Tiana Coloring Pages
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Free Tiana coloring pages: 19 printable PDF designs featuring Tiana in classic portraits, bayou scenes, and moments with Prince Naveen. Each page can be downloaded as a PDF to print or colored online in the browser.
Tiana comes from Disney’s 2009 film The Princess and the Frog, directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and set in 1920s New Orleans. She became Disney’s first Black Princess, voiced by Anika Noni Rose, and her character was shaped in part by the real story of New Orleans chef and restaurateur Leah Chase, whom the filmmakers met while researching the movie. This collection colors that same hardworking, dream-chasing character across dozens of scenes.
This set works well for a conversation about working toward a goal, since Tiana’s whole story is built around saving money and practicing her cooking to open her own restaurant rather than waiting for it to happen. The bayou and action 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 hair.
What Is Inside This Collection
The 19 pages fall into a few clear groups, built around Tiana’s expressions, her friendship with Prince Naveen, her time as a frog, and everyday New Orleans moments.
Classic Tiana Portraits
A large share of the set is solo portraits showing Tiana smiling or posed in her classic look. Color her skin a warm Brown, her hair Black, and her dress Emerald Green with Gold trim, her most iconic color combination, keeping this palette consistent across every portrait.
Tiana and Prince Naveen
A number of pages pair Tiana with Prince Naveen, the visiting prince who becomes part of her story. Give Naveen a Purple or Teal jacket, distinct from Tiana’s green, so the two characters read clearly as separate figures on shared pages.
Tiana in the Bayou
Several pages show Tiana in her frog form or in bayou settings from the film’s swamp scenes. Keep the Frog designs a simple Green with a lighter Yellow-Green belly, and use muted Greens and Browns for the bayou background so it reads as swampy rather than flat.
Tiana’s New Orleans
The rest of the set places Tiana in everyday New Orleans moments, holding an umbrella or with a bird nearby. Use warm, jazz-era tones, mustard Yellow, Brick Red, and deep Teal for background buildings and street details to capture the city’s character.
What Tiana Coloring Pages Do
The Princess with the most outfits to color. Tiana wears more different looks across her film than any other Disney princess, from a plain waitressing uniform to her emerald ball gown, which means this collection asks a child to color small clothing details, buttons, aprons, jewelry, again and again, in new combinations. That repeated, detailed practice is exactly the structured coloring the American Academy of Pediatrics credits with building fine motor skills in children ages 2 through 7.
A story built around working toward a goal. Tiana’s arc centers on saving money and practicing her cooking rather than waiting for a wish to come true, and her look changes as her circumstances do across the film. Coloring her at different points in that journey gives a child a visual way to talk about effort paying off over time.
A rhythm to settle into. Structured coloring has a calming effect similar to the steady rhythm running through Tiana’s jazz-age New Orleans setting: a 2005 Art Therapy Journal study found that people coloring defined shapes had measurably lower anxiety than those drawing freely, and following the repeated patterns on these pages, brick facades, feathers, dress trim, offers that same steady, low-pressure focus.
A window into a real place and its food culture. Tiana’s restaurant dream is rooted in real New Orleans cooking traditions, and her character was inspired by an actual New Orleans chef, Leah Chase. Coloring her bayou and city scenes gives a child a starting point for learning about a specific American city, rather than a fictional, invented kingdom.
How to Color Tiana Pages Well
- Emerald green ball gown: Color her signature dress Emerald Green with Gold trim and beading, her most recognizable look.
- Warm brown skin, black hair: Keep her skin a warm Brown and her hair Black, worn short and curled, consistent across every page.
- Frog form in green: On bayou pages showing her as a frog, use a simple Green body with a lighter Yellow-Green belly and dark eyes.
- Naveen in purple or teal: Give Prince Naveen his own palette; a Purple or Teal jacket works well, so he stays visually distinct from Tiana.
- Louis and Ray in natural tones: If Louis the alligator or Ray the firefly appear, use swampy Green for Louis and a warm Yellow glow for Ray, keeping both smaller in scale than Tiana herself.
- Jazz-age city details in warm tones: On New Orleans street pages, use warm Mustard, Brick Red, and deep Teal for buildings and signage to capture the look of 1920s New Orleans.
5 Creative Craft Ideas With Tiana Coloring Pages
- Restaurant Menu Card. Materials: a colored Tiana page, a folded piece of cardstock, glue, and a marker. Glue the colored page to the front as a cover, then write a short list of favorite foods inside, like a restaurant menu, echoing Tiana’s own dream of opening a restaurant.
- Jazz Parade Banner. Materials: three or four colored Tiana pages, scissors, string, and tape. Cut around each colored figure, tape a loop of string to the back of each one, and thread them all onto a longer piece of string to hang as a small parade banner.
- Lily Pad Place Mat. Materials: a colored bayou or frog page, clear contact paper or a laminating sheet, and scissors. Trim the colored page to the mat size, cover both sides with contact paper or laminate, and use it at the table during meals.
- Firefly Jar Craft. Materials: a colored Ray the firefly page, scissors, a paper cup or small box shaped like a jar, and glue. Cut out the colored firefly and glue it inside the paper jar so it peeks out, creating a simple decorative jar with no real light needed.
- Pretend Restaurant Sign-materials: a colored Tiana page, a strip of cardstock, glue, and a marker. Glue the colored page to one end of the cardstock strip and write a restaurant name on the rest, then stand or hang the sign over a pretend kitchen or play kitchen corner.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Tiana coloring pages?
Tiana coloring pages are printable designs featuring the Princess and the Frog character in portraits, bayou scenes, and moments with Prince Naveen. This collection offers 19 free designs as printable PDFs or online coloring pages.
Who created Tiana, and when did the film debut?
Tiana appeared in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, released in 2009. Directors John Musker and Ron Clements set the story in 1920s New Orleans, with Anika Noni Rose voicing Tiana.
What colors does Tiana wear?
Tiana has warm brown skin and black hair, and her signature look is an emerald green ball gown with gold trim, the most recognizable color combination from the film.
Why is Tiana an important Disney princess?
Tiana was Disney’s first Black Princess and the ninth official Disney Princess overall. Real New Orleans chef Leah Chase partly inspired her character.
Who is Prince Naveen?
Naveen is a visiting prince from the fictional country of Maldonia who is turned into a frog and becomes central to Tiana’s story throughout the film.
What happened with Tiana’s 2018 redesign controversy?
A 2018 trailer showed Tiana with lighter skin and different features than her original film design, prompting public criticism. Disney worked with Anika Noni Rose and advocacy group Color of Change to restore her appearance closer to the original.
Are Tiana coloring pages suitable for young children?
The simple portraits suit ages 3 and 4. The bayou and frog scenes, with more detail, suit ages 5 and up.
What age group are the bayou and frog scenes best for?
These pages include smaller background details like swamp plants and water, so they suit children ages 6 and up with some coloring experience.
Start Coloring
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