How to color Sunburst Mandala by number
Start with number 11 (Coral). It has the most areas on this page, 56 of 436, so the mandala takes shape quickly. This is a Detailed page: plan to color it in several sittings, with sharp pencils or fine liners, and finish one number at a time.
Suggested order
- 11 Coral: 56 areas
- 9 Violet: 48 areas
- 12 Peach: 48 areas
- 7 Lavender: 40 areas
- 8 Blush: 40 areas
- 1 Butter: 33 areas
- 3 Mint: 33 areas
- 5 Honey: 32 areas
- 6 Sky: 32 areas
- 2 Plum: 25 areas
- 4 Navy: 25 areas
- 10 Dusty Blue: 24 areas
Tips for this mandala
- On paper, color the light shades first (1 (Butter) and 12 (Peach)) and the darkest, 4 (Navy), last. Dark pencil smudges into light areas if you do it the other way round.
- Online, choose a number and press Find to jump to the next area with that number. A wrong tap does nothing, so you cannot spoil the page.
- Stuck on a color? Switch the preview above to Answer, or look at page 2 of the PDF.
More help: how to print color by number pages · how to choose a difficulty (Detailed is explained there).
