Panda Color by Number

Print the Sitting panda, or open More options for a panda face, a cub, a red panda and 4 more.

Sitting panda, 12 by 12, 2 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.

How it works

This panda color by number set opens on a Sitting panda: white paper, black patches and a green background. Behind it: Panda face, Panda eating bamboo, Panda cub, Red panda, Bamboo stalk, Climbing panda and Sleeping panda.

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A simple color by number panda takes 2 crayons

The easy Sitting panda needs only green and black, 20 green squares and 48 black, and the Panda face only yellow and black. The panda itself is the paper: its white squares print empty.

Six giant pandas, a red panda and bamboo

The Red panda is another animal: an orange coat, black legs and a ringed tail. On the detailed grid every giant panda gets gray shading.

  • The Panda face is the quickest easy sheet: 58 squares in yellow and black.
  • Check Put 0 in the white squares in More options to print a 0 in each white square.

Questions and answers

Which panda color by number page is the simplest?

The Panda face: 58 squares to color with two crayons, yellow and black. The Sitting panda also takes two crayons, green and black, with 68 squares.

Why is the panda not colored in?

A giant panda's coat is white with black patches, and white squares print empty on these sheets. Coloring the background and the black patches leaves the panda as white paper.

Is a red panda a giant panda?

No, it is a different animal. The giant panda is a bear with a white and black coat; the red panda is a small mammal with reddish-brown fur and a ringed tail.

All 8 pictures

Giant pandas 6

  • Climbing panda A giant panda climbing a brown tree trunk on a green background, holding on with a black arm and a black leg; its coat is white paper with black ears, black rings around its eyes and a black nose. On the detailed grid the background is light green with darker green leaves, the bark has black lines and gray shading marks the back. Easy: 3 colors, 104 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 422 squares to color.
  • Panda cub A panda cub up on all four legs, seen from the side with its head raised at the right. The coat is white paper; one ear, one eye patch, the nose, a band over the shoulders and all four legs are black, and the cub stands on green grass under a purple sky. On the detailed grid three gray squares shade its back, and light green blades and two yellow flowers stand in the grass. Easy: 3 colors, 111 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 448 squares to color.
  • Panda eating bamboo A giant panda sitting side on against an orange background, holding a green bamboo stalk up to its mouth with one black arm: a white coat left as paper with a black ear, a black eye patch, a black nose and a black hind leg. On the detailed grid the stalk is light green and green with two brown joints, the eye patch has a white glint and gray shading marks the belly. About 99% of a giant panda's diet is bamboo. Easy: 3 colors, 91 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 366 squares to color.
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Giant pandas, continued

  • Panda face A giant panda's head close up on yellow: white fur left as paper, round black ears, slanting black rings around the eyes and a black nose. On the detailed grid each eye ring has a white glint, a pink tongue sticks out under the nose and gray marks the ears and jaw. Easy: 2 colors, 58 squares to color. Detailed: 4 colors, 224 squares to color.
  • Sitting panda A giant panda sitting up and facing you on a green background: a white coat left as paper with black ears, black patches around its eyes, a black nose and black arms and legs. On the detailed grid the background is light green with darker green leaves, the eyes have white glints, the tongue is pink and gray shading marks the belly. The giant panda has a white coat, with black patches on the ears, legs and shoulders and around the eyes. Easy: 2 colors, 68 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 266 squares to color.
  • Sleeping panda A giant panda lying flat, asleep, with a white Z floating above it. Its head rests at the left of the sheet and its rump rises at the right; ear, eye patch, nose, shoulder band and legs are black against a yellow background, over a strip of green ground. On the detailed grid gray flecks mark the rump, and the ground gains lighter blades and two yellow blooms. Easy: 3 colors, 105 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 426 squares to color.

Red panda 1

  • Red panda A red panda on a brown branch against a yellow background: an orange coat, white ear tips and a white muzzle left as paper, black eyes and a black nose, black legs and a long tail ringed in orange and brown. On the detailed grid it has white brows, a black belly and black knots on the branch. The red panda has reddish-brown fur, and its belly and legs are black, and a ringed tail. Easy: 4 colors, 140 squares to color. Detailed: 4 colors, 562 squares to color.

Bamboo 1

  • Bamboo stalk Two green bamboo stalks with brown joints and green leaves. On the detailed grid each stalk has a light green side and three leaves have yellow tips. Easy: 2 colors, 59 squares to color. Detailed: 4 colors, 236 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 facts in the Sitting panda, Panda eating bamboo and Red panda descriptions were checked against Wikipedia in October 2026, and the color and square counts were counted from the finished grids. Licence: own work