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[[Image:Neopets PBs.PNG|thumb|A few examples of the many paint brushes that can be found around Neopia.]]

A '''paint brush''' is a special type of [[item]] that can be used to change the [[colour]] of a [[Neopet]] or [[Petpet]].  The first paint brushes were released on May 9, 2000.  Within the [[Neopets]] community, the act of using a paint brush is called "painting".  The colour that a Neopet or Petpet becomes after painting depends on which paint brush is used. For example, a ''Blue Paint Brush'' will change the colour of a Neopet to [[Blue]], while a ''Scritchy Sketchy Paint Brush'' will change the colour of a Neopet to [[Sketch]].  Paint brushes disappear after they are used and, as such, each paint brush can only be used once.  

Paint brushes are broadly divided into two groups: those that can be used to paint Neopets and those that can be used to paint Petpets.  These groups are mutually exclusive; paint brushes intended for Neopets cannot be used on Petpets, and paint brushes intended for Petpets cannot be used on Neopets.  Users can determine which group a paint brush belongs to by examining the name of the paint brush.  If the paint brush's name contains the word "Petpet", then it can only be used on Petpets.  If the paint brush's name does not contain the word "Petpet", then it can only be used on Neopets.

==Obtaining a paint brush==
With the exception of a few select paint brushes that are sold at the [[Hidden Tower]], paint brushes cannot be purchase from official Neopian [[shop]]s. Instead, users must obtain paint brushes by winning them from certain [[game]]s of chance, such as the [[Fruit Machine]] and the [[Alien Aisha Vending Machine]], or by receiving them as part of a [[Random Event]].  Paint brushes are also sometimes available as prizes for participating in [[plot]]s or winning certain [[contest]]s. On top of that, the [[Advent Calendar]] has been known to occasionally give out paint brushes.  Users also have a small chance of receiving a paint brush when they redeem a gold key in [[Key Quest]].

Excluding the four ''starter'' paint brushes that are included inside of [[Newbie#Newbie Pack|newbie packs]], all paint brushes are tradable.  This means that paint brushes can be purchased from other users using the [[Auction House]], the [[Trading Post]], or user shops.  Because the demand for paint brushes within the Neopets economy is so high, users can often sell their paint brushes for tens of thousands or even millions of [[neopoint]]s.

==Using a paint brush==
To use a paint brush on a Neopet, the user must place the paint brush in their [[inventory]] and then travel to the [[The Rainbow Pool|Rainbow Pool]].  At the Rainbow Pool, the user will be shown a picture of each of their Neopets. If the paint brush in the user's inventory can be used on one of displayed Neopets, then a drop down list containing the name of the paint brush will appear below that Neopet. The user must select the paint brush from this drop down box and then click the ''Submit'' button to use the paint brush.

To use a paint brush on a Petpet, the user must first attach the Petpet to one of their Neopets.  Next, the user must place the paint brush in their inventory and then travel to the [[The Rainbow Pool#Petpet Puddle|Petpet Puddle]].  At the Petpet Puddle, the user will be shown a picture of each  Petpet that is attached to one of their Neopets. If the paint brush in the user's inventory can be used on one of displayed Petpets, then a drop down list containing the name of the paint brush will appear below that Petpet. The user must select the paint brush from this drop down box and then click the ''Paint this Petpet!'' button to use the paint brush. Petpets that have been zapped by the [[Treasure Maps#Petpet Laboratory|Petpet Lab Ray]] cannot be painted.

==All Neopet paint brushes==
As of January 2012, there are 59 paint brushes that can be used to paint Neopets at the Rainbow Pool:

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*[[Baby]] Paint Brush - ''May 16, 2002''
*[[Biscuit]] Paint Brush - ''February 8, 2006''
*[[Blue]] Paint Brush - ''May 10, 2000''
*[[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]] Paint Brush - ''September 1, 2000''
*[[Darigan]] Paint Brush - ''April 10, 2003''
*[[Disco]] Fever Paint Brush - ''January 31, 2001'' 
*[[Electric]] Blue Paint Brush - ''?''
*[[Eventide]] Paint Brush -  ''January 4, 2012''
*[[Faerie (colour)|Faerie]] Paint Brush - ''January 16, 2001''
*[[Fire]], Fire, Your Pants On Fire Paint Brush - ''September 1, 2000''
*[[Ghost]] Paint Brush - ''October 23, 2002''
*[[Glowing]] Paint Brush - ''May 10, 2000''
*[[Gold]]en Paint Brush - ''March 2, 2001''
*[[Green]] Paint Brush - ''May 10, 2000''
*[[Grey]] Paint Brush - ''April 9, 2004''
*[[Halloween]] Paint Brush - ''November 2, 2001''
*[[Invisible]] Paint Brush - ''May 15, 2000''
*Lost [[Desert]] Paint Brush - ''June 23, 2001''
*[[Maractite]] Paint Brush - ''November 25, 2010''
*[[Maraquan]] Paint Brush - ''June 17, 2003''
*[[Island]] Paint Brush - ''June 26, 2002''
*[[Orange]] Paint Brush - ''September, 20 2002''
*[[Pink]] Paint Brush - ''September, 20 2002''
*[[Pirate]] Paint Brush - ''May 21, 2002''
*[[Plushie (colour)|Plushie]] Paint Brush - ''November 26, 2002''
*[[Purple]] Paint Brush - ''May 9, 2000''
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*[[Rainbow]] Paint Brush - ''May 10, 2000''
*[[Red]] Paint Brush - ''May 10, 2000''
*[[Relic]] Paint Brush - ''April 1, 2010''
*[[Royal]] Paint Brush - ''February 3, 2004''
*Scritchy [[Sketch]]y Paint Brush - ''September 1, 2000''
*[[Shadow]] Paint Brush - ''?''
*[[Silver]] Paint Brush - ''May 10, 2000''
*[[Skunk]] Paint Brush - ''September 21, 2000''
*[[Snow]] Paint Brush - ''December 2, 2003''
*[[Speckled]] Paint Brush - ''September, 22 2002''
*[[Split]] Paint Brush - ''May 15, 2000''
*[[Spotted]] Paint Brush - ''October, 5 2000''
*[[Starry]] Paint Brush - ''September, 20 2002''
*Starter Blue Paint Brush - ''October 2, 2006''
*Starter Green Paint Brush - ''October 2, 2006''
*Starter Red Paint Brush - ''October 2, 2006''
*Starter Yellow Paint Brush - ''October 2, 2006''
*[[Strawberry]] Fields Forever Paint Brush - ''September 1, 2000''
*[[Striped]] Paint Brush - ''?''
*[[Swamp Gas]] Paint Brush - ''June 21, 2011''
*[[Transparent]] Paint Brush - ''September 25, 2010''
*[[Tyrannian]] Paint Brush - ''January 8, 2002''
*[[Usuki]] Paint Brush - ''August 20, 2003''
*[[Water]] Paint Brush - ''August 30, 2011''
*[[White]] Paint Brush - ''May 10, 2000''
*[[Woodland]] Paint Brush - ''June 26, 2010''
*[[Wraith]] Paint Brush - ''October 26, 2011''
*[[Yellow]] Paint Brush - ''May 10, 2000''
*[[Zombie]] Paint Brush - ''October 25, 2007''
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In addition to this, there are currently three paint brushes that exist as items on the Neopets website that cannot be used at the Rainbow Pool:

