These 25 free shark coloring pages for kids swim through four kinds of sharks in one book: the great white, the hammerhead, the whale shark, and the tiger shark. Every page is free to download and print, or to color right in your browser, with no sign-up needed.
This 25-page shark coloring book for ages 3-8 mixes real shark scenes with playful make-believe. Some pages show real shark behavior, like sharks swimming near small fish and a great white leaping out of the waves. Some pages show four kinds of sharks up close, so you can see how different they look. And some pages are pure pretend, like a shark having a birthday party or hunting for treasure. The book does not name any shark, so we simply call it “the shark” or “the baby shark” on every page. See if you can spot all four shark kinds.
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Choose your favorite shark coloring page
Find a page fast: pick a scene, check its theme and difficulty, then tap the title to jump to it.
| Page | Scene | Theme | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Swimming with Little Fish | Swimming with Little Fish | Meet the sharks | Medium |
| 2. Shark Smiling at You | Shark Smiling at You | Meet the sharks | Medium |
| 3. Leaping Out of the Waves | Leaping Out of the Waves | Meet the sharks | Medium |
| 4. Baby Shark Says Hello | Baby Shark Says Hello | Swimming together | Medium |
| 5. Hammerhead Shark | Hammerhead Shark | Meet the sharks | Simple |
| 6. Hammerhead from Above | Hammerhead from Above | Meet the sharks | Simple |
| 7. Hammerhead Swimming | Hammerhead Swimming | Swimming together | Medium |
| 8. Hammerhead and Small Fish | Hammerhead and Small Fish | Swimming together | Medium |
| 9. Whale Shark Close-Up | Whale Shark Close-Up | Meet the sharks | Simple |
| 10. Whale Shark Feeding | Whale Shark Feeding | Swimming together | Medium |
| 11. Whale Shark Smiling | Whale Shark Smiling | Meet the sharks | Simple |
| 12. Whale Shark and the Submarine | Whale Shark and the Submarine | Swimming together | Medium |
| 13. Baby Shark Portrait | Baby Shark Portrait | Gentle moments | Simple |
| 14. Baby Shark with a Swim Ring | Baby Shark with a Swim Ring | Shark playtime | Simple |
| 15. Baby Shark Resting | Baby Shark Resting | Gentle moments | Simple |
| 16. Baby Shark with a Balloon | Baby Shark with a Balloon | Shark playtime | Medium |
| 17. Three Sharks Together | Three Sharks Together | Swimming together | Medium |
| 18. Shark Picnic | Shark Picnic | Shark playtime | Medium |
| 19. Three Sharks in a Line | Three Sharks in a Line | Swimming together | Medium |
| 20. Shark Meets a Diver | Shark Meets a Diver | Gentle moments | Medium |
| 21. High-Five with a Diver | High-Five with a Diver | Gentle moments | Medium |
| 22. Shark Birthday Party | Shark Birthday Party | Shark playtime | Medium |
| 23. Shark Party Gifts | Shark Party Gifts | Shark playtime | Medium |
| 24. Tiger Shark | Tiger Shark | Meet the sharks | Medium |
| 25. Shark Treasure Hunt | Shark Treasure Hunt | Shark playtime | Medium |
How to use these shark coloring pages
Jump to a part of the book: Meet the sharks (pages 1–3, 5–6, 9, 11, 24) · Swimming together (4, 7–8, 10, 12, 17, 19) · Shark playtime (14, 16, 18, 22–23, 25) · Gentle moments (13, 15, 20–21)
Choose a picture below, then tap Download to print it or Color Online to color it in your browser. The pages run in book order.
Simple pages have large open shapes and few details. Medium pages have more objects and smaller spaces. The difficulty rating is my own guide for this book, not a fixed age level.
Meet the sharks (Pages 1–3, 5–6, 9, 11, 24)
Meet four kinds of sharks in one book: the great white, the hammerhead, the whale shark, and the tiger shark. Some pages are real portraits, and one shows a great white leaping out of the waves.
1. Swimming with Little Fish
A big shark swims to the left with seven small fish around it: four near the top left and three near the bottom right, with bubbles, seaweed and coral below. Small fish do swim near big sharks in the wild, like pilotfish that swim along with them, so this is a real scene. The little fish are not the shark’s friends, though. They just share the same water. Count all seven small fish.
Difficulty: Medium (one big shark, seven small fish, and seaweed). Try this: Count all seven small fish, one by one.
