Editing Paint Brush

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[[Image:Neopets PBs.PNG|thumb|An example of some of the 52 Paint Brushes]]

A '''Paint Brush''' is a special [[item]] which gives the user the ability to change the [[colour]] of one of their [[Neopet]]s. Paint Brushes were originally found by [[Random Event]]s, which means they can be bought from other user's [[shop]]s or [[Auctions]], and are also given away as prizes from [[Contests]]. Special Paint Brushes can also be bought in the [[Hidden Tower]], and newer [[plots]] also allow users to buy Paint Brushes with the points they collected from participating (the first plot to do this was the [[Lost Desert Plot]], which rewarded the '''Lost Desert Paint Brush''' for 70,000 points).  The recent addition of Key Quest to the site provided an additional method of gaining Paint Brushes by allowing players to win certain Paint Brushes as prizes, including the Biscuit, Camouflage, Cloud, Ghost, Glowing, Striped, Snow, Speckled, Starry and Tyrannian Paint Brushes.  There are also Petpet paint brushes, which change the colour of a [[Petpet]].

In addition to providing new ''colours'' for Neopets, some paint brush colours seem more costume-like and fanciful, such as Halloween, Plushie and Tyrannian. Some paint brushes are rarer than others, but aside from the no-trade starter brushes, they all rank expensive items.

To use a paint brush on a Neopet, a proper paint brush colour scheme must be available for the chosen Neopet, then the user must go to the [[Rainbow Pool]], where its waters allow the brushes' magic to work. Using just a paint brush on a Neopet or going to the Rainbow Pool will not change the colour of the Neopet, as both must be used in conjunction for the magic to work. A Paint brush can only be used once, and after using it on a Neopet, it will disappear.  The Rainbow Pool should not be confused with the [[Rainbow Fountain]].

==List of Paint Brushes==
The list of available (and active) paint brushes. Non-tradable brushes are in italics.

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*[[Baby]] Paint Brush - ''May 16, 2002''
*[[Biscuit]] Paint Brush - ''February 8, 2006''
*Blue Paint Brush - ''?''
*Brown Paint Brush - ''September 6, 2001''
*[[Camouflage]] Paint Brush - ''July 27, 2005''
*Checkered Paint Brush - ''September 1, 2000''
*[[Christmas]] Paint Brush - ''November 28, 2000''
*[[Cloud (Colour)|Cloud]] Paint Brush - ''September 1, 2000''
*[[Darigan]] Paint Brush - ''April 10, 2003''
*Disco Fever Paint Brush - ''?''
*Electric Blue Paint Brush - ''?''
*[[Faerie]] Paint Brush - ''January 16, 2001''
*Fire, Fire, Your Pants On Fire Paint Brush - ''September 1, 2000''
*[[Ghost]] Paint Brush - ''October 23, 2002''
*Glass Paint Brush - ''?''
*Glowing Paint Brush - ''?''
*Golden Paint Brush - ''March 2, 2001''
*Green Paint Brush - ''?''
*Grey Paint Brush - ''April 9, 2004''
*[[Halloween]] Paint Brush - ''November 2, 2001''
*Invisible Paint Brush - ''?''
*[[Lost Desert]] Paint Brush - ''June 23, 2001''
*[[Lutari Island|Lutari]] Paint Brush
*[[Maraqua]]n Paint Brush - ''June 17, 2003''
*[[Mystery Island]] Paint Brush - ''June 26, 2002''
*Orange Paint Brush - ''September, 20 2002''
*Pink Paint Brush - ''September, 20 2002''
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*[[Pirate]] Paint Brush - ''May 28, 2002''
*[[Plushie]] Paint Brush - ''November 26, 2002''
*Purple Paint Brush - ''May 9, 2000''
*Rainbow Paint Brush - ''?''
*Red Paint Brush - ''?''
*[[Royal]] Paint Brush - ''February 3, 2004''
*Scritchy [[Sketch|Sketchy]] Paint Brush - ''September 1, 2000''
*Shadow Paint Brush - ''?''
*Silver Paint Brush - ''?''
*[[Skunk]] Paint Brush - ''?''
*Snow Paint Brush - ''December 2, 2003''
*Speckled Paint Brush - ''September, 22 2002''
*[[Split]] Paint Brush - ''?''
*[[Spotted]] Paint Brush - ''October, 5 2000''
*[[Starry]] Paint Brush - ''September, 20 2002''
*''Starter Blue Paint Brush'' - ''?''
*''Starter Green Paint Brush'' - ''?''
*''Starter Red Paint Brush'' - ''?''
*''Starter Yellow Paint Brush'' - ''?''
*Stone Paint Brush - ''September 1, 2000''
*[[Strawberry]] Fields Forever Paint Brush - ''September 1, 2000''
*[[Striped]] Paint Brush - ''?''
*[[Tyrannia]]n Paint Brush - ''January 8, 2002''
*[[Usuki]] Paint Brush - ''August 20, 2003''
*White Paint Brush - ''?''
*Yellow Paint Brush - ''?''
*[[Zombie]] Paint Brush - ''October 25, 2007''
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==Paint Brush Relations==
Some paint brushes have a link to worlds of Neopia. Usually so they can fit in there or just for a nice new look.

