Mercury · Space line art

Mercury Coloring Page

A printable mercury coloring page for kids, with large smooth impact craters. Bold smooth lines and large closed areas suit seven-year-olds, and a matching color reference comes as a pair.

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Color reference of mercury in warm gray, stone beige, pale brown

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Black-and-white mercury coloring page with large smooth impact craters

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Activity guide for this page

Recommended age: Ages 4–7
Estimated time: 10–20 min
Difficulty: Easy
Areas to color: about 17

Coloring order

Fill Mercury's round body with one grayish brown first. Make the eyes dark and color the inside of the smile pink.
Color the inside of each big round crater a deeper brown. For the tiny circle dents, dab the crayon on in little taps.
Use yellow for the small Sun in the top right and the three beams reaching toward Mercury. Finish with the orbit line and stars.

Questions to talk about

Mercury has so many round dents. How do you think they got there?
Sunlight is streaming toward Mercury from the top right. How does it feel?
Have you ever dug a hole in a sandbox? How big did it get?

Take it further

Draw lots of craters on paper with brown and gray crayons, then give each one a funny name to make your own map of Mercury.

Age and time are rough guides for a child coloring alone with pencils or crayons; every child is different. The area count is an estimate counted from the line-art image.

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A printable mercury coloring page for kids, with large smooth impact craters. Bold smooth lines and large closed areas suit seven-year-olds, and a matching color reference comes as a pair.

The black-and-white line art you print and color, with bold lines and large closed areas that suit younger children.

Printing and coloring tips

Print on A4 or Letter in portrait to keep the original proportions.
Keep the finished version open beside you while you color.
Use slightly heavier paper with water-based markers so the ink shows through less.
Fill the large areas first and leave the small ones for later.
The finished version is only a suggestion. Any colors you like will work.