Squirt coloring pages: 7+ free printable PDF designs featuring Squirt from Pixar’s Finding Nemo across solo portraits, a happy expression page, an adorable variant, and Finding Nemo scene compositions. Every page is free to download as a PDF or color in the browser, with no account required.
Squirt is a young green sea turtle in Pixar’s Finding Nemo, released by Disney on May 30, 2003. He is Crush’s son, first encountered riding the East Australian Current. Nicholas Bird, the son of director Brad Bird, performed his voice.
These pages suit Finding Nemo fans and younger children aged 3 and up who enjoy ocean animal subjects.
The coloring challenge unique to this set: sea turtle shell scutes (the segmented plate divisions) and the warm-cool split between shell and skin make Squirt more technically interesting to color than most cartoon animal subjects, even across a small set.
Quick Answer
Squirt coloring pages are a free set of 7+ printable PDFs and browser-based coloring sheets from Pixar’s Finding Nemo, featuring the young sea turtle in solo portraits and scene compositions.
Best for: Finding Nemo fans, children aged 3 and up, and parents or educators looking for an ocean animal coloring set with a beloved Pixar character
Formats: printable PDF and online coloring
Popular pages: Squirt from Finding Nemo, happy Squirt, and adorable Squirt
Creative uses: a Finding Nemo ocean display, a sea turtle study, a Squirt portrait set, and a Pixar character display
What’s Inside Squirt Coloring Pages
The set covers Squirt across seven focused designs, from simple solo portraits to more complete scene compositions.
Solo Portrait Pages
Three pages present Squirt as a standalone character: Squirt, Happy Squirt, and Adorable Squirt.
Coloring Squirt: Squirt is a young green sea turtle, depicted in Pixar’s stylized ocean palette. His shell is a warm olive-green to medium green, with the individual scutes (the plate segments of the shell) visible as lighter or darker divisions across the surface. In Finding Nemo’s visual style, the shell reads as a warm, slightly yellow-green in lighter areas and a deeper olive-green in the shadows between scutes.
His skin, visible on his head, neck, and flippers, is a slightly cooler, deeper green than the shell, with small pale spotting or mottling at the edges of his scales. His eyes are large, round, and dark, consistent with the film’s character designs for young animals. His pupils are dark with a subtle, warm reflection.
Coloring happy and adorable expressions: the expression pages show Squirt with an upturned mouth and wider eyes compared to the neutral portrait. The palette stays the same as the standard portrait, but slightly warmer or brighter tones for the happy page reinforce the emotional register.
Finding Nemo Scene Pages
Four pages place Squirt in his film context: Squirt in Finding Nemo, Squirt from Finding Nemo, Squirt Finding Nemo, and Printable Squirt.
Coloring Squirt in ocean context: pages that include ocean background elements introduce a new set of color decisions. The open ocean palette in Finding Nemo uses deep blue for the background water, with shafts of lighter blue-green where light penetrates from above. The EAC (East Australian Current) sequences use a slightly warmer, more energetic blue-green than the open ocean scenes. Keeping the background water a distinctly cooler blue than Squirt’s warm green body ensures the character reads clearly against the environment.
On pages where the ocean surface is visible above, the light source comes from above and to one side, creating lighter areas on Squirt’s shell top and left side and slightly deeper shadows in the scute divisions and on the underside.
Printable PDF and Online Squirt Coloring Pages
The detailed shell structure pages reward printing for close scute work. Simpler portrait pages work well in both formats.
What These Pages Do
Green sea turtles are not named for the color of their shell. The name comes from the color of their fat, which turns green from a diet heavy in seagrass and algae. The shell of a real green sea turtle is typically olive-brown to brownish-grey, occasionally with a warm amber tone in younger animals. The skin has darker grey-green tones with pale mottling.
Pixar’s version of Squirt uses a brighter, more saturated green than a real juvenile green sea turtle would display, which is consistent with how Finding Nemo uses color generally: the film’s coral reef and ocean palette is visually heightened for a theatrical animated environment. But the underlying structure of Squirt’s design, including the shell scute divisions and the flipper form, draws on real green sea turtle anatomy.
Green sea turtles are listed as endangered. Adults can weigh up to 190 kilograms and live for 80 years or more. Their eggs are laid on beaches, and the hatchlings navigate to the ocean guided by the natural brightness of the horizon over water, which is why artificial lighting on nesting beaches is a conservation concern.
The AAP notes that coloring activities featuring real animal species, particularly when paired with accurate natural history context about the species’ appearance and conservation status, support children’s early science literacy and build a connection to the natural world.