*[[Neopia Central]] - Plushie Paint Brush
*[[Meridell]] - Royal Paint Brush
*[[Maraqua]] - Maraquan Paint Brush
*[[Tyrannia]] - Tyrannian, Stone Paint Brushes
*[[Haunted Woods]] - Halloween, Ghost Paint Brushes
*[[Terror Mountain]] - Snow, Christmas Paint Brushes
*[[Mystery Island]] - Island Paint Brush
*[[Krawk Island]] - Pirate Paint Brush
*[[Darigan Citadel]] - Darigan Paint Brush
*[[Neovia]] - Zombie Paint Brush
*[[Lost Desert]] - Desert Paint Brush
*[[Faerieland]] - Faerie Paint Brush
*[[Lutari Island]] - Lutari Island Paint Brush

==Non-Paint Brush Relations==
Some worlds do not have a paint brush but are still related in some way to the world to fit in. These colors can be received by other means then painting.

*Virtupets Space Station-Robot
*Jelly World-Jelly
*Terror Mountain-Ice

==Non-Paint Brush Painting==
Paint brushes can change a pet into most of its available colours, but not necessarily all. Some colours are only available via the [[Lab Ray]] including [[Robot]], Ice, Sponge, and [[MSP]]. Any colour (except Baby, Pirate, Plushie, Quiguki, Royal, and Usuki) can be given by the lab ray without need of a paint brush. Additionally, there is no Mutant Paint Brush; the only away of obtaining a mutant pet is for a player to use a Transmogrification Potion of the species he or she wants on the pet, or to get it through the lab or [[Rainbow Fountain]]. Players sometimes accidentally feed Potions to their pets, thinking they will get the colour or species change but only using it on the pet gets the desired effect.

Often, Morphing Potions and Magical Plushies are available to change a Neopet into a different species and/or colour, and are, for some of the more popular combinations, a much cheaper option that a paint brush.

Additionally, all fruit/vegetable colours (other than Strawberry) can not be obtained with a Paint Brush.  These are available with a [[Magical Chia Pop]], through the Lab Ray, or the [[Rainbow Fountain]].  Chia Pops, with very few exceptions, only work on Chias. They will not turn a player's pet into a Chia.

With the exception of a few Chia fruit/vegetable colours, there are some colours that are available to only one or two pet species. Examples of this? No pet other than the [[Aisha]] can be "Alien," and Usuki paint brushes only work on [[Usul]]s and [[Quiggle]]s.

==Unusable Paint Brushes==
Very rarely, a paint brush colour is retired. The paint brushes become unusable (and in the case of the Unicorn brush, disappear completely) and pets painted the retired colour no longer remain it, but may be changed to a newer version. An example of this occurred on the 8th of January, 2002, when the Glass Paint Brush was retired, and replaced with the Tyrannian Paint Brush. Some of the glass pets were turned into the newer Tyrannian versions (the Shoyru was one of the first Tyrannian Pets), while the others remained as glass pets as a Tyrannian version was being made for each of them. The list of retired brushes is:

*'''Unicorn''' (replaced with ''Unicorn Gem'', later renamed the ''Uni Gem'')
*'''Glass''' (retired item)
*'''Stone''' (retired item)
*'''Jelly Paint Brush''' (The Jelly Paint Brush is a special case as it has never been made available and, most likely, never will be made available, even though it can be found in the item database.)

Note that, if the actual paint brush (as an item) is retired, it does not always mean it cannot be used. Paint brushes such as the Lost Desert Paint Brush, the Faerie Paint Brush, the Golden Paint Brush, and others are retired, but may still be used and [[The Neopets Team]] continue to make these these designs available for new species.