2. Shark Smiling at You
A big shark faces you with a wide open smile full of triangular teeth, and five small fish swim nearby: two at the top right, two at the bottom left, and one at the bottom right. Sharks can swim right up to you like this in the wild. The smile is the cartoon’s friendly look, though. Real sharks cannot smile the way people do. Count all five small fish.
Difficulty: Medium (one big shark and five small fish). Try this: Count all five small fish, then color the shark blue.
3. Leaping Out of the Waves
A shark leaps high out of the waves, its body tilted upward, with a big splash below. Some sharks really do leap out of the water: great white sharks jump right out of the sea when they hunt seals. Most sharks do not leap like this, so this is a great white’s trick, not something every shark does.
Difficulty: Medium (one shark leaping, a big splash, and waves). Try this: Color the waves blue, then color the splash white.
5. Hammerhead Shark
A hammerhead shark swims with its wide flat head and a big smile full of teeth. The hammer-shaped head is called a cephalofoil, and the shark’s eyes sit at its two ends. This is a real portrait of a real shark type.
Difficulty: Simple (one hammerhead shark, plain background). Try this: Color the hammerhead’s wide head, then color its body gray.
6. Hammerhead from Above
A hammerhead shark seen from above, with its wide flat head, two eyes at the ends, gill slits, and a long body. You cannot see its mouth from this angle. A top-down view like this shows the cephalofoil well, and it is a real portrait of a real shark type.
Difficulty: Simple (one hammerhead shark seen from above, plain background). Try this: Color the hammerhead from the top down, then color the tail fin.
9. Whale Shark Close-Up
A whale shark close up, covered in spots, with a wide mouth, one big eye, and gill slits. The whale shark is the biggest fish in the ocean, and its spots are real. This is a real portrait of a real shark type.
Difficulty: Simple (one whale shark, plain background). Try this: Color the whale shark’s spots, then color its body gray.
11. Whale Shark Smiling
A whale shark close up, smiling with its mouth open, two big eyes, and spots all over. The whale shark’s wide mouth is real, but the smile is the cartoon’s friendly look. Real sharks cannot smile the way people do.
Difficulty: Simple (one whale shark, plain background). Try this: Color the whale shark’s big smile, then color its spots.
24. Tiger Shark
A tiger shark swims to the right with dark vertical stripes down its back and sides, and four striped small fish swim nearby: two at the top right, one on the left, and one at the bottom right. Tiger sharks really do have dark stripes, especially when they are young. Count all four striped fish.
Difficulty: Medium (one tiger shark and four striped small fish). Try this: Count all four striped fish, then color the tiger shark’s stripes.
Swimming together (Pages 4, 7–8, 10, 12, 17, 19)
Sharks swim near small fish, past a submarine, and in groups of three. The little fish just share the same water.
4. Baby Shark Says Hello
A small baby shark faces you with big eyes and an open smile, and three small fish swim nearby: two on the left and one on the right. Young sharks swim with smaller fish in shallow water and in nurseries. The little fish are not the shark’s friends, though. They just share the same water. Count all three small fish.
Difficulty: Medium (one baby shark and three small fish). Try this: Count all three small fish, then color the baby shark blue.
7. Hammerhead Swimming
A hammerhead shark swims to the right with three small fish around it, bubbles, seaweed and coral below. Hammerheads swim near smaller fish in the wild, so this is a real scene. The little fish just share the same water. Count all three small fish.
Difficulty: Medium (one hammerhead shark and three small fish). Try this: Count all three small fish, then color the hammerhead gray.
8. Hammerhead and Small Fish
A hammerhead shark swims to the left with five small fish around it, bubbles, seaweed and coral below. Hammerheads swim near smaller fish in the wild, so this is a real scene. The little fish just share the same water. Count all five small fish.
Difficulty: Medium (one hammerhead shark and five small fish). Try this: Count all five small fish, then color the hammerhead blue.
10. Whale Shark Feeding
A whale shark swims with its mouth wide open, and three small fish swim nearby: one at the top right and two at the bottom left. The whale shark opens its huge mouth to filter food from the water, so this wide open mouth is real. It has no teeth in this picture, because a whale shark’s teeth are tiny. Count all three small fish.
Difficulty: Medium (one whale shark and three small fish). Try this: Count all three small fish, then color the whale shark gray.
12. Whale Shark and the Submarine
A whale shark swims past a small submarine, and a boy waves from inside it, while three small fish swim nearby: one at the top right and two at the bottom left. Whale sharks do swim near divers and boats in the wild, but a boy waving from a submarine is make-believe. Count all three small fish.
Difficulty: Medium (one whale shark, three small fish, and a submarine). Try this: Count all three small fish, then find the boy in the submarine.
