Paint brush

Paint brushes change the colour of a Neopet. They can be bought at user's shops and auctions, and are also found in the Hidden Tower and by Random Events. They are sometimes given away as prizes from games and competitions. There are also Petpet paint brushes, which change the colour of a Petpet.

In addition to providing new colours for