==Petpet Paint Brush==
A [[Petpet]] Paint Brush is designed for painting Petpets a specific colour. They work much in the same way as a Paint Brush for Neopets - they are used at the [[Petpet Puddle]], akin to the Rainbow Pool, to paint a Petpet attached to a user's Neopet. 

Interestingly, many colours that Neopets cannot obtain with a Paint Brush, only with alternative means such as via the [[Treasure Maps#Secret Laboratory|Secret Laboratory]], are available as a Paint Brush for Petpets, such as [[Robot]] or [[Mutant]] colours.

As of September 2008, there are 38 different Petpet Paint Brushes...

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*Black - ''?''
*Blue - ''October 2, 2001''
*Brown - ''October 18, 2001''
*Checkered - ''February 6, 2008''
*[[Christmas]] - ''?''
*[[Clay]] - ''May 11, 2005''
*Cloud - ''January 25, 2002''
*Custard - ''July 20, 2005''
*[[Darigan Citadel|Darigan]] - ''November 22, 2005''
*[[Disco]] - ''August 31, 2004''
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*[[Dung]] - ''June 9, 2004''
*[[Faerie]] - ''November 7, 2001''
*Fire - ''April 23, 2003''
*[[Ghost]] - ''July 29, 2003''
*Glowing - ''May 19, 2003''
*Green - ''October 2, 2001''
*[[Grey]] - ''September 4, 2003''
*[[Halloween]] - ''?''
*Invisible - ''November 5, 2003''
*[[Mystery Island|Island]] - ''October 1, 2003''
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*[[Lost Desert]] - ''September 26, 2007''
*[[Maraqua]]n - ''April 21, 2004''
*[[Mutant]] - ''January 28, 2002''
*Orange - ''?''
*Pink - ''October 2, 2001''
*[[Krawk Island|Pirate]] - ''January 15, 2004''
*[[Plushie]] - ''December 23, 2003''
*Purple - ''November 14, 2001''
*Rainbow - ''?''
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*Red - ''?''
*[[Robot]] - ''March 7, 2002''
*Sketch - ''June 16, 2004''
*Snow - ''December 13, 2003''
*Spotted - ''?''
*Starry - ''October 12, 2005''
*[[Tyrannia]]n - ''May 10, 2002''
*White - ''?''
*Yellow - ''?''
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==Trivia==
*On May 15th, 2002, the Baby colour won the first Paint Brush competition.
*The second [http://www.neopets.com/comps/newpaintbrush.phtml Paint Brush competition] between the Tartan, Mystery Island and Pirate colours went live on May 16th, 2002. Pirate won the majority with 194,375 total votes.
*There are three colours only available by using a Paint Brush: [[Royal]], [[Usuki]], and [[Quiguki]].  These colours are not available through the [[Rainbow Fountain]] or the [[Lab Ray]].
*It is rumored that the lutari island paintbrush will be called the Tropical Paintbrush.

==External links==
*[http://neopets.com/help/paintbrush.phtml Complete List of Paint Brushes]
*'''Neopets TCG:''' [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=1&id=26 Rainbow Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=1&id=101 Blue Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=1&id=135 Red Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=1&id=156 Yellow Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=2&id=3 Darigan Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=2&id=77 Green Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=3&id=19 Starry Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=4&id=5 Island Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=6&id=24 Snow Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=6&id=53 Spotted Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=7&id=12 Maraquan Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=8&id=7 Lost Desert Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=9&id=2 Cloud Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=9&id=10 Faerie Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=10&id=4 Darigan Paint Brush (2nd Print)], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=10&id=15 Island Paint Brush (2nd Print)], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=10&id=17 Lost Desert Paint Brush (2nd Print)], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=10&id=19 Maraquan Paint Brush (2nd Print)], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=10&id=26 Rainbow Paint Brush (2nd Print)], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=10&id=29 Snow Paint Brush (2nd Print)], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=10&id=34 Starry Paint Brush (2nd Print)], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=10&id=102 Blue Paint Brush (2nd Print)], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=10&id=111 Green Paint Brush (2nd Print)], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=10&id=127 Red Paint Brush (2nd Print)], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=10&id=140 Yellow Paint Brush (2nd Print)]
*'''Help File:''' [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=10 Changing Your Neopets Appearance FAQ], [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=301 Once you paint a Petpet does it stay that colour?], [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=326 Once you paint a petpet, how do you get it back to its original colour?], [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=390 Why cant I use the Glass or Stone paint brushes?]
*'''Selected Petpages:''' [http://www.neopets.com/~Paintorium The Paintorium]

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