Onward Coloring Pages

Free Onward Coloring Pages: 30+ printable PDF pages featuring Ian Lightfoot, Barley Lightfoot, Blazey the dragon, Laurel Lightfoot, Wilden Lightfoot, the Manticore, Officer Colt Bronco, the feral unicorn, and the Guinevere van across solo portraits, duo and sibling pages, and full family and group compositions. All free, download PDF to print, or color online.

Ian and Barley are elves, but they wear hoodies and jeans. Their skin carries a cool blue-purple undertone specific to the film’s elf design, but their clothing is ordinary suburban casual. Getting a page of either brother right means holding both registers at once: the elf skin tone must read as distinctly fantasy, and the hoodie must read as genuinely ordinary. That tension, two design systems coexisting in the same figure, is what gives Onward’s characters their visual distinctiveness and the coloring challenge that defines the set.

The pages are divided into two types. Solo and character pages reward careful attention to each character’s specific palette and design logic. Group and scene pages, the sibling compositions, the family pages, and the Guinevere van shift the focus to how the different characters’ palettes read together. The simpler logo and general pages suit younger children; the detailed character pages and the Wilden half-body pages give older fans more to engage with.

These pages work well at home or as Pixar fan art. These are fan-made coloring pages and are not official, licensed, or endorsed by Pixar Animation Studios, Disney, or any rights holder of Onward.

Quick Answer

Onward coloring pages are a free set of 30+ printable PDFs and online coloring sheets featuring Ian and Barley Lightfoot, Blazey, Laurel, Wilden, the Manticore, Officer Colt Bronco, the feral unicorn, and the Guinevere van. The set’s central coloring challenge is managing the coexistence of elf fantasy skin tones with entirely ordinary everyday clothing on the same figure.

Best for: Onward fans, Pixar fans, older children and families, and anyone who enjoys the challenge of coloring characters that combine fantasy anatomy with ordinary modern clothing

Formats: printable PDF and online coloring

Popular pages: Ian Lightfoot, Barley Lightfoot, Onward Brothers, Barley with Ian and Dragon Blazey, Blazey

Creative uses: fan art practice, fantasy-mundane palette study, Ian and Barley sibling duo, Blazey dragon character study, and Onward family group display

What’s Inside Onward Coloring Pages

Ian Lightfoot Pages

Ian appears in solo pages and across multiple duo and group compositions with Barley, Blazey, and Laurel.

Coloring Ian: Ian Lightfoot is a young elf with a cool blue-purple skin undertone that reads as distinctly non-human against ordinary clothing. His signature look is a pale blue hoodie, which means his skin tone and his hoodie sit in the same cool-blue color family. Still, at different saturation levels, the hoodie is a clear, specific pale blue, while his skin is a much more muted, desaturated blue-grey with a faint purple cast. Keeping these two cool blues distinct from each other is the primary challenge on any Ian page. His pointed elf ears should be the same blue-grey skin tone as his face. His dark blue jeans and the general muted ordinariness of his clothing contrast with his non-human skin to produce the fantasy-mundane tension that defines the character.

Barley Lightfoot Pages

Barley appears in solo pages, including Happy Barley Lightfoot, in multiple duo pages with Ian, and in the Barley, Ian, and Guinevere group page.

Coloring Barley: Barley is Ian’s older brother with a broader, more confident build and a warmer personality reflected in his slightly warmer color register. He wears a dark metal band t-shirt layered under an open vest, with jeans and boots. His skin has the same elf blue-grey undertone as Ian but reads slightly warmer on account of his coloring and complexion. His reddish-brown hair is one of his most distinctive visual identifiers. The band t-shirt is typically dark, close to black or very dark grey, which makes his warm reddish hair and the flesh-toned parts of his design stand out clearly against the dark clothing.

Blazey Pages

Blazey, the Lightfoots’ family dragon, appears in solo pages and in duo compositions with Ian, Barley, and Laurel.

Coloring Blazey: Blazey is a small, round, domestic dragon with a warm palette: a body in warm orange-red tones with lighter warm cream or pale yellow on the belly and snout area, and small wings. The warm tones of her dragon design stand in clear contrast to the cool blue-grey elf tones of Ian and Barley, which makes any page with both Blazey and a Lightfoot brother particularly satisfying to color: warm creature against cool elf. On the Ian with Blazey Dragon page, Blazey’s warm orange-red and Ian’s cool blue-grey create a natural warm-cool pair without any additional effort.

Laurel, Wilden, and Family Pages

Laurel Lightfoot appears in three pages, showing the mother of the Lightfoot brothers. Wilden Lightfoot appears in two pages in his specific partial-form appearance. Family group pages show multiple Lightfoot family members together.

