Color by Number Lion

Print the Lion face, or open More options for a roaring lion, a lioness, a cub and 4 more.

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Color by number: Lion face

Color each square by its number. Squares with no number stay white.

121221122121
233222222332
223333333322
123333333321
223433334322
123333333321
22333322
12344321
22344322
12233221
222222222222
121221122121

To color on screen, choose a color in the key, then tap the squares.

Lion face, 12 by 12, 4 colors.

Answer key: prints on page 2.

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Print gives a blank worksheet, and the colored answer key on page 2 when that box is ticked. Colors you fill in on screen stay on screen. By keyboard: the arrow keys move around the grid, Enter colors a square, a digit colors it by that number and Backspace clears it.

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How it works

This color by number lion set opens on a Lion face with a brown mane on a blue background. Seven more pixel pictures show a roar, a lioness, a cub and lions walking, resting and sitting.

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Five brown manes and two lions without

The Lion face, the Roaring lion and the walking, resting and sitting lions have a brown mane. The Lioness and the Lion cub have none: a mane is the mark of an adult male lion.

Yellow and black on every sheet

Yellow and black are in all 8 easy keys. The Lion at sunset has the most black, 84 squares, with yellow only for the sun.

  • The Roaring lion is the only sheet with white teeth; its open mouth is red.

Questions and answers

Why does the lioness have no mane?

A mane is the mark of an adult male lion, and lionesses rarely have one. The Lioness here is plain yellow with a brown tuft on her tail, and the Lion cub has no mane either.

Do lion cubs have spots?

Yes, when they are small. A newborn lion has dark spots that fade as it grows up, and the detailed Lion cub grid has brown spots on its head and legs.

What is a group of lions called?

A pride. Lions live in groups called prides, made up of related females, their cubs and one or a few adult males. This set draws its lions one to a sheet.

Which crayon is used most on the lion face?

Brown: 58 squares of mane on the easy grid, against 44 yellow and 6 black. The muzzle is white paper.

All 8 pictures

Heads 2

  • Lion face A lion's face looking at you on a blue background: a brown mane with jagged edges, a yellow face and ears, black eyes, a black nose and a white muzzle left as paper. On the detailed grid the mane is streaked with orange. Adult male lions have a mane. Easy: 4 colors, 128 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 510 squares to color.
  • Roaring lion A lion's head seen from the side on a green background, roaring to the left: a brown mane, a yellow face, a black eye and nose, a red open mouth and white teeth left as paper. On the detailed grid the tongue is pink, the mane has orange tips and there are more white teeth. Easy: 5 colors, 142 squares to color. Detailed: 7 colors, 564 squares to color.

Whole lions 4

  • Lion at sunset The black outline of a lion walking to the left along black ground at sunset, in front of a yellow sun in an orange sky with a red band at the top. On the detailed grid the red band at the top of the sky is wider. Easy: 4 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 4 colors, 576 squares to color.
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Whole lions, continued

  • Resting lion A male lion lying down on a green strip under a purple sky, head raised and turned left: yellow coat, brown mane, black eye and nose, and a brown tassel on the tail. On the detailed grid yellow stars appear, orange tips the mane and a light green line tops the strip. Easy: 5 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 7 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Sitting lion A lion sitting up and facing you on green grass on a red background: a brown mane that runs down to its chest, a yellow face and body, black eyes and a black nose. On the detailed grid the mane has orange tips and the grass has a light green edge. Easy: 5 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 7 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Walking lion A male lion pacing leftward over a green strip under an orange sky: yellow coat, brown mane, black eye and nose, and a brown tassel on the tail. On the detailed grid orange tips the mane and a light green line tops the strip. Easy: 5 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 576 squares to color.

Lioness and cub 2

  • Lion cub A small lion seen from the front, perched on its haunches in a purple dusk above a strip of green: round ears with brown middles, a pale snout and bib of bare paper, yellow everywhere else, and black for the eyes and nose. On the detailed grid brown dots mark its forehead and paws, and a light green line tops the strip. Easy: 5 colors, 128 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 518 squares to color.
  • Lioness A lioness heading right across a green strip under an orange sky: all yellow with no mane, black for the eye and nose, a chin of white paper and a brown tassel on her tail. On the detailed grid a light green line tops the strip and her underside is shaded into the orange behind. Easy: 5 colors, 143 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 574 squares to color.

How this list was compiled: Our own pixel pictures, drawn square by square for this site on 12 by 12 and 24 by 24 grids in October 2026. Nothing is traced, scanned or copied from clip art, and no picture shows a brand, a logo or a character from a film, show, book or game. The fact in the Lion face description and the answers about manes, cubs and prides on this page were checked against Wikipedia in October 2026, and the color and square counts were counted from the finished grids. Licence: own work

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