such as Belle, Jasmine, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Tiana, Moana, and others.
Each character provides a completely different color palette, setting, and story world.
Ariel naturally stands apart because so much of her visual world is connected with the ocean.
Explore more royal designs in our Coloring Pages of Disney Princesses.
🏰 Ariel vs. Rapunzel
Ariel and Rapunzel are both modern Disney princess characters whose stories draw on much older European fairy tales.
But their coloring worlds look dramatically different.
Ariel
Ocean
Mermaid tail
Coral
Seashells
Underwater kingdom
Rapunzel
Tower
Long hair
Forest
Flowers
Castle
Color one page from each collection and create two opposite fantasy worlds.
Explore our Coloring Pages of Rapunzel.
🦄 Build a Fantasy Coloring Book
Ariel can become one page in a much bigger homemade fantasy collection.
Add:
- Mermaids
- Rapunzel
- Princesses
- Unicorns
- Dragons
- Gnomes
- Rainbows
Color each page and write the character or creature’s name underneath.
Then create a cover:
My Magical Coloring Book
For more ideas, explore our Fantasy Coloring Pages.
🔤 A Is for Ariel
For younger children, Ariel can become an alphabet activity.
Write:
A a
Then say:
A is for Ariel.
Think of more A words:
- Apple
- Anchor
- Adventure
- Aqua
- Animal
Draw a large A beside the finished coloring page and decorate it with bubbles, seashells, and waves.
For the whole alphabet, visit our Coloring Pages of Letters.
🔢 Count the Mermaid Scales
Turn Ariel’s tail into a simple counting activity.
Choose a group of scales and count them.
Then give children instructions such as:
“Color three scales blue.”
“Color four scales green.”
“Make two scales purple.”
“Draw five bubbles beside Ariel.”
Older children can create repeating color patterns across the tail.
Green, blue, green, blue…
What comes next?
🔷 Find Shapes Under the Sea
An Ariel page can also become a basic shape hunt.
Look for or add:
- Circle bubbles
- Star-shaped sea stars
- Oval shells
- Triangle-like fish fins
- Spiral shells
Draw the shapes on another sheet and color them to match the underwater scene.
📖 Turn Your Ariel Coloring Page Into a Story
The two existing designs leave plenty of room for storytelling.
Ask:
Where is Ariel going?
What is she thinking about?
What has she just discovered?
Who is swimming nearby?
What is hidden behind the seashell throne?
Is there treasure somewhere in the palace?
What happens next?
Younger children can tell the story aloud.
Older kids can write a few sentences or a complete underwater adventure.
✍️ Rewrite the Mermaid Adventure
Children can also invent a completely new story for Ariel.
Maybe she discovers a secret underwater garden.
Perhaps she finds a lost sea turtle.
Maybe a mysterious map leads to a forgotten palace.
Or perhaps she decides to explore the deepest part of the ocean.
The coloring page becomes the illustration for a story that does not exist yet.
📕 Make a Mermaid Storybook
Print the two Ariel pages and several additional mermaid or ocean printables.
Arrange them into an order.
Write a short passage between each picture.
The story might begin in Ariel’s palace, continue through a coral reef, lead to hidden treasure, and finish near the ocean surface.
Add a cover:
My Underwater Mermaid Adventure
Staple the finished pages together.
🏫 Ariel Coloring Pages for the Classroom
Ariel printables can fit into classroom and homeschool activities involving fairy tales, character studies, storytelling, ocean themes, colors, and imaginative writing.
Try using them for:
- Fairy-tale units
- Story comparison
- Creative writing
- Ocean themes
- Color practice
- Letter A practice
- Counting
- Story sequencing
- Art centers
- Early finishers
- Fantasy units
Older students can compare Disney’s Ariel with Andersen’s unnamed little mermaid and look at how stories change when they are adapted for different audiences.
For more learning-oriented printables, explore our Educational Coloring Pages & Activities.
🧒 Ariel Coloring Pages for Younger Kids
For preschool and early-elementary children, there is no need to make the activity complicated.
Focus on recognizable features:
- Mermaid
- Hair
- Tail
- Seashell
- Ocean
- Fish
- Bubbles
Let children choose any colors they like.
Ariel does not need red hair.
The sea does not have to be blue.
The tail can absolutely be rainbow-colored.
The goal can simply be enjoying the picture.
🎨 Ariel Coloring for Older Kids
Older colorists can experiment with more detail.
