Peacock Color by Number

Print the Peacock with its tail spread, or open More options for a feather, a peahen and 5 more.

Peacock with its tail spread, 12 by 12, 5 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 peacock color by number set opens on a Peacock with its tail spread. Behind it: Peacock feather, Peacock walking, Peacock head, Peahen, Peacock on a branch, Peacock feather pattern and Peachick.

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Peacock, peahen, peafowl

Only the male is a peacock; the female is a peahen, and both are peafowl. Both have a brown beak and brown legs, so every bird on these sheets takes the brown crayon.

Eight peacock color by number pages, 3 to 5 crayons

Green is in all 8 easy keys. Three sheets color all 144 squares: the Peacock with its tail spread, the Peacock on a branch and the Peacock feather pattern, where 48 yellow squares ring the eyespots.

  • The easy Peacock with its tail spread has 16 eyespots, each a yellow square with a purple one under it.
  • On the Peacock head 4 squares stay white: the two patches drawn above and below the eye.

Questions and answers

Which peacock color by number printable has the fewest squares?

The Peacock walking: 56 squares on the easy grid, with 4 crayons. The Peahen is next with 59 squares and only 3 crayons: black, brown and green.

Are these color by number coloring pages of only peacocks?

Yes. All eight are peafowl: four peacocks, a peahen, a peachick, one feather and a feather pattern. No other bird is on the page; the bird set has eight more.

How do I print the peacock with more detail?

Open More options and choose Detailed 24 by 24. The Peacock with its tail spread then has 576 squares and 8 colors: light green feather shafts fan out from behind the body, the chest turns light blue and the eye is black.

All 8 pictures

Peacocks 4

  • Peacock head A peacock's head from the side: blue, with a crest of black stalks tipped blue, a black eye between two patches left white and a brown beak, in front of green feathers with yellow eyespots. On the detailed grid the green is flecked light green and the neck has light blue feathers. A real peacock has a blue head and a fan-shaped crest. Easy: 5 colors, 140 squares to color. Detailed: 7 colors, 562 squares to color.
  • Peacock on a branch A peacock perched on a brown branch against a yellow sky, with its green train hanging down past the branch: a blue crest, head and body, a brown beak and purple eyespots on the train. On the detailed grid the train is flecked light green, the wing has light blue feathers and the eye is black. Peafowl fly up into tall trees to roost at night. Easy: 5 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 8 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Peacock walking A peacock walking to the right with its train folded and trailing behind: a blue crest, head, neck and body, a green train with yellow eyespots, and a brown beak and legs; the background is left white. On the detailed grid the train is flecked light green, the wing has light blue feathers, the eye is black and a strip of light green grass runs along the bottom. Easy: 4 colors, 56 squares to color. Detailed: 7 colors, 271 squares to color.
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Peacocks, continued

  • Peacock with its tail spread A peacock facing you with its train fanned out so wide that it fills the sheet: a green fan with eyespots in yellow and purple, a blue crest, head, neck and body, and a brown beak and legs. On the detailed grid light green feather shafts fan out from behind the body, the chest is light blue and the eye is black. The train is made of long upper-tail covert feathers with eyespots. Easy: 5 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 8 colors, 576 squares to color.

Feathers 2

  • Peacock feather One feather from a peacock's train: a green tip with an eyespot of yellow, blue and purple rings, loose green barbs and a brown shaft; the background is left white. On the detailed grid the barbs are flecked light green, the outer ring is orange with yellow at its top and bottom, and the ring inside it is light blue. Easy: 5 colors, 76 squares to color. Detailed: 8 colors, 306 squares to color.
  • Peacock feather pattern Rows of peacock eyespots, each a yellow ring round a blue and purple center, on green; every square gets a color. On the detailed grid the green is checked with light green and each eyespot has a light blue highlight. Easy: 4 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 576 squares to color.

Peahen and chick 2

  • Peachick A peachick standing on green grass, facing right: a brown head, back, beak and legs, a yellow chest and a small black crest and eye; the sky is left white. On the detailed grid the sky is light blue, the wing has black bars and the grass has light green blades. Peafowl chicks follow their mother around after hatching. Easy: 4 colors, 74 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Peahen A peahen standing on green grass, facing left: a brown body, beak and legs, a green neck, a face left white and a black crest. On the detailed grid the back has gray flecks, the eye is black and the grass has light green blades. The peahen is mostly brown, with a white face and a green lower neck, and has no train. Easy: 3 colors, 59 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 238 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 guide and in the Peacock with its tail spread, Peacock head, Peahen, Peacock on a branch and Peachick descriptions were checked against the Wikipedia articles Peafowl and Indian peafowl in October 2026. The color and square counts were counted from the finished grids. Licence: own work