Skin comes in lots of beautiful shades and finally, there are coloring book illustrators who are creating for women of color.
We found some amazing books and instant downloads from Etsy artists, featuring people of color, take a look.
I Am: Manifestation & Self Care Coloring Book for Black Women
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Exhale: A Self-Care Coloring Book
Celebrating Black Women, Brown Women and Good Vibes
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Edify: A Black History Coloring Book
This Coloring Book features 20 little-known figures from black history plus four unique mandala designs for hours of education through creativity. Learn about Egyptian queens, engineers, and artists from around the world.
Black Women Adult Coloring Book
Celebrating Black and Brown Afro-American Queens With Many Beauty Illustrations To Color, Stress-Relief, And Relaxation
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#BlkGrlsWurld Coloring Book
Content is family-friendly and welcome to all ages. Every order comes with a few of #BlkGrlsWurld’s best stickers. Click here to Order from Etsy.
Black Women Coloring Book
Gorgeous Black Women In Beautiful Hairstyles And Outfits
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Princess of Viridia
This Dark Skinned Warrior Princess is a PDF available for instant download.
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Snake Queen
Snake Queen from Etsy Artist Derya Çakırsoy
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Color Me Melanin
It can be challenging to find coloring books representing women of color, especially black women. No matter how old you get, your inner child will sometimes speak to you regarding insecurities. Take back your power from that insecure inner child.
Brooke T Rankins
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Spring from Etsy Artist Derya Çakırsoy
She’s just gorgeous!
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Au Naturale Adult Coloring Book
30 BEAUTIFUL coloring pages with bold designs highlighted by the beauty of natural African American hair with an Afro-Punk twist! Styles featured are Bantu knots, twist-outs, dreads, TWA’s and more!
Urban Nubian Knot Zen Diva Mandala
Natural African American Hair PDF from Tyeesha Bradley
Featuring bold designs highlighted by the beauty of natural African American hair, these coloring book pages appeal to artistically urban men and women alike!
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Black Women Adult Coloring Book
Beautiful African American Women Portraits | Coloring Book for Adults Celebrating Black and Brown Afro American Queens
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Brave. Black. First.
100 Postcards Celebrating More Than 50 African American Women Who Changed the World
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Black Brave Beautiful
A Badass Black Girl’s Coloring Book (Teen & Young Adult Maturing, Crafts, Women Biographies, For Fans of Badass Black Girl)
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24 Shades of Business
The “24 Shades of Business” by Latoya Nicole coloring book celebrates the beauty of melanin and black girl magic featuring CEO’s and entrepreneurs. Its 24 pages contain crossword puzzles, activities and inspirational quotes and of course, boss women to color
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Alma Mater: An HBCU Experience Coloring Book
Historically Black Colleges and Universities aka HBCU. You’ll find illustrations of women ranging from Sorority life and the Royal Court to STEM and science labs. Brought to you by Latoya Nicole.
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80’s Ladies
24 -8 1/2 x 11 illustrations have you remembering the time when hip hop and pop culture where in full effect. From jean jackets to jelly shoes and boom boxes. There’s even a pink ribbon to search for and an activity to do once you find it in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This was Latoya Nicole’s first coloring book.
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Latoya Nicole also has a Bosse’s Journal & Sermon Notes.
African Fashions Coloring Book
African Fashions features 24 women from 12 different countries in Africa: Morocco, Nigeria, Somalia, Kenya, Chad, Eritrea, Ghana, Malawi, Liberia, Senegal, Rwanda, and Gabon.
Naturally Cute Coloring Book
This 50-page coloring book includes natural hairstyles including Afros, braids, locks, short fades, curly twists, and more. The illustrations do have some thick black lines and are on the simpler side but there’s lots of detail to the different hairdos depicted. *Top Seller 2018*
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Naturally Cute Too
Naturally Cute Too has 50 pages that celebrate the beauty of natural hair and the power of sisterhood amongst black women.
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Color My Fro
A Natural Hair Coloring Book for Big Hair Lovers of All Ages
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Africa Coloring Book
This is the first coloring book from Alisa Calder. It contains African women, animals and other scenes printed on one side of the paper.
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African Glamour Coloring Book
There are 31 pictures in the African Glamour that include beautiful head wraps and gowns decorated with patterns in traditional African designs. The background includes animals, plants, and ornaments. The pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal like all Creative Haven Coloring Books.
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Color Me Beautiful, Women of the World
This book does include a few women of color and the artwork looks quite nice.
Coloring Supplies for BIPOC Skintones
My go-to colored pencils for neutral tones are my Prismacolors. If you have the full set already then you have all the skin tones needed for all races and colors of skin.
Prismacolor Skin Tone Set
I just ran across this set of colored pencils specifically for dark skin tones so I wanted to add those to the post. I personally haven’t used them yet but the reviews are good.
Flesh-toned multicultural markers
The 10 pack includes Sepia, Apricot, Mahogany, Tawny, Terra Cotta, Bronze, Golden Beige, Sienna, Tan, and Beige.
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LYRA Color-Giants Unlacquered Colored Pencils, 6.25mm Cores, Set of 12, Skin Tone Color
Derwent Academy Watercolor Pencils, Skintones, Metal Tin, 12 Colors
Crayola 8 Count Washable Multicultural Colors Conical Tip Markers
Dark Skin Tone Colored Pencils for Adults
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Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any other coloring books to represent women of other ethnicities to recommend to my readers. Please, if you have a favorite, please contact me here. I’d love to be inclusive.
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