Try:
- Layered hair shading
- Tail gradients
- Individual scale colors
- Pearl highlights
- Underwater light
- Several shades of blue
- Coral details
- Decorative shells
Colored pencils can be especially useful for blending Ariel’s hair and tail.
Fine-tip markers can make smaller seashell and background details easier to fill.
✂️ Ariel Coloring Page Crafts
Finished Ariel pages can become:
- Mermaid posters
- Storybook illustrations
- Ocean collages
- Bookmarks
- Princess decorations
- Classroom displays
- Birthday decorations
- Underwater murals
Children can also cut out Ariel with age-appropriate supervision and place her on a larger sheet of blue construction paper.
Then build a complete ocean kingdom around her using additional paper, shells, glitter, or drawings.
🐚 Make a Seashell Collage
Cut seashell shapes from colored paper.
Decorate them with:
- Stripes
- Pearls
- Dots
- Rainbow patterns
- Glitter
- Stars
Arrange them around the finished Ariel page.
Add paper seaweed and bubbles.
The coloring sheet becomes part of a larger mixed-media ocean picture.
🧜♀️ Make a Paper Mermaid Tail
Draw a large mermaid tail on construction paper.
Divide it into scale sections.
Color or paint the scales.
Then decorate with:
- Glitter
- Tissue paper
- Sequins
- Paper circles
- Stickers
Attach the tail near a finished character picture or display it separately.
Every child can create a completely different pattern.
🖍️ Coloring Tips for Ariel’s Hair
Begin with a lighter red or red-orange.
Then layer deeper crimson and burgundy beneath overlapping strands.
Use short strokes that follow the direction of the hair.
Keep a few areas pale to suggest reflected light.
Do not outline every strand heavily—the contrast between light and dark sections is often enough to give the hair movement.
🧜♀️ Coloring Tips for Mermaid Scales
Choose at least two related colors.
For example:
Turquoise + Emerald
or
Pink + Purple
Color the center of a scale more lightly and darken the edges.
Repeat the same technique across the tail.
For a shimmering effect, occasionally add a very pale scale among the darker ones.
🌊 Coloring Tips for Underwater Scenes
Water becomes more interesting when several shades are layered together.
Try:
Pale aqua → Turquoise → Blue → Navy
Keep the area near Ariel slightly lighter if you want her to remain the focal point.
Use greens, purples, and browns for ocean plants.
Coral can be much brighter.
Add white or pale-blue bubbles at the end.
🖨️ How to Use Your Ariel Coloring Pages
Choose your favorite design, print it, and gather crayons, markers, colored pencils, or other art supplies.
Regular printer paper works well for everyday coloring. Heavier paper may be useful if you plan to add paint, glue, glitter, paper shells, or other craft materials.
Then decide which Ariel world you want to create.
Perhaps you will recreate her familiar red hair and green mermaid tail.
Maybe you will surround her with a brilliant coral reef.
Perhaps she will sit on a pearl-colored seashell throne inside a turquoise palace.
Or maybe your Ariel has silver hair, a purple tail, and an underwater kingdom filled with glowing rainbow jellyfish.
The character may be familiar, but the colors are entirely yours.
🧜♀️ Dive Into Ariel’s Colorful Underwater World
With Ariel as a mermaid and a beautiful seashell-inspired underwater scene, these printable coloring pages provide a fun starting point for ocean art, fantasy adventures, fairy-tale storytelling, and creative color experiments.
Recreate Ariel’s famous colors, design a rainbow mermaid tail, build an underwater palace, add dolphins and turtles, invent mermaid jewelry, discover the older Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, or turn the finished pages into an entirely new underwater story.
Choose your favorite printable, grab your colors, and dive beneath the waves.
🔗 Related Articles
- Fantasy Coloring Pages
- Ocean Coloring Pages
- Coloring Pages of Mermaids
- Under the Sea Coloring Pages
- Coloring Pages of Disney Princesses
- Coloring Pages of Rapunzel
- Coloring Pages of Dolphins
- Coloring Pages of Turtles
- Coloring Pages of Jellyfish
- Coloring Pages of the Beach
- Educational Coloring Pages & Activities
📚 Sources
- Disney Princess — Ariel
- Disney — The Little Mermaid
- Disney Books — The Little Mermaid
- Hans Christian Andersen Center — The Little Mermaid
- Hans Christian Andersen Center — The Little Mermaid, English Translation
- Project Gutenberg — Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
