Brave coloring pages: 41+ free printable PDF designs featuring Merida, Queen Elinor, Angus, the three bear cubs, Mordu, King Fergus, the Witch, and the full cast of Pixar’s Brave. Every page is free to download as a PDF or color in the browser, with no account required.
Brave is a Pixar animated film released by Disney on June 22, 2012, set in the Scottish Highlands and following Princess Merida, a skilled archer who defies her kingdom’s traditions. When a spell transforms Queen Elinor into a bear, Merida must work to reverse the curse and repair her relationship with her mother before the transformation becomes permanent.
These pages suit fans of Brave and Disney Princess films, and parents looking for a set built around a mother-daughter story.
The set has two coloring challenges not found in other Disney Princess sets: Merida’s hair, where animators simulated approximately 1,500 individual curls, and the bear pages, where two bears in the same film require completely different approaches.
Quick Answer
Brave coloring pages are a free set of 41+ printable PDFs and browser-based coloring sheets from Pixar’s Brave, covering the full cast across solo portraits, Merida and Queen Elinor scenes, bear pages, clan characters, and supporting cast.
Best for: Fans of Brave and Disney Princess films, children aged 4 and up, and parents or educators looking for a Disney set centered on a mother-daughter relationship
Formats: printable PDF and online coloring
Popular pages: Merida with Angus, Queen Elinor and Merida, Mother Bear pages, Brother Bears, and Merida climbing the rock
uses: a Merida hair study, a mother-daughter display, a bear comparison pair, and a Scottish clans cast display
What’s Inside Brave Coloring Pages
The set is one of the most complete in the Disney collection, covering principal characters, supporting cast, and clan guests across 41 pages.
Merida Solo Pages
Eight pages feature Merida alone: cute Merida, Merida smiling, Brave Merida smiling, Disney Brave Merida, Brave Merida Disney Princess, beautiful Merida, Merida climbing the rock, and a Brave text page.
Coloring Merida: Merida’s defining coloring element is her hair. The curls are layered, volumetric, and warm – a rich auburn red at the base, brightening to copper and warm orange at the tips and highlights. Working from the darkest red at the roots outward to the brightest copper at the curl ends, then adding a very light warm highlight at the tip of each curl cluster, builds the dimensional quality the hair is known for. No other Disney Princess has a more technically demanding hair coloring challenge in the collection.
Her face is pale with warm undertones, her eyes are blue, and her dress is a deep midnight blue with Celtic knot detailing along the neckline and sleeves. The bow she carries is natural wood with a warm golden-brown string.
Merida and Queen Elinor Pages
Five pages show Merida with her mother in various forms: Queen Elinor and Merida, Merida and Elinor, Merida and Mom, Queen Elinor Brushing Merida’s Hair, and Merida and Mother Bear.
Coloring Merida and Elinor together: Queen Elinor is tall, composed, and elegant. Her hair is dark auburn, almost brown, significantly more muted than Merida’s vivid copper-red. Her dress is a deep teal-green with gold detail. When Elinor and Merida appear together, the contrast between Elinor’s composed dark palette and Merida’s vivid warm red creates the film’s central visual dynamic: control against wildness, green-teal against copper-red.
Coloring Merida and Mother Bear: the Mother Bear pages show Elinor in her transformed bear form alongside Merida. Queen Elinor, as a bear, retains her essential dignity – she is a large, warm brown bear with gentle, careful movement. The bear coat is warm, chestnut brown, significantly lighter and warmer than Mordu’s dark scarred form. On the Mother Bear pages, the warmth and softness of the bear’s color is important: this is not a threatening bear, and the palette should reflect that.
Bear Pages
Four pages focus on the bears: Three Bears Cubs from Brave, Brother Bears, Brave Merida and Bear Cubs, and Angus from Brave (Angus appears on bear-adjacent pages in certain compositions).
Coloring the bear cubs: Harris, Hubert, and Hamish are small, round, energetic bear cubs in warm brown. Their smaller size means their fur reads with less tonal variation than Elinor’s bear form – a medium warm brown for the body with slightly darker ears and slightly lighter muzzle area gives them the right soft, rounded quality.
