Blue Whale Coloring Pages

Blue whales have long streamlined bodies and small dorsal fins near their tails. Choose a simple portrait, two swimming companions or a detailed ocean scene. Download and print for free.

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Two blue whales of different sizes swim to the left above rolling seabed ridges, with small fish and bubbles nearby.

Blue Whale and Calf in Open Water

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A blue whale banks gently above a sloping rocky shelf, showing its throat grooves between seaweed, small fish and shafts of light.

Blue Whale Turning above a Rocky Shelf

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A blue whale swims above tall kelp, with shells, a sea star and small fish around the rocky seabed.

Blue Whale beyond the Kelp

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A blue whale swims beneath a calm sea surface, with the moon and stars above wooded islands and small fish among the seaweed below.

Blue Whale in a Moonlit Bay

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A blue whale swims below a wide opening between ice shelves, above rocky ledges and an open seabed.

Blue Whale beneath the Ice Edge

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A blue whale glides above a sloping seabed scattered with scallop and spiral shells, rounded stones and waving seaweed.

Blue Whale above a Shell-Covered Slope

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A long blue whale glides diagonally through shafts of light above rocky ledges, seaweed and small fish.

Blue Whale Descending through Sunbeams

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A blue whale reaches the calm surface and releases a small plume from the top of its head, with its body visible underwater and coastal hills beyond.

Blue Whale Taking a Breath

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Seen from behind at an angle, a blue whale rises toward surface light, with its broad tail in front of seaweed, stones and small fish.

Blue Whale Rising toward the Light

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Three blue whales glide at different depths above a distant underwater mountain, with small fish schools and sweeping current lines.

Three Blue Whales above a Seamount

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A blue whale glides diagonally above a deep canyon, with layered rock walls, seaweed and small fish below.

Blue Whale above an Underwater Canyon

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Two blue whales swim in opposite directions at different depths, with sweeping current lines, small fish and a rocky seabed below.

Two Blue Whales in Flowing Currents

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Follow throat grooves or color a surface scene?

Choose how much of the surroundings you want to include with your blue whale.

A turning whale

The curved body exposes long throat grooves. Small fish and seabed details can wait while you color the whale.

Blue Whale Turning above a Rocky Shelf →

At the surface

The whale lies beneath a coastal scene with a blow above the water. Choose it to work across water and sky.

Blue Whale Taking a Breath →

Color the whale and pause

Print the original line drawing linked below. The numbered areas match the color key and steps; use the colored example as a starting point, then choose your own colors if you prefer.

Try it on paper

Original coloring page: Blue Whale Turning above a Rocky Shelf →

Blue-gray whale with a pale blue underside, white markings and uncolored surroundings. — A digital color suggestion, not a photograph of a printed result. Open the original line drawing to print and try your own colors.

1. Blue-gray back
2. Pale blue underside
3. White markings and scene

Shade the back, flippers and tail blue-gray, working around the small oval markings.
Fill the grooved underside pale blue, keeping each black line visible.
Leave the oval markings and every surrounding fish, plant, bubble and rock white.

The throat grooves should remain clear. A colored whale in a white scene is a complete partial study.

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Start with large areas, then try the smaller details in the ocean scene.

Try it together

Compare the head, flippers and tail with another whale picture.

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