Cinco de Mayo Colouring Page + Tombow Palette

A free printable colouring page inspired by Cinco de Mayo, paired with a curated 5-colour Tombow Dual Brush Pen palette.

Print at home on A4, grab your pens, and enjoy.

This palette:

🟢 133 Chartreuse — for the agave plants and cacti of the Mexican landscape

🔵 526 True Blue — for the vast open sky and stunning Talavera tiles of Puebla

🩷 725 Rhodamine Red — for folklórico dresses, papel picado banners and bougainvillea

🌸 912 Pale Cherry — for the soft blush pinks woven into traditional Mexican textiles

🟡 985 Chrome Yellow — for marigolds, which in Mexican culture represent light and remembrance

What is Cinco de Mayo?

Most people think it's Mexican Independence Day. It isn't — that's 16th September. Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Battle of Puebla in 1862, when a smaller Mexican army defeated the much larger French forces of Napoleon III. An extraordinary underdog victory.

It's barely celebrated in Mexico itself. The enormous celebrations you see are mostly a US tradition, a way for Mexican-Americans to honour their heritage and culture.

And mariachi music — so associated with Mexico — actually has French and German roots in its instrumentation. Culture is always a conversation.