Mordu Pages
Two pages show Mordu: Mordu from Brave and Mordu Hunting Fish from Brave.
Coloring Mordu: Mordu is the demon bear – ancient, scarred, and large. He is the visual opposite of Queen Elinor’s bear form in nearly every respect. Where Elinor is warm brown, Mordu is very dark: near-black with deep charcoal grey in the fur, old scars visible as pale grey-white lines across the muzzle and shoulders. His eyes are pale and cold against the dark fur. On Mordu pages, keeping his palette significantly darker than any other bear in the set is the most important single decision.
Supporting Cast Pages
The full supporting cast appears across the remaining pages.
King Fergus: the broad, boisterous King wears blue plaid (tartan) and has an auburn-red beard and hair that echo Merida’s coloring – warm copper-red, establishing the visual family connection. His prosthetic leg is visible on many pages.
Queen Elinor solo: three solo pages show Elinor in human form, in her composed teal-green court dress. Her expression is characteristically measured and dignified.
The Witch: Two pages show the Witch from her woodland cottage setting. Her coloring is eccentric and warm – earthy greens, warm browns, with a pale complexion.
The clans: Young Macintosh, Wee Dingwall, Lord Macguffin, and Lord Dingwall represent the three Scottish clans. Each clan has a distinct tartan color and character design. Young Macintosh is lean and dark-haired; Wee Dingwall is small and fair; Lord Macguffin is large and heavily built. Tartan patterns on these pages benefit from consistent plaid line treatment: two or three intersecting stripe colors layered over a base.
Maudie and Bagpipes: Maudie is one of the castle ladies-in-waiting. The Bagpipes page shows the instrument that appears throughout the film’s score, in warm wood tones with tartan bag detailing.
Angus: Two pages show Merida’s horse, Angus. He is a large black Clydesdale with feathered white legs – heavy feathering (the long hair above the hooves) in bright white against his very dark, near-black coat. His mane is also black, and his expression is expressive and loyal.
Printable PDF and Online Brave Coloring Pages
The hair curl pages and bear pages reward printing for close detail work. Simpler portrait pages work well in both formats.
What These Pages Do
Queen Elinor does not become a bear because a villain cursed her. She becomes a bear because Merida asked a witch to change her mother, and the spell went wrong. The transformation is the consequence of a daughter wanting her mother to be different, and a mother who refused to hear what her daughter needed. Neither of them caused it alone, and neither can fix it alone.
The film’s resolution does not come from defeating an enemy. It comes from Merida and Elinor finding their way back to each other – through forest, through danger, through a deadline that ticks toward permanence. It is the only Pixar film in which the climactic emotional moment is an apology between a mother and her daughter.
Coloring through 41 pages of this film means spending time with that relationship in its two forms: the composed, formal version at the beginning, and the wild, honest version that emerges in the forest. The bear pages are not separate from the mother-daughter story. They are the same story in a different shape.
The AAP notes that coloring activities connected to stories centered on the repair of a parent-child relationship, particularly where the path forward requires honesty and mutual change, give children a structured way to explore family dynamics and the idea that relationships can break and be fixed.
Art therapy practitioners note that transformation imagery – the same character in two radically different physical forms – is a useful expressive vehicle for children processing change in their own lives, as it externalizes the idea that something essential can remain constant even when the surface form changes significantly.
How to Color Brave Coloring Pages
Merida’s hair works in layers, not flat color. Start with a warm, dark auburn for the base and shadow areas, add a brighter copper-red for the mid-curl volumes, and finish with a warm orange highlight at the tips and outer curl surfaces. Three reds, not one, is what gives the hair its dimensionality.
Keep Elinor’s bear warm and Mordu’s bear cold. Elinor, as a bear, is warm chestnut brown – the same warm family as her human auburn hair. Mordu is near-black with cold grey. The temperature difference between the two bears is the most important visual distinction in the set.