Art therapy practitioners note that ocean animal subjects, particularly those depicted in calm or positive emotional states with a cool blue-green palette, are among the most consistently calming coloring subjects, combining the visual appeal of an underwater environment with the accessibility of a familiar Pixar character.
How to Color Squirt Coloring Pages
Start with the shell scutes before filling the body. The scute divisions on Squirt’s shell are the most structurally important coloring element. Working from the center of each scute plate outward, with the deepest color in the division lines and the lightest at each plate center, gives the shell its characteristic domed, segmented texture. Even a simplified version of this approach reads as a turtle shell rather than a flat green shape.
The shell is warmer green; the skin is cooler green. Squirt’s shell has a warm olive-yellow quality in lighter areas, deepening to a deeper olive-green in shadows. His skin, on the head, neck, and flippers, is a slightly cooler, greener tone with less yellow. The difference is subtle, but keeping it consistent makes the character look more like a real turtle rather than a flat cartoon shape.
The ocean background water goes darker and cooler than Squirt’s body. On pages with ocean background elements, a deep blue or blue-green for the water, distinctly cooler than Squirt’s warm green, ensures the character stands out from the environment. The darker the background water, the more Squirt’s warm green shell reads as lit from above.
Large round eyes benefit from a single highlight spot. Squirt’s eyes are very dark with large pupils. Adding a single small pale highlight spot in the upper portion of each eye gives the eyes their animated depth. It makes the expression read more clearly, particularly on the happy and adorable pages.
5 Creative Craft Ideas with Squirt Coloring Pages
Sea Turtle Shell Study
Color the Squirt from Finding Nemo page with close attention to the shell scutes: deepest green in the division lines, lightening toward the center of each plate, with a very slight warm highlight at the apex.
A focused coloring study of one of nature’s most distinctive surface structures. Takes about fifteen minutes.
Finding Nemo Ocean Display
Color two of the Finding Nemo scene pages with ocean blue backgrounds, keeping the water distinctly cooler than Squirt’s warm green body. Display as a pair.
A two-page ocean display from one of Pixar’s most visually distinctive films. Takes about twenty minutes.
Expression Comparison
Color the standard Squirt portrait and the Happy Squirt page side by side, keeping the palette identical but making the warm tones slightly more vivid on the happy page.
The same character in two emotional states with the same palette, distinguished only by the expression line work. Takes about fifteen minutes.
Pixar Ocean Character Set
Color the Squirt pages alongside pages from the Finding Nemo Coloring Pages collection. Display the full ocean cast together.
Squirt in context with the rest of the Finding Nemo world. Takes about twenty-five minutes total.
Real vs Film Comparison
Color one Squirt page in his film palette (bright warm green) and research the palette of a real juvenile green sea turtle (olive-brown with pale mottling). Color a second Squirt page in the more naturalistic palette.
A comparison between Pixar’s visual choices and the real animal’s coloring. Takes about twenty minutes.
FAQ About Squirt Coloring Pages
Are these Squirt 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.
Who is Squirt?
Squirt is a young green sea turtle and a supporting character in Pixar’s Finding Nemo, released by Disney on May 30, 2003. He is the son of Crush, an adult sea turtle, and is first encountered by Marlin and Dory riding the East Australian Current. Nicholas Bird, the son of director Brad Bird, voiced Squirt. Squirt also makes a brief appearance in Finding Dory, the 2016 sequel.
What type of turtle is Squirt?
Squirt is a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas). Green sea turtles are a large marine turtle species found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Despite their name, their shells are typically olive-brown rather than green. The name comes from the color of their fat, which turns green from a diet heavy in seagrass and algae. Real adult green sea turtles can weigh up to 190 kilograms and live for 80 years or more.
Why are green sea turtles called green?
Green sea turtles are named for the color of their fat, not their shell. Their diet of seagrass and algae produces a fat layer with a distinctive greenish color, which was historically noticed when the turtles were hunted. Their shells and skin are typically olive-brown, grey-green, or amber in younger animals, not the vivid green that Pixar uses for Squirt in Finding Nemo.
What is the East Australian Current scene?
The East Australian Current (EAC) sequence in Finding Nemo is the scene where Marlin and Dory meet Crush and Squirt while traveling through a strong ocean current off the coast of Australia. In the film, sea turtles use the EAC to travel long distances quickly. The East Australian Current is a real ocean current that flows southward along the eastern coast of Australia. The scene is notable for Squirt’s enthusiastic explanation of the current to Marlin.
Are these official Squirt 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 Finding Nemo.
What age group are these pages best suited for?
Squirt coloring pages are appropriate for children aged 3 and up. The simple, rounded forms of the character design are accessible to very young children, and the shell texture details provide enough coloring complexity to engage older children.
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