17. Three Sharks Together
One big shark and two small sharks swim together, with two small fish at the top right, bubbles, seaweed and coral below. Sharks do swim together in groups, and adult and young sharks can share the same waters. Baby sharks swim on their own from birth, so these three are not a parent with its pups. Count all three sharks, then count both small fish.
Difficulty: Medium (three sharks and two small fish). Try this: Count all three sharks, then count both small fish.
19. Three Sharks in a Line
Three sharks swim in a diagonal line, big, medium, and small, with bubbles, seaweed and coral below. Sharks can swim in a line when they follow each other, but sharks do not swim in parent-and-pup lines. Baby sharks swim on their own from birth. Count all three sharks.
Difficulty: Medium (three sharks in a line). Try this: Which shark is biggest? Color the biggest one blue.
Shark playtime (Pages 14, 16, 18, 22–23, 25)
Six pretend pages: a swim ring, a balloon, a picnic, a birthday party, party gifts, and a treasure hunt. None of these happen in real life.
14. Baby Shark with a Swim Ring
A baby shark floats with a swim ring around its middle, smiling with its teeth out. This is make-believe: sharks do not use swim rings or any swimming aids. Imagine the baby shark playing at the pool.
Difficulty: Simple (one baby shark and a swim ring, plain background). Try this: Color the swim ring red, then color the baby shark blue.
16. Baby Shark with a Balloon
A baby shark holds one big balloon on a string with its fin, smiling with its teeth out, with bubbles, seaweed and coral below. This is make-believe: a shark’s fin cannot grip a string the way a hand does. Imagine the baby shark got a balloon at a party.
Difficulty: Medium (one baby shark and one balloon). Try this: Color the balloon red, then color the baby shark blue.
18. Shark Picnic
Three sharks gather around a picnic blanket with seaweed leaves on it, and two small fish swim at the top right while one starfish sits at the bottom right. This is pure make-believe: sharks do not have picnics. Imagine the sharks brought a snack to share. Count all three sharks, both small fish, and the one starfish.
Difficulty: Medium (three sharks, two small fish, and one starfish). Try this: Count all three sharks, both small fish, and the one starfish.
22. Shark Birthday Party
A big baby shark in a party hat sits behind a two-tier birthday cake with four candles, and two small sharks in party hats swim nearby, with four balloons around them: two on the left and two on the right. Sharks do not have birthday parties, so this is a pretend party. Count all four candles, all four balloons, and all three sharks.
Difficulty: Medium (three sharks, a birthday cake, and four balloons). Try this: Count all four candles, all four balloons, and all three sharks.
23. Shark Party Gifts
A baby shark in a party hat holds three balloons tied with a bow, and four gift boxes sit below, with three small fish nearby: two at the top left and one on the right. Sharks do not open presents, so this is a pretend party. Count all three balloons, all four gift boxes, and all three small fish.
Difficulty: Medium (one baby shark, three balloons, four gift boxes, and three small fish). Try this: Count all three balloons, all four gift boxes, and all three small fish.
25. Shark Treasure Hunt
A baby shark looks at an open treasure chest full of coins, gems, a crown and a pearl necklace, with three small striped fish nearby: two at the top and one on the left, and shipwreck timbers at the top right. Shipwrecks are real places under the sea, but sharks do not hunt treasure, so this is a pretend adventure. Count all three small fish.
Difficulty: Medium (one baby shark, one treasure chest, and three small fish). Try this: Count all three small fish, then find the crown in the treasure chest.
Gentle moments (Pages 13, 15, 20–21)
Four quiet pages: a baby shark portrait, a baby shark resting on the sand, and two friendly meetings with a diver.
13. Baby Shark Portrait
A baby shark faces you with big round eyes and an open smile full of teeth. This is a portrait of a young shark. Baby sharks are called pups, and they swim on their own from birth.
Difficulty: Simple (one baby shark, plain background). Try this: Color the baby shark’s big eyes, then color its body blue.
15. Baby Shark Resting
A baby shark rests on the sandy sea floor with its eyes closed and a gentle closed smile, bubbles rising above it, and a smiling starfish nearby. This is the only page where the shark’s eyes are closed. Some sharks do rest on the sea floor, but a shark resting like this is an imaginative picture, not how a baby shark sleeps. The starfish sits nearby on the sand.
Difficulty: Simple (one baby shark resting and one starfish). Try this: Shh! The baby shark is resting. Color the starfish orange.
