Coloring Together

9 Zebra Coloring Pages to Print for Free!

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Coloring page of a zebra standing, colored with markers
Colored by the Coloring Together artists. See gallery.

Nobody can settle it: is a zebra white with black stripes, or the other way around? Science already knows the answer, but that does not spoil the fun, and these zebra coloring pages let you paint them however you like, mystery included.

We gathered zebras for every taste: one standing tall showing off its stripes, others walking through the grass, a mom with her foal, and even baby zebras with huge eyes. You can follow the real pattern or invent a zebra with purple stripes, nobody will tell you it is wrong.

The best part is there is no rush: every stripe is a reason to slow down, pick a color and enjoy. And if you want your zebra to join the herd of other kids, send us your drawing and we will add it to our gallery.

Zebras coloring pages

Why color zebra coloring pages?

The zebra is a relative of the horse and the donkey, but it wears a striped coat that no other animal has. It lives on the plains of Africa and almost always travels in a herd, because there is safety in numbers: when a lion comes close, all those moving stripes confuse it and it cannot tell which zebra to chase.

Coloring zebras is a calm way to look closely at that strange design. While you decide how far each stripe goes and what to leave white, your hand focuses and your mind relaxes, nice and slow.

We also hid a bunch of fun zebra facts among the drawings, so every page you color hands you a new thing to tell your friends. Ready?

Learn while coloring Zebras

  1. Even though it looks white with black stripes, a zebra is really black with white stripes: its skin is dark, and the pale stripes are the spots with no pigment.
  2. Every zebra's stripes are unique: no two are alike anywhere in the world, and a mother knows her foal by its pattern, its smell and its voice.
  3. When the herd runs together, all those moving stripes confuse the lions, which cannot tell where one zebra ends and the next one begins.
  4. The stripes also keep flies away: horseflies find it hard to land on striped surfaces, so they bother zebras less.
  5. Zebras have never been tamed like horses: they are nervous, they bite hard and they bolt at the smallest scare.
  6. A baby zebra can stand up and walk about twenty minutes after being born, and runs with the herd the very same day.
  7. Zebras sleep standing up and take turns: while some rest, others stay awake keeping watch for danger.
  8. Foals are born brown and white, and their stripes slowly turn black as they grow up.
  9. There are three species of zebra: the plains zebra, the mountain zebra and the Grevy's zebra, which is the biggest and has huge round ears.
  10. Zebras talk with whinnies, brays and their ears: depending on how they move them, they show whether they are calm, scared or annoyed.

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