Yin Yang Mandala #16 - Free Coloring Page

At the center of this mandala sits a yin-yang: its dark half is a solid black disc scattered with white scrollwork and thin crescent moons, holding a small white dot at its core; its light half mirrors that same tangle of swirls in black line on white, circling a black dot. Four rings surround it: a band of flowering scrollwork, a ring alternating fan shapes and crosses, a Greek-key frieze dotted with round medallions, and a clean outer edge of a double circular line, with no beads or scalloping.

The linework is very fine at the center, where the scrollwork and crescents pack tightly and call for a fine tip to stay legible; the outer rings, with their fans and key pattern, offer wider spaces suited to markers. This mandala coloring page suits an experienced colorist used to dense patterns and takes a couple of hours of focus, since the black half of the yin-yang needs no coloring at all — it's already filled in.

Start with the outer rings using a medium-tip marker, then save a fine liner for the swirls at the center, the most delicate part of the drawing. This printable mandala prints well at A4, on fairly heavy paper around 200gsm, so ink doesn't bleed through the sheet.