Free Coco Coloring Pages: 52 printable PDF designs featuring Miguel in classic portraits, Land of the Dead scenes, and moments with his dog Dante. Each page can be downloaded as a PDF to print or colored online in the browser.
Coco is Pixar’s 2017 film built around Día de los Muertos, a real Mexican holiday honoring deceased family members, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina, who is Mexican-American and helped shape the story from his own family’s traditions. Pixar’s team made several research trips to Mexico and worked with a group of cultural consultants throughout production to keep the film’s details accurate. This collection colors that same story, of a boy, his family, and the relatives who came before him, across dozens of scenes.
This set works well for a conversation about remembering family members who have passed away, since the film’s central idea is that a person is only truly gone once no one remembers them anymore. The Land of the Dead scenes give an older child more background detail to work through, while the simpler portraits suit a child just starting to color a face and clothing.
What Is Inside This Collection
The 52 pages fall into a few clear groups, built around Miguel’s expressions, his dog Dante, his family, and the Land of the Dead.
Classic Miguel Portraits
A large share of the set is solo portraits showing Miguel standing or holding his guitar. Color his skin a warm Tan, his hair Black, and his shirt a striped Red and White, his most consistent everyday look, keeping these colors the same across every portrait.
Miguel and Dante
Several pages include Dante, Miguel’s dog, who is drawn as a Xoloitzcuintli, a real, hairless dog breed native to Mexico. Color Dante’s skin a pinkish Gray with no fur texture needed, and keep him noticeably larger and goofier in proportion than a typical cartoon dog.
Miguel’s Family
A number of pages show Miguel with his great-grandmother Mamá Coco, his grandmother Abuelita, or his ancestors Imelda and Héctor from the Land of the Dead. Keep the living family members in warm, solid colors and give the Land of the Dead characters a skeletal white or bone-colored base with brightly painted details, since that contrast is part of how the film tells the two worlds apart.
Ernesto de la Cruz and the Land of the Dead
The rest of the set includes Ernesto de la Cruz, the famous musician Miguel idolizes, and scenes set in the Land of the Dead. Use warm Gold and deep Purple for Ernesto’s stage outfit, and lean into bright pinks, oranges, and teals for the Land of the Dead background, the vivid palette the film uses to separate it from the more muted Land of the Living.
What Coco Coloring Pages Do
Bone by bone, one careful line at a time. The skeleton characters in the Land of the Dead are drawn with individual bone segments and joints rather than one solid shape, which asks a child to color many small, separated sections instead of one continuous area. The American Academy of Pediatrics identifies exactly this kind of detailed, structured coloring as a core contributor to fine motor skill development in children ages 2 through 7.
A reason to ask a family member about the past. The film’s idea that someone is remembered as long as their story gets told pairs naturally with coloring a page of Miguel’s family and then asking a grandparent or parent to share a story about someone in their own family. It turns a coloring session into a small prompt for a real conversation.
A colorful, structured task with a calming effect. A 2005 Art Therapy Journal study found that coloring inside defined shapes produced measurably lower anxiety than drawing freely, and the Land of the Dead pages, full of small repeated patterns like marigold petals and string lights, are especially suited to that kind of steady, structured coloring.
A film shaped by the culture it depicts. Pixar worked with a group of Mexican and Mexican-American cultural consultants throughout production, and co-director Adrian Molina drew on his own family’s traditions to help write the story. Sharing that detail while coloring is a way to talk about why it matters who gets to help tell a story like this one.
How to Color Coco Pages Well
- Warm tan skin, black hair: Color Miguel’s skin a warm Tan and his hair Black, kept short and neat.
- Red and white striped shirt: Color his everyday shirt with Red and White stripes, his most recognizable outfit in the Land of the Living.
- Dante in pinkish gray: Color Dante a pale pinkish Gray with no fur texture, since Xoloitzcuintli dogs are naturally hairless, and give him a long, exaggerated tongue.
- Skeletons in white with bright paint: On Land of the Dead pages, keep the bone structure White or bone-colored, then add bright accent colors, orange, pink, teal, for clothing and painted details rather than coloring the skeleton itself in bright colors.
- Marigold orange for petals: Use a warm Orange for any marigold petals or flower path details, a color drawn directly from the real flowers used in Día de los Muertos celebrations.
- Ernesto in Gold and purple: Color Ernesto de la Cruz’s stage outfit Gold with deep Purple trim, keeping his look glamorous and distinct from the Rivera family’s simpler clothing.
5 Creative Craft Ideas With Coco Coloring Pages
- Family Memory Frame. Materials: a colored Miguel or family page, scissors, cardstock, and glue. Cut a window into the cardstock, glue the colored page around the edges as a border, and slide in a real family photo behind the opening to display alongside the artwork.
- Marigold Paper Garland. Materials: orange and yellow paper, scissors, glue, and string. Cut several simple flower shapes from the paper, glue them along a length of string at even spacing, and hang the finished garland as a nod to the marigolds used in the film.
- Guitar Silhouette Wall Art. Materials: a colored Miguel with a guitar page, scissors, cardboard cut into a guitar shape, and glue. Cut out the colored figure and glue it onto the guitar-shaped cardboard, then hang the finished piece on a wall or door.
- Dante Standee. Materials: a colored Dante page, cardboard, glue, and scissors. Glue the colored page to the cardboard for stiffness, cut around the outline, and fold a small tab at the bottom backward so Dante can stand on a shelf or desk.
- Family Story Cards. Materials: several colored family pages, index cards or cardstock, glue, and a marker. Glue each colored character to its own card, then write one memory or fact about a real family member on the back of each, creating a small set of cards to share and talk about together.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Coco coloring pages?
Coco coloring pages are printable designs featuring Miguel, his family, and the Land of the Dead from the Pixar film. This collection offers 52 free designs as printable PDFs or online coloring pages.
Who created Coco, and when did the film debut?
Coco was directed by Lee Unkrich and co-directed by Adrian Molina, released by Pixar in 2017. It was the first film with a budget over $100 million to feature an all-Latino principal voice cast.
What colors does Miguel wear?
Miguel has warm tan skin and black hair, and typically wears a red and white striped shirt, his most consistent everyday outfit throughout the film.
What is Día de los Muertos, the holiday the film is based on?
Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a real Mexican holiday where families honor relatives who have died, often with photos, favorite foods, and marigold flowers. The film treats it as a celebration of memory rather than a scary occasion.
What happened when Disney tried to trademark “Día de los Muertos”?
In 2013, Disney requested to trademark the phrase for merchandising, which drew strong criticism from the Mexican-American community. Disney withdrew the request within about a week and later hired several of its critics, including cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz, as cultural consultants on the film.
Who is Dante, and why does he look different from a typical cartoon dog?
Dante is Miguel’s dog, drawn as an Xoloitzcuintli, a real hairless dog breed native to Mexico. His bare skin and long tongue reflect the actual look of the breed rather than a typical furry cartoon dog.
Are Coco coloring pages suitable for young children?
The simple portraits suit ages 3 and 4. The Land of the Dead scenes, with more detail, suit ages 5 and up.
What age group are the Land of the Dead scenes best suited for?
These pages include smaller details like bone structure and background patterns, so they suit children ages 6 and up with some coloring experience.
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