20. Shark Meets a Diver
A baby shark waves at a boy scuba diver, who wears a mask, snorkel, tank and flippers, and three small fish swim nearby: two at the top right and one at the bottom left. Sharks do meet divers in the wild, but they do not wave. The waving is friendly pretend. Count all three small fish.
Difficulty: Medium (one baby shark, one scuba diver, and three small fish). Try this: Count all three small fish, then color the diver’s flippers.
21. High-Five with a Diver
A baby shark gives a high-five to the same boy diver, who wears a mask, snorkel, tank and flippers, and three small fish swim nearby: one at the top right and two at the bottom left. A high-five is something a shark can learn with a trainer in an aquarium. Wild sharks do not high-five. Count all three small fish.
Difficulty: Medium (one baby shark, one scuba diver, and three small fish). Try this: Count all three small fish, then color the diver’s mask.
How to download, print, or color online
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The sharks’ colors
The sharks look the same on every page, and their colors stay the same too:
- Light-blue top.
- White belly.
- Big round dark eyes with white highlights.
- Open mouth with triangular teeth, on most pages.
- Tall dorsal fin.
- Two pectoral fins.
- Vertical tail fin.
The cartoon shark is light blue on top with a white belly. Real sharks are usually gray or blue-gray above and paler underneath. Our cartoon shark uses a brighter light-blue color for a fun, friendly look. Our cartoon sharks look like they are smiling! Real sharks cannot smile the way people do. Their mouths are shaped that way, and their wide mouths help them catch food, not show feelings. In real life, a shark’s tongue is a short, stiff piece of cartilage on the floor of its mouth, not a pink floppy tongue like ours. The triangular teeth are real: many sharks have rows of sharp teeth, but a whale shark’s teeth are tiny. Shark tails stand upright in the water, not flat like a whale’s. The sharks in this book are four kinds: the great white, the hammerhead, the whale shark, and the tiger shark.
Those are the sharks’ colors in the book. Your child can follow them, or choose any colors they like. The sharks are the same sharks on every page, from the swim with little fish on page 1 to the treasure hunt on page 25.
Shark fun facts for curious kids
- Sharks are fish, not mammals. They breathe through gills. Many sharks must keep swimming so water flows over their gills, but some sharks can also rest and pump water over their gills.
- A shark’s skeleton is made of cartilage, not bone. Cartilage is the same bendy stuff in your nose and ears.
- Sharks have several rows of teeth. When a tooth falls out, a new tooth moves forward to take its place.
- A hammerhead shark’s wide head is called a cephalofoil. Its eyes sit at the ends, so it can see widely to both sides.
- The whale shark is the biggest fish in the ocean! Even though it is enormous, it mostly eats tiny plankton, fish eggs, and small fish by filtering food from the water.
- Tiger sharks get their name from the dark stripes on their sides. The stripes fade as the shark grows older.
Creative ways to enjoy these shark coloring pages
- Count while you color: count the seven small fish on page 1, the five small fish on page 2, the three small fish on page 4, the four candles and four balloons on page 22, and the three balloons and four gift boxes on page 23.
- Spot the four sharks: find the great white, the hammerhead, the whale shark, and the tiger shark. Which one is biggest?
- Sort real from pretend: ask your child which pages show real shark behavior and which are make-believe.
- Make an ocean scene: color page 1, the big shark swimming with little fish, and page 24, the tiger shark, and put them side by side.
- Tell the day back: ask your child to retell the sharks’ day using the finished pages, from the swim with little fish to the treasure hunt.
Shark coloring pages: questions
Are these shark coloring pages free?
Yes. All 25 pages are free to download or color online, with no sign-up needed.
Do I need to sign up to download a page?
No. Tap Download under any picture to save the clean image file. No account, no email.
Can I color the pages online?
Yes. Tap Color Online under any picture to open it in the coloring tool in your browser. No printer needed.
Do I need a printer?
No. Every page can be colored online. If you do want to print, download the image and print it from your device.
What ages are these pages for?
Ages 3 to 8. Simple pages suit the youngest colorers, and Medium pages give older kids more to color.
Does the shark have a name?
No. The book does not name any shark, so the article simply calls it “the shark” or “the baby shark” on every page. The book shows four kinds of sharks: the great white, the hammerhead, the whale shark, and the tiger shark.
Which pages include counting?
Several pages are built for counting: page 1 has seven small fish, page 2 has five small fish, page 4 has three small fish, page 22 has four candles and four balloons, and page 23 has three balloons and four gift boxes. Point to each one and count out loud as you color it.
More ocean books to color
The shark is our second ocean book. See the ocean coloring pages for the whole set as it grows, and meet the dolphin in the dolphin coloring pages.
