Fox and the Hound coloring pages: 30+ free printable PDF designs covering the full cast of the 1981 Disney film across solo pages, paired scenes, and both young and adult versions of Tod the fox and Copper the hound. Every page is free to download as a PDF or color in the browser, with no account required.
The Fox and the Hound is the 24th Walt Disney animated feature, released July 10, 1981. Tod, a young fox, and Copper, a hunting hound, become close friends as children but find themselves on opposite sides of a hunt as adults.
These pages suit fans of classic Disney animation, younger children who enjoy animal characters, and parents or educators looking for a quiet, emotionally rich coloring set from the early 1980s era of Disney.
The visual range of this set is notable: both young and adult versions of Tod and Copper appear, which means the same character appears at two very different levels of coloring complexity on different pages.
Quick Answer
Fox and the Hound coloring pages are a free set of 30+ printable PDFs and browser-based sheets covering the full cast of the 1981 Disney film in solo pages, paired scenes, and age variants.
Best for: classic Disney fans, younger children who enjoy animal characters, and anyone drawn to the warm autumnal palette of this film
Formats: printable PDF and online coloring
Popular pages: Young Tod and Copper, Tod and Copper, Adult Copper, Tod the Fox, and Big Mama
Creative uses: a then-and-now age study, an autumn palette cast set, a before-and-after friendship display, and a Big Mama owl portrait
What’s Inside Fox and the Hound Coloring Pages
The set covers Tod and Copper across two ages, the full supporting cast, and paired and solo compositions.
Tod Pages
Seven pages feature Tod across young and adult versions, solo and with companions.
Coloring young Tod: young Tod is a fox cub with bright orange-red fur, a white chest and muzzle, short, rounded ears, and small dark brown eyes. The orange-red of his coat is warm and vivid, closer to a pure orange than a rust-brown. His chest, cheeks, and the area around his muzzle are white or very pale cream. His inner ears are a slightly pinker version of his main coat color.
Coloring adult Tod: the adult version keeps the same orange-red palette but with more refined proportions: a longer, bushier tail, a more angular muzzle, and slightly deeper shading in the fur at the chest and haunches. The color relationship stays the same: warm orange-red coat, white chest, dark eyes.
Tod and Vixey: Vixey is Tod’s love interest, also an orange fox, but with slightly softer, lighter tones at the edges and a more flowing fur quality. When coloring paired pages with both Tod and Vixey, keeping Tod’s orange a degree warmer and more saturated than Vixey’s softer orange distinguishes the two characters without making them look like different species.
Tod Brings a Flower for Vixey and Tod Fox and Big Mama Owl: these scene pages place Tod alongside other characters. The Big Mama page introduces the warm brown owl palette alongside the orange Fox, creating a rich autumnal combination.
Copper Pages
Six pages feature Copper across the young and adult versions and paired scenes.
Coloring young Copper: young Copper is a hound puppy in warm tan-beige with darker brown patches around the ears, back, and saddle area. His nose is dark, and his eyes are warm brown. Hound dog coloring typically uses a base coat of warm cream-tan with rich brown patches rather than a single flat brown. The ear fur is the darkest brown on the page.
Coloring adult Copper: adult Copper has the same tan-and-brown hound palette but with a larger, more muscular frame and slightly more defined facial markings. The patches are deeper brown, and the contrast between the lighter base coat and the darker patches is more pronounced than in the puppy version.
Happy Copper Hound: this expression page shows Copper’s open, friendly expression, with floppy ears and wide eyes. Keep the palette warm and inviting; this is the version of Copper the audience roots for.
Supporting Characters
Nine pages cover the supporting cast, including the female Fox Vixey, the mentor owl Big Mama, Widow Tweed, Chief the hunting dog, and the smaller characters Mr. Digger and Squeaks.