*[[Glass]] Paint Brush - The Glass colour was removed from the site on January 8, 2002.  
*[[Lutari Island|Lutari]] Paint Brush - No Neopets have been released in this colour.
*[[Stone]] Paint Brush - The Stone colour was removed from the site on June 26, 2002.

==All Petpet paint brushes==
As of March 2012, there are 43 different Petpet paint brushes that can be used to paint Petpets at the Petpet Puddle:
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*[[Black]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''January 14, 2002''
*[[Blue]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''October 2, 2001''
*[[Brown]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''October 18, 2001''
*[[Checkered]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''February 6, 2008''
*[[Christmas]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''December 12, 2001''
*[[Clay]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''May 11, 2005''
*[[Cloud]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''January 25, 2002''
*[[Custard]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''July 20, 2005''
*[[Darigan]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''November 22, 2005''
*[[Disco]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''August 31, 2004''
*[[Dung]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''June 9, 2004''
*[[Electric]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''September 23, 2009''
*[[Faerie]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''November 7, 2001''
*[[Fire]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''April 23, 2003''
*[[Ghost]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''July 29, 2003''
*[[Glowing]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''May 19, 2003''
*[[Green]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''October 2, 2001''
*[[Grey]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''September 4, 2003''
*[[Halloween]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''October 29, 2001''
*[[Invisible]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''November 5, 2003''
*[[Island]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''October 1, 2003''
*Lost [[Desert]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''September 26, 2007''
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*[[Maractite]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''January 26, 2011''
*[[Maraquan]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''April 21, 2004''
*[[Mutant]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''January 28, 2002''
*[[Orange]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''September 24, 2003''
*[[Pink]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''October 2, 2001''
*[[Pirate]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''January 15, 2004''
*[[Plushie (colour)|Plushie]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''December 23, 2003''
*[[Purple]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''November 14, 2001''
*[[Rainbow]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''March 26, 2003''
*[[Red]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''December 18, 2001''
*[[Robot]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''March 7, 2002''
*[[Royal]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''May 27, 2011''
*[[Sketch]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''June 16, 2004''
*[[Snow]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''December 13, 2003''
*[[Spotted]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''April 18, 2002''
*[[Starry]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''October 12, 2005''
*[[Tyrannian]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''May 10, 2002''
*[[Water]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''March 30, 2012''
*[[White]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''October 18, 2001''
*[[Yellow]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''October 3, 2001''
*[[Zombie]] Petpet Paint Brush - ''August 21, 2010''
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==Trivia==
*In 2002, during the month of May, [[TNT]] held a [http://www.neopets.com/comps/newpaintbrush.phtml paint brush competition] and let users vote on which paint brush they would like to see next. During the first round of this competition, users could vote for one of three new paint brushes: the Baby Paint Brush, the Tartan Paint Brush, or Mystery Island Paint Brush. The Baby Paint Brush received the most votes during this round and was declared the winner on May 15, 2002.  During the second round, users could choose between the Tartan Paint Brush, the Mystery Island Paint Brush, and the Pirate Paint Brush.  On May 21, 2002, the Pirate Paint Brush was declared the winner after receiving 194,375 votes.  Even though the Mystery Island Paint Brush lost both rounds of the paint brush competition, it would still be revamped and released on June 27, 2002.
*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 [[Treasure Maps#Secret Laboratory|Lab Ray]].
*Interestingly, many colours that Neopets can only obtain by using the Lab Ray or the Rainbow Fountain, such as [[Robot]] or [[Clay]], are available to Petpets by using paint brushes.

==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=101 Blue Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=9&id=2 Cloud Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=2&id=3 Darigan Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=9&id=10 Faerie Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=2&id=77 Green Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=4&id=5 Island 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=7&id=12 Maraquan Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=1&id=26 Rainbow Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=1&id=135 Red 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=3&id=19 Starry Paint Brush], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=1&id=156 Yellow Paint Brush]
*'''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?]

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