Top 16 Most Colorful Animals in the World

These animals look like they’ve fallen into a bucket of paint: They shine, shimmer and dazzle in the most beautiful colors! It’s almost like they all made a bet about who could be the most colorful animal in the world. Over the following pages, you’ll see amazing photos and exciting information about animals such as the mandarinfish, the parrotfish, geckos, chameleons, tropical birds etc.

Let’s check out the 16 most colorful animals in the world

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• Parrotfish
• Poison Dart Frog
• Paradise Tanager
• Mandarinfish
• European Bee-Eater
• Spanish Shawl
• Mandrill
• Chameleon
• Mandarin Duck
• Mantis Shrimp
• Rainbow Lorikeet
• Gecko
• Nicobar Pigeon
• Superb Starling
• Flower Chafer

The Most Colorful Animals in the World - Photo: Krzysztof Odziomek/Shutterstock

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