Mal and Evie coloring pages: 18 free printable PDF designs featuring the two Descendants’ best friends, covering solo portraits of each, scenes with the pair together, the visual contrast between their Isle of the Lost and Auradon looks, and pages built around Mal’s magic and Evie’s mirror. Download any page as a PDF or color it right in the browser, no account needed.

Disney’s Descendants started with one deliberately provocative question from writers Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott: if the most famous villains in Disney history had teenage kids, would those kids be doomed to repeat their parents’ choices, or could they choose something different? Mal, daughter of Maleficent, and Evie, daughter of the Evil Queen, are the two characters built to answer that question, and their friendship is the emotional core that the entire franchise runs on.

Evie’s arc is worth knowing about before picking colors, since it changes how a page should feel. She starts to be defined almost entirely by her looks and her mother’s obsession with mirrors and beauty. Still, across the films, she becomes known as one of Auradon’s sharpest students and eventually runs her own design business. A portrait meant to capture that later version of Evie should look confident and a little sharper than one meant to capture her earlier, more uncertain Isle self.

Quick Answer

This collection covers Mal and Evie from Disney’s Descendants in 18 free printable and browser-colorable pages, spanning solo portraits, scenes together, their contrasting Isle and Auradon looks, and magic-themed moments.

Best for: kids aged 5 and up, Descendants fans, and anyone coloring a page for their own best friend

Formats: printable PDF and online coloring

Popular pages: a Mal solo portrait, an Evie solo portrait, and a scene of the two together

Creative uses: an Isle-versus-Auradon comparison display, a friendship bracelet craft, and a fashion sketch extension

What’s Inside Mal and Evie Coloring Pages

Five groups cover each character individually, the pair together, their two visual worlds, and their magical abilities.

Mal Solo Portraits

Pages centered on Mal alone, usually with her signature purple hair and a confident, slightly guarded expression.

Coloring Mal portraits: purple is her defining color, deliberately echoing Maleficent, and pairing it with touches of green keeps the connection to her mother visible without making the page feel identical to a Maleficent design.

Evie Solo Portraits

Pages centered on Evie, often showing her signature blue hair and, in later designs, sketches or fabric that hint at her interest in fashion.

Coloring Evie’s portraits: blue is her core color, and any small design details, ribbons, sketchbooks, and fabric swatches are worth extra attention since they point to her growth into a designer rather than just a pretty face.

Mal and Evie Together

Scenes showing the two side by side, reflecting the close, sister-like friendship at the center of the franchise.

Coloring paired pages: keeping Mal’s purple and Evie’s blue clearly separated is what makes a shared page easy to read, since the two palettes sit right next to each other on nearly every joint scene.

Isle of the Lost vs. Auradon

Pages contrasting the characters’ rougher, edgier looks from the Isle of the Lost with their brighter, softer Auradon styling.

Coloring Isle and Auradon pages: darker, more muted tones suit the Isle’s look, while the same colors can shift lighter and cleaner for Auradon scenes, letting the setting itself change the mood of an identical character.

Magic and Mirror Moments

A smaller group features Mal’s inherited magic or Evie’s connection to her mother’s enchanted mirror.

Coloring magic pages: a soft green glow works well for Mal’s magic, while Evie’s mirror pages suit a cool, reflective silver or pale blue around the frame.

What These Pages Do

Every character in this set exists to answer a question the writers built the whole franchise around: Are you doomed to become your parents, or can you choose something else? That premise gives even a simple portrait more weight than a typical team-up page, since Mal and Evie’s whole visual identity, purple tied to Maleficent, blue tied to the Evil Queen, is really a costume decision about inheritance versus choice.

Coloring across this range of looks also does real, practical work for a young colorist’s hands. Isle pages call for confident, slightly rougher shading, Auradon pages reward cleaner, lighter color choices, and the American Academy of Pediatrics has identified exactly this kind of varied practice as a genuine contributor to the fine motor skills kids rely on well beyond the coloring table.

