Fashion Coloring Pages

• Street style: jeans, hoodies, jackets and sneakers.
• Runway looks: dramatic gowns drawn on tall, stylized figures.
• Seasonal outfits: a scarf and boots for fall, shorts and sandals for summer.
• Accessories: bags, sunglasses, hats and jewelry laid out flat.
• Shoes: sneakers, boots, heels and sandals.
• Decades: 1960s shift dresses with tall boots, and 1970s flared pants.
• Design templates: blank figures, blank T-shirts and blank sneakers.

Stylists lean on a few simple color ideas. They're worth trying on paper before you try them in the mirror.

• Monochrome. One color from head to toe, in lighter and darker shades. It always looks put together.
• Neutrals plus one. Black, white, gray, navy, beige and denim blue go with everything. Add a single bright piece, such as a red bag or yellow shoes.
• Complementary colors. Opposites on the color wheel, like blue and orange or purple and yellow, make each other stand out. Use one as the main color and the other as an accent.
• Three colors, repeated. Limit an outfit to three colors and use each one at least twice, for example in the shoes, the belt and the bag.

Different materials need different marks:

• Denim: mid blue with lighter patches on the thighs and knees, plus tiny orange-yellow dashes for the stitching.
• Leather: dark, with a few sharp white highlights.
• Knits: short curved strokes in rows to suggest the stitches.
• Sheer fabric: color very lightly and let the layer underneath show.

Fashion illustrators often leave part of a drawing uncolored, or let a loose stroke of color run outside the lines. It's a style, not a mistake, so relax.