Choose the right paper
For crayon and colored pencil, plain 20 lb (75 gsm) printer paper works fine — but stepping up to 28 lb or 32 lb “multipurpose” paper is the single best upgrade you can make for a few dollars. Markers bleed less, colored pencil layers more smoothly, and the page feels like an “activity sheet” instead of a throwaway. For markers and watercolor, we recommend 80 lb cardstock or sketch paper.
Use the browser’s print dialog
Open the coloring page you want, click the “Print this page” button (or use Ctrl/Cmd-P), and in the print dialog choose Fit to page, portrait orientation, and black & white. Turn off “headers and footers” for a cleaner print. The line art on KidColor Pages is vector SVG, so you can scale up to poster size without losing sharpness.
Print at any size
Want a giant version for a classroom mural? Click Open full size on any coloring page to load the SVG by itself, then print at a higher percentage (200–400%) or use a free poster-printing tool to tile the image across multiple sheets. SVGs stay crisp at every scale because they’re drawn with math, not pixels.
Save toner
Most pages print with thin to medium black ink only — exactly what you want. If your prints look too heavy, switch your printer to draft or economy mode and you’ll get even cleaner outlines while saving toner. The thick outlines on our pages are designed to survive economy mode without losing definition.
Class-set tips for teachers
For a class of 25, you can usually staple two pages back-to-back to halve paper use without sacrificing the activity. Use the Difficulty tag in the sidebar of any coloring page to mix easier and harder versions for differentiated instruction — kids who finish quickly can move on to a more intricate page from the same theme.
If a page looks too small or too large
Almost always a print-dialog issue. Make sure scaling is set to “Fit to page” (not 100% and not “Actual size”), and that your paper size matches your printer (US Letter or A4). When in doubt, print a single test page before sending the rest of the class set.