Lunar New Year Coloring Pages

Lunar New Year coloring ideas

Color the lanterns and envelopes red and gold, the lucky New Year colours, then make the paper lantern craft to hang in the window.

Every page can be colored online on a phone, tablet or computer, or printed from its free US Letter or A4 PDF. Print the PDF at 100% so nothing is cut off.

Lunar New Year colouring in pages and colouring sheets

Whether you call them colouring pages, colouring in pages or colouring sheets, every Lunar New Year page here works the same way: colour it in online on a phone or tablet, or print the free A4 or US Letter PDF and colour it in with pencils, crayons or felt pens.

About Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year 2027 falls on Saturday 6 February and begins the Year of the Goat (also translated as the Year of the Sheep or Ram), the eighth animal of the twelve-year zodiac. It is celebrated as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival in China, Seollal in Korea and Tết in Vietnam, and by communities around the world, with family meals, red lanterns and lion and dragon dances.

Want puzzles too? The Lunar New Year activity sheets gather the word searches, color by number, color by code and dot to dot pages.

Lunar New Year questions

What animal is 2027?

2027 is the Year of the Goat (or Sheep). It starts on 6 February 2027 and runs to 25 January 2028, when the Year of the Monkey begins.

Is Lunar New Year the same as Chinese New Year?

Chinese New Year is one Lunar New Year celebration; Korea, Vietnam and other communities celebrate the same new moon in their own ways.

Why red?

Red stands for luck and happiness, so lanterns, envelopes and decorations are red and gold.