Art deco rooster with spread feather wings, sunburst rays, stepped clouds, and small diamond stars.

Art Deco Rooster with Sunburst Feathers

A fierce rooster stands front and center, framed by layered wing feathers, tall sunburst rays, stepped clouds, and tiny diamond stars.

Free to print for personal and classroom use. This coloring page is part of the Chicken collection, made for ages 8–12 and drawn in a Art Deco style.

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🎨 How to color it

Color the rooster’s comb ruby red, his layered feathers teal and emerald, the sunburst rays golden yellow, and the stepped clouds pale peach. Use sharp colored pencils for the narrow feather sections, working from the outer wing tips toward the rooster’s chest so your hand does not smudge the pattern. Try alternating two greens across the wing feathers, then make the tall center rays glow from deep gold at the bottom to lemon at the top.

🔢 How this color by number works

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Find each number in the key and fill its zone: 293 zones and 14 colors, sized for adults. Tiny unnumbered slivers borrow the color of their neighbors, and the little model above shows the finished page whenever you want to check your work. More grids like this live in our color by number gallery.

Prefer classic line art? Open this drawing as a regular coloring page.

The story behind this coloring page

Pax Opens the Sun Game — Behind the rooftop arcade, where warm stone smelled like dust and oranges, Pax slid one gold seed across the floor with his claw. Read the full story →

Behind the rooftop arcade, where warm stone smelled like dust and oranges, Pax slid one gold seed across the floor with his claw. He had invented a game called Sun-Share: catch the first beam, carry it to a friend, and no keeping it secret. One problem—his beam stopped at the railing. The plaza below stayed gray and sleepy.

So Pax tucked the gold seed under his tongue and stepped onto the wind bridge. Hush, I’ll tell you the risky part: the bridge rang like spoons, and every gust tried to snatch his tail feathers. At the mirror kiosk, a sleepy beetle polished a fan-shaped window. “Trade?” Pax mumbled, and gave up his only seed for the shining little pane.

Back at the arcade, Pax lifted the mirror just as the sun climbed. Light burst into ladders, stripes, and bright crumbs across every balcony. Doors opened. Wings flapped. Chicks shouted, “Pass it on!” Pax had no seed now, but he had a whole city playing. Next time you spot those tall rays behind him, keep the secret: that is where the first shared beam came home.