What tends to stick with kids who color this particular pair, though, has less to do with magic or villains and more to do with the friendship itself. Mal and Evie choose each other, again and again, even when it would be easier not to. Art therapy practitioners who work with kids often point to friendship-centered art as a low-pressure way to talk about loyalty and support, and a page of two characters standing together, colored by two real friends sitting at the same table, tends to say that without either of them needing to say it out loud.

How to Color Mal and Evie Coloring Pages

Keep purple and blue distinct. Mal’s purple and Evie’s blue should read as two clearly separate colors, especially on any page showing them together.

Let the setting shift the tone. The same character can look darker and edgier on an Isle page or brighter and softer on an Auradon page, purely through color choice.

Give Evie’s details room. Fabric, sketchbooks, or ribbons in her later designs are worth careful attention, since they point to her growth as a designer.

Soften magic effects at the edges. A glow that fades outward, rather than a hard-edged shape, sells the idea of magic far better on Mal’s power pages.

5 Creative Craft Ideas with Mal and Evie Coloring Pages

Isle-Versus-Auradon Comparison Display

Color the same character once in Isle style and once in Auradon style, then display both versions side by side.

It’s a simple way to see how much a setting alone can change a character’s entire visual mood – about twenty minutes.

Friendship Bracelet Craft

Color a page of Mal and Evie together, then make two matching friendship bracelets, one in purple, one in blue, to share with a real friend.

It turns the characters’ color-coded friendship into something two actual friends can wear – about fifteen minutes.

Fashion Sketch Extension

Color an Evie portrait, then sketch an original outfit design on a blank sheet nearby, building on her identity as a designer.

It’s an open-ended styling exercise that grows naturally out of her character arc – about twenty minutes.

Color Symbolism Card

Color a Mal and an Evie portrait, then write a short card explaining what purple and blue represent for each character and their mothers.

It’s a light way to connect a coloring page to the show’s underlying color choices – about fifteen minutes.

Magic Mirror Craft

Color an Evie mirror page, then decorate a small hand mirror or mirror-shaped cutout with craft materials to match.

It gives one of the show’s key magical objects a physical, tabletop version – about twenty minutes.

FAQ About Mal and Evie Coloring Pages

Is there a cost to download or color these pages?

No. Every page is free to print or color online, and no account is needed for either option.

Who are Mal and Evie?

Mal is the daughter of Maleficent, and Evie is the daughter of the Evil Queen, two of the four main “villain kids” at the center of Disney’s Descendants franchise.

Why is Mal’s hair purple and Evie’s hair blue?

Their colors are a deliberate design choice tying each character back to her mother, purple echoing Maleficent’s own color scheme and blue echoing the Evil Queen’s.

What is the “villain kids” concept the franchise is built on?

Descendants imagines the teenage children of classic Disney villains being given a choice about whether to follow their parents’ path or choose something different, which is the central question the whole story explores.

Is Evie only interested in her appearance?

Not by the later films. She starts shaped by her mother’s obsession with beauty and mirrors, but grows into one of Auradon’s top students and eventually runs her own fashion design business.

What is the Isle of the Lost?

It’s the isolated, run-down setting where the villains and their children live at the start of the story, contrasted throughout the franchise with the brighter, more privileged kingdom of Auradon.

Does Mal have magical powers?

Yes. As Maleficent’s daughter, Mal has inherited magic that grows stronger across the films, including the ability to transform into a dragon.

What age group are these pages best suited for?

These pages generally suit kids aged five and up, particularly fans already familiar with the Descendants films.

Start Coloring

Pick a design, save the PDF for printing, or use the online coloring tool right in the browser. Once a page is finished, the share buttons at the top of each design make it easy to post the result to Facebook or Pinterest.

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Jennifer Thoa – Content Editor & Designer

Jennifer Thoa is Content Editor and Designer at ColoringPagesOnly.com. Degree in Journalism and Creative Writing, University of Kansas. She writes and edits long-form educational articles on anime, film, animals, world cultures, and automotive history - verified against named primary sources before publication.