Coloring Big Mama: Big Mama is a large, warm-hearted owl with chocolate-brown plumage, a cream-white facial disc, and distinctive amber-orange eyes. She is Tod’s mentor and protector. The warm brown and cream of her coloring sit naturally alongside the orange tones of Tod’s coat: both characters live in the same warm, earthy palette.
Coloring Widow Tweed: Widow Tweed is the elderly farmer who raises Tod. She has white or silver hair, warm mid-tone skin, and typically wears a blue or brown farmhouse dress with an apron. Her pages have a softer, more subdued palette than the animal characters.
Coloring Chief: Chief is Amos Slade’s older hunting dog, an Irish Wolfhound type with rough, grey-brown fur. He is lean and angular compared to Copper’s rounder form. His fur uses a more muted grey-brown rather than the warm tan of Copper, and his face has a more angular, serious expression.
Coloring Mr. Digger: Mr. Digger is a badger in classic European badger coloring: black body with a white stripe running from the nose to the back of the head, and grey flanks. The strong black-and-white graphic quality of the badger design contrasts with the warm orange and brown tones of the fox and hound pages.
Squeaks the Caterpillar: Squeaks is a small comic relief character with a bright, simple palette suited to flat fills.
Paired Scenes
Eight pages show Tod and Copper together across young and adult versions and various compositions.
Coloring paired Tod and Copper pages: the most important coloring decision on paired pages is keeping Tod’s warm orange-red clearly distinct from Copper’s warm tan-brown. Both characters use autumn earth tones, but they are not the same color: Tod is orange-red, and Copper is tan-brown. When the two sit next to each other, the warm orange of the Fox and the warm tan of the hound create a complementary pairing: similar in temperature, different in hue, which is part of why the film’s visual language makes their friendship feel so natural.
Printable PDF and Online Fox and the Hound Coloring Pages
The paired scene pages and the Widow Tweed page reward printing for the multi-figure detail work. Solo expression pages work well on screen.
What These Pages Do
The Fox and the Hound was made at the most turbulent moment in Disney’s modern history. In 1979, during production, animator Don Bluth led a group of eleven animators in a walkout from Disney, citing declining quality standards. Bluth went on to direct An American Tail (1986) and The Land Before Time (1988). The Fox and the Hound was completed by a younger generation, including Tim Burton, Brad Bird, and John Musker, who went on to make The Little Mermaid (1989) and launch the Disney Renaissance.
The film’s story is about two animals whose friendship is real but whose world does not allow it to last. Tod and Copper were real friends as children. As adults, Copper is trained to hunt foxes, and Tod must hide from hunters. The film ends not with a resolution but with a quiet acceptance: Copper protects Tod one last time, and then they go their separate ways. It is one of the few Disney films where the friendship at the center does not get a happy ending.
The AAP notes that coloring activities featuring characters whose friendship faces real external obstacles, rather than misunderstandings that are easily resolved, provide a more emotionally complex framework for children to process ideas about loyalty, belonging, and change.
Art therapy practitioners note that warm, earthy autumnal palettes, such as the orange, brown, cream, and amber tones throughout this film’s cast, are among the most reliably calming coloring environments, as the palette sits in a narrow warm range that is visually cohesive and easy to work within.
How to Color Fox and the Hound Coloring Pages
Tod is orange-red, Copper is tan-brown: they are not the same warm color. The most important distinction in this set is keeping the two main characters’ palettes clearly separate. Tod’s fur is a vivid orange-red in the orange family. Copper’s fur is a warm tan with brown patches in the brown family. On the same page, they look like companions because they share warm tones, but they should never look like the same animal.
Young versions are softer and rounder than adult versions. Young Tod’s orange is a little brighter, his shapes are rounder, and the fur transitions are softer. Adult Tod’s orange can be slightly deeper with more defined shading. Apply the same logic to Copper: puppy Copper is lighter and warmer, adult Copper has deeper brown patches and slightly more contrast.