Coloring Laurel and Wilden: Laurel shares the elf design language of Ian and Barley: the same blue-grey cool skin tone, the same pointed ears, but in a more mature adult register with her specific outfit. On the Laurel and Blazey page, the same warm-cool contrast that appears with the brothers and Blazey works again: Blazey’s warmth reads naturally against Laurel’s cool elf tones. Wilden’s pages are visually unique in the set: the film’s central conceit is that the brothers only succeed in summoning their father’s lower half, so Wilden’s pages show only legs and feet in his recognizable purple outfit. Color his outfit in the warm purple tones visible in the film and leave the rest of the composition to the background or other characters.

Manticore, Unicorn, Officer Bronco, and Scene Pages

The Manticore appears on one page as the winged lion-scorpion creature who helps the brothers on their quest. The feral unicorn appears on one page, showing the film’s subversive take on the magical creature. Officer Colt Bronco appears on one page as the centaur police officer. The Guinevere van Pages and general series pages complete the set.

Coloring the secondary characters and scenes: the Manticore has a warm lion-body palette in tawny amber-brown with her expressive face and wings. The unicorn in Onward is a feral scavenger, not a magical creature, and her design reflects that: a dirty, off-white or pale grey rather than a clean white, with a mane that reads more scraggly than flowing, and coloring her as a standard clean white magical unicorn misses the joke. The Guinevere van pages call for the van’s distinctive warm maroon-red exterior with whatever bumper sticker and quest-related detail is visible in the composition.

Printable PDF and Online Onward Coloring Pages

Every design comes in two ways: a printable PDF for paper, or the same artwork colored on screen.

Using both formats: print the PDF when you want a clean sheet for colored pencils, markers, or fine-liners, and use the on-screen version when there is no printer nearby. The PDF holds the film’s detailed character design and expression work cleanly on standard letter or A4 paper.

What These Pages Do

Onward puts two design systems in the same figure and asks the colorist to honor both without collapsing one into the other. Ian Lightfoot is simultaneously a teenage elf, with non-human skin, pointed ears, and a cool blue-grey palette drawn from the fantasy tradition, and a suburban teenager in a hoodie and backpack drawn from the mundane present. Working through the Onward pages builds the discipline of managing two distinct palette registers in a single character: the fantasy element must read as clearly fantasy and the mundane as clearly ordinary, so the character reads as both simultaneously. That skill applies to any illustration where a character must read as belonging to two worlds at once. From here, Disney coloring pages are the parent hub, and Coco coloring pages and Soul coloring pages offer the closest Pixar emotional parallels.

The American Art Therapy Association recognizes that creative engagement with emotionally resonant material, particularly stories about grief, family bonds, and the longing for connection across loss, provides a specific kind of meaningful processing through art that differs from engagement with purely entertaining imagery. Onward’s central story, two brothers trying to summon their deceased father for one last day, gives the coloring pages an emotional weight that can make the creative activity feel genuinely significant rather than casual. The American Academy of Pediatrics supports creative activities that help older children and school-age fans engage imaginatively with themes of family, loss, and brotherly love, and the Onward pages offer a focused, screen-free context for that kind of emotionally engaged creative work.

How to Color Onward Coloring Pages

These steps work for any page in the set, from a solo Ian portrait to the full family group pages.

Separate Ian’s skin tone from his hoodie before placing either. Ian’s skin is a muted, desaturated blue-grey with a faint purple cast. His hoodie is a clear pale blue. Both are in the same cool family, but the skin is significantly more muted and the hoodie significantly more specific in hue. Place the skin tone first across all exposed areas, then place the hoodie as a distinctly different cool blue, making sure the two do not merge.

On Barley pages, establish his dark t-shirt before his warm reddish hair. The dark band shirt is the darkest element in his design and sets the contrast for everything else. Once the near-black or dark grey of the shirt is in place, his warm reddish hair reads clearly against it, and his elf skin tone sits naturally between the two.

On any page with both a Lightfoot brother and Blazey, let the warm-cool contrast do the work. Blazey’s warm orange-red and Ian or Barley’s cool blue-grey create a natural complementary relationship. Simply keeping each character in its correct palette produces a compositionally strong result without any additional balancing effort.

On Wilden pages, focus on the purple outfit and leave the upper composition open. Wilden’s partial form pages show only his lower body in his recognizable warm purple trousers and shoes. Color his outfit fully and carefully: it is the only visual information the character provides, and the emotional weight of the pages depends on getting those trousers exactly right.

On the unicorn page, resist the instinct to color it clean white. Onward’s unicorn is feral and grubby, not magical and pristine. A slightly off-white with warm grey shadows and a mane in disheveled tones closer to tan than to silver gives the page its humor and its character. A clean white unicorn on an Onward page misreads the joke entirely.

5 Creative Craft Ideas with Onward Coloring Pages

Fantasy-Mundane Palette Study

Color an Ian Lightfoot solo page, working carefully to keep his cool blue-grey elf skin tone distinct from his pale blue hoodie: both cool, but clearly different in saturation and hue.

Mount on a card with a note identifying which blue is the skin and which is the clothing, as a study in managing two similar tones within a single figure. Takes about twenty minutes.