Angus is very dark, not brown. His coat is near-black, not dark brown. The white feathering on his legs should be bright, high-contrast white to read correctly against the dark coat. His mane and tail are also black.
Tartan patterns work best with a base color and two stripe colors. On the clan pages, choose one background tartan color, then add two stripe colors crossing at right angles. Keeping the stripes thin and consistent reads as woven fabric rather than painted lines. Each clan has its own colors – Macintosh uses red and green, DunBroch uses blue.
5 Creative Craft Ideas with Brave Coloring Pages
Merida Hair Study
Color three solo Merida pages focusing only on the hair: layer dark auburn base, bright copper mid-tones, warm orange highlights. Vary the curl emphasis across the three pages.
A study of the most technically demanding hair in the Disney Princess collection. Takes about thirty minutes.
Two Bears Comparison
Color a Mother Bear page and a Mordu page side by side. Keep Elinor warm chestnut, Mordu near-black with cold grey scars.
The same species, opposite emotional registers, in direct visual comparison. Takes about twenty minutes.
Mother and Daughter Timeline
Color the Queen Elinor Brushing Merida’s Hair page (before), the Merida and Mother Bear page (during), and the Queen Elinor and Merida page (after) as a three-panel story display.
The full arc of the relationship in three pages. Takes about thirty minutes.
Scottish Clans Display
Color Young Macintosh, Wee Dingwall, and Lord Macguffin using distinct tartan patterns for each clan. Display as a three-panel clan comparison.
A tartan pattern study using three distinct color schemes. Takes about twenty-five minutes.
Angus Portrait
Color the Angus from the Brave page with a near-black coat and bright white feathering. Display alongside a Merida and Angus page.
The most dramatic value-contrast portrait in the set. Takes about fifteen minutes.
FAQ About Brave Coloring Pages
Are these Brave coloring pages free, and can I color them online?
Yes. Every page is free, with no account, email, or payment required. Download the PDF to print at home, or open it in the online coloring tool to color on screen.
What is Brave about?
Brave is a 2012 Pixar animated film set in the Scottish Highlands. Princess Merida, a skilled archer, defies her kingdom’s tradition that requires her to marry. When she seeks a spell to change her mother’s mind, the magic transforms Queen Elinor into a bear. Merida must find a way to break the curse before it becomes permanent, restoring her relationship with her mother in the process. The film was directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2013.
Who is Merida?
Merida is the protagonist of Brave and the first Pixar character to be added to the Disney Princess lineup. She is a skilled archer and horse rider who resists the tradition of an arranged marriage. She is notable among Disney Princesses for having no romantic storyline: her character arc is entirely centered on her relationship with her mother, Queen Elinor.
Who is Mordu?
Mordu is the demon bear who serves as the film’s antagonist. He was once a prince who sought the same Witch’s magic as Merida, asking for a spell to give him the strength of ten men so he could claim his kingdom from his brothers. The spell transformed him into a bear, and when he failed to reconcile with his family before the deadline, the transformation became permanent. He lost his human mind entirely and became the demon bear Merida encounters in the forest.
What are Merida’s brothers’ names?
Merida’s three younger brothers are Harris, Hubert, and Hamish, known as the triplets. They are notably mischievous and appear frequently in background scenes throughout the film. In the second half of the story, they eat the enchanted cake that Merida intended only for Elinor, and they too transform into bears, paralleling their mother’s transformation.
What horse does Merida ride?
Merida rides Angus, a large black Clydesdale horse. Angus is one of Merida’s closest companions and appears in several of the coloring pages. He is distinguishable by his very dark, near-black coat and the white feathering on his legs.
Are these official Brave coloring pages?
No. These are fan-made coloring sheets for personal use and are not affiliated with, licensed by, or endorsed by Pixar Animation Studios, The Walt Disney Company, or any other rights holder of Brave.
What age group are these pages best suited for?
Brave coloring pages are appropriate for children aged 4 and up. Younger children will enjoy the bear cub and simpler portrait pages. Older children will find more to engage with in the detailed hair pages, the bear contrast pages, and the tartan pattern work on the clan characters.
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