1. Faceted star
A large star split down every ridge, with a second star inside it and small stars around.
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Star coloring pages for adults
Six pages of stars: a large faceted star that looks folded from paper, a star crossed with bands of pattern, a star holding a mandala, stars nested inside stars, a night sky packed with stars of every size, and the eight-pointed Lone Star of American quilts.
They suit the Fourth of July as well as December. Print them on letter paper or color them on screen.
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. Banded star
A star crossed by bands of pattern from top to bottom.
3. Star mandala
An eight-pointed star with a mandala filling it.
4. Nested stars
Stars inside stars, each turned to sit between the points of the last.
5. Night sky
Stars of every size packed across the page.
6. Lone Star quilt
Eight arms of sixteen diamonds each, set in a square.
Stars on paper and cloth
A five-pointed star can be drawn in one line without lifting the pen, which may be why it turns up in so many times and places. The flag of the United States has carried fifty of them since 1960, one for each state.
Quilters know the eight-pointed version as the Lone Star or Star of Bethlehem: eight arms, each pieced from rows of small diamonds, so that rings of color spread out from the center. A different star hangs on porches at Advent: the many-pointed Moravian star, which began as a geometry lesson at a Moravian school in Germany in the 1830s.
Color ideas for these pages
A faceted star looks three-dimensional if you color the two halves of every point differently: the left half light, the right half dark, all the way round. Use two shades of one color and it will look like folded paper or cut metal.
The Lone Star is traditionally colored in rings. Give the same color to every diamond that is the same distance from the center, and change color with each step outward.
Which page to start with
This set has 6 pages: 1 bold and easy, 4 medium and 1 detailed. The quickest to finish is “Nested stars,” with 102 areas to color, and the longest is “Star mandala,” with 538. 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.