Warm-Cool Sibling Pair

Color the Barley with Ian and Dragon Blazey page, keeping Blazey’s warm orange-red against the brothers’ cool blue-grey elf tones.

Mount on a card as a natural warm-cool character trio display that takes about twenty-five minutes.

Onward Brothers Display

Color the Onward Brothers page and the Funny Ian and Barley page using the characters’ correct palettes.

Mount side by side on dark card as a sibling character study showing two versions of the same elf-in-everyday-clothing design register. Takes about twenty-five minutes.

Wilden Half-Body Memorial Page

Color one of the Wilden Lightfoot pages, focusing entirely on getting his warm purple outfit accurate and complete.

Mount on a card as a standalone character study. The page’s emotional resonance comes from the carefully colored outfit and the space above it. Takes about fifteen minutes.

Onward Family Group Display

Color the Barley with Ian and Wilden Lightfoot group page or a Laurel and Ian composition, giving each character their correct palette: Ian’s cool blue-grey and pale blue, Barley’s warmer reddish register, Wilden’s warm purple.

Mount on a card as a family display that takes about thirty minutes.

FAQ About Onward Coloring Pages

Are these Onward coloring pages free, and can I color them online?

Yes. Every page is free, with no sign-in or payment required. Download the PDF to print at home, or color the artwork on screen directly in the browser.

Does the set include the Wilden Lightfoot pages, and how do I approach them?

Yes. Two pages feature Wilden Lightfoot, the brothers’ deceased father, in the form he takes in the film: only his lower body, in his recognizable warm purple trousers and shoes. Color the outfit fully and accurately: it is the only visual information the character provides; treat the space above as background. The pages are among the most emotionally specific in any Pixar coloring set.

What is Onward?

Onward is a 2020 animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Disney. It follows two elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot, who live in a suburban fantasy world and set out on a quest to use magic to bring their late father back for one day. The film is known for its emotional depth, its brotherly relationship, and its distinctive take on a world where magic has been replaced by modern technology. You can read more about Onward on Wikipedia.

What makes Ian and Barley’s elf design different from most animated elf characters?

Ian and Barley are elves who live in a contemporary suburban setting, so their design pairs fantasy anatomy: the cool blue-grey skin tone and pointed ears of the elf tradition, with entirely ordinary modern clothing: hoodies, jeans, band t-shirts. Most animated elf characters wear fantasy costumes that match their non-human anatomy. Ian and Barley’s clothing actively contradicts their fantasy biology, which is what makes their pages visually interesting and slightly more demanding to color correctly.

What colors should I use for Ian Lightfoot?

Ian’s skin is a muted, desaturated blue-grey with a faint purple cast. His hoodie is a clear, specific pale blue: clearly in the same cool family as his skin but distinctly different in saturation and hue. Keep the two cool blues separate. His jeans are a standard mid-blue, his backpack dark, and his pointed ears the same blue-grey skin tone as his face.

What color is Blazey the dragon?

Blazey is a small domestic dragon in warm orange-red tones with a lighter warm cream or pale yellow on her belly and snout. Her warm palette creates a natural complementary contrast against the cool blue-grey of the elf characters on any shared page.

Why does the unicorn in Onward look so different from typical unicorn coloring pages?

In Onward, unicorns are feral scavengers that rummage through rubbish, one of the film’s jokes about a world where magic creatures have lost their mythological dignity. The Onward unicorn should be colored as a grimy, slightly disheveled creature in off-white and warm grey tones rather than the clean white of a traditional magical unicorn. Coloring it as a pristine white unicorn misses the visual humor entirely.

What is the Guinevere van?

Guinevere is Barley’s beloved quest van, named after the legendary vehicle in his favorite tabletop role-playing game. She is a battered, character-filled maroon-red van covered in fantasy-themed bumper stickers and quest memorabilia. On the van pages, the warm maroon-red exterior and the accumulated stickers and details give the page its personality.

Are these official Onward coloring pages?

No. They are fan-made coloring sheets created for personal use and are not affiliated with, licensed by, or endorsed by Pixar Animation Studios, Disney, or any rights holder of Onward.

What is the single hardest coloring decision in the set?

Keeping Ian’s elf skin tone and his pale blue hoodie visually distinct from each other, since both are cool blues at similar values. The skin must read as muted and slightly purple-cast, while the hoodie must read as a clear, specific fabric blue. If the two merge into a single cool tone, Ian loses the fantasy-mundane tension that defines his character design.

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These pages are made for personal fan use. They are fan-made coloring designs and are not official Pixar or Disney products.

For the final pass: keep Ian’s elf skin tone and hoodie as two distinct cool blues, let the warm-cool contrast between Blazey and the elf brothers work naturally without interference, and on the Wilden pages, color the purple outfit fully and let the space above carry the emotional weight. Those three habits cover the most important coloring decisions across all 32 pages.

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