1. Flower and rays
A six-petal flower inside a ring of beads and a sunburst rim.
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Easy mandala coloring pages in bold lines
Six mandalas with three or four rings each, heavy outlines and shapes large enough for a marker or a crayon. They are for a first try, a short sitting, tired eyes or hands that do not want to grip a fine pencil for an hour.
Each one is a full letter page. Print them, or color them on screen, where the large shapes are easy to tap on a phone.
Each page prints on one sheet of US letter paper. Under every page are buttons to print just that one, to color it on screen, or to save it as a picture.
2. Open petal mandala
Three rings of large petals with no rim: the simplest page here.
3. Rounded petal mandala
Drop-shaped petals round a wheel.
4. Bead wheel mandala
Wide petals round a center ringed with beads.
5. Mandala of drops
Rounded drops at the edge and a beaded wheel inside.
6. Big lotus mandala
Two rows of broad lotus petals inside a rim.
Who the bold pages are for
Most adult coloring pages are drawn with thin lines and hundreds of small spaces, which is satisfying for some people and tiring for others. These pages go the other way: the outlines are more than half again as heavy as on our detailed pages, the smallest shape is about the size of a fingertip, and there are between 60 and 180 spaces on a page, not a thousand.
That makes them a comfortable choice for coloring with low vision, arthritis or a tremor, and for group sessions where people want to finish a page in one go. It also suits markers, which bleed past thin lines but sit well inside thick ones.
Color ideas for these pages
With so few rings, three colors are enough: one for each ring, repeated if there is a fourth. Strong contrasts work better than close shades at this scale, so try a dark, a mid and a light.
If you are using markers, slip a spare sheet under the page, and color the large shapes with the side of the tip in one direction so the strokes do not show.
Which page to start with
This set has 6 pages: 6 bold and easy. The quickest to finish is “Open petal mandala,” with 61 areas to color, and the longest is “Flower and rays,” with 137. Bold and easy pages have heavy lines and large shapes that suit markers and tired eyes; detailed pages have fine lines for sharp pencils or gel pens.
How printing, saving and coloring on screen work is explained on the coloring pages home. If you like filling shapes by number, Linseed Loft Color by Number is a free paint by number game with 74 pictures.