Big Mama’s eyes are amber-orange, a key detail. The warm amber-orange of Big Mama’s large eyes is her most distinctive feature. Getting the eyes right (warm amber, not yellow and not brown) makes her immediately recognizable even in a close-up or simplified page.
On the badger page, the black-and-white Mr. Digger reads differently from the warm animal pages. Use pure black and white on the badger, not a softened version. The graphic contrast is part of what makes the design work.
5 Creative Craft Ideas with Fox and the Hound Coloring Pages
Friendship Then and Now
Color the Young Tod and Copper page and one of the adult Tod and Copper paired pages, keeping each character’s palette identical across both pages to show the same friendship at two points in their lives.
The same two animals, the same colors, two different moments. Takes about twenty minutes.
Autumn Cast Display
Color Tod the Fox, Copper the Hound, and Big Mama the Owl using the full warm autumn palette: orange-red, tan-brown, and chocolate-brown with amber accents.
Three characters whose palettes belong to the same season. Takes about twenty minutes.
Character Age Comparison
Color young Tod alongside adult Tod, and young Copper alongside adult Copper, showing how the same palette matures from cub/puppy softness to adult depth.
Four pages, two characters, showing the passage of time through palette depth. Takes about twenty-five minutes.
Supporting Cast Study
Color Widow Tweed, Chief, and Mr. Digger as a contrast trio: the soft human tones of Widow Tweed, the muted grey-brown of Chief, and the bold black-and-white of Mr. Digger.
Three characters, three completely different palette types. Takes about twenty minutes.
Tod and Vixey Pair
Color the Tod and Vixey paired page, keeping Tod’s orange slightly warmer and more saturated than Vixey’s softer version of the same color.
Two foxes, one palette relationship, the small difference that tells them apart. Takes about fifteen minutes.
FAQ About Fox and the Hound Coloring Pages
Are these Fox and the Hound 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 The Fox and the Hound?
The Fox and the Hound is the 24th Walt Disney animated feature film, released on July 10, 1981. It follows Tod, a young fox raised by the kindly Widow Tweed, and Copper, a hunting hound trained by the gamekeeper Amos Slade. The two are close friends as children, but find themselves on opposite sides of a hunt as adults. The film is based on the 1967 novel by Daniel P. Mannix.
Who are the main characters?
The main characters are Tod, an orange-red fox raised by Widow Tweed, and Copper, a tan-and-brown hound dog trained for hunting. Supporting characters include Vixey, the female Fox Tod meets in the wild; Big Mama, a large maternal owl who looks after Tod; Widow Tweed, Tod’s human owner; and Chief, Amos Slade’s older hunting dog.
What happened during the making of The Fox and the Hound?
In 1979, during production, animator Don Bluth led a group of eleven animators in a walkout from Disney, citing declining quality standards. The film was completed by a younger generation of animators, including Tim Burton, Brad Bird, and John Musker, who would later go on to create major films of the Disney Renaissance. The Fox and the Hound was one of the last films worked on by several of Disney’s original Nine Old Men animators.
Does The Fox and the Hound have a happy ending?
The film ends with Copper protecting Tod from Amos Slade after a hunt, choosing their old friendship over his training. However, Tod and Copper then go their separate ways, returning to their respective lives. It is not a traditional happy ending. They remain friends in spirit, but they cannot live in the same world.
Who voices Tod and Copper?
Young Tod is voiced by Keith Coogan, adult Tod by Mickey Rooney. Young Copper is voiced by Corey Feldman, adult Copper by Kurt Russell. Pearl Bailey voices Big Mama the owl.
Are these official Disney coloring pages?
No. These are fan-made coloring sheets for personal use and are not affiliated with, licensed by, or endorsed by The Walt Disney Company or any other rights holder of The Fox and the Hound.
What age group are these pages best suited for?
Fox and the Hound coloring pages are best for children aged 4 and up. The expressive animal designs are accessible to younger children, and the paired scenes and adult character versions offer enough complexity for older children and adults who enjoy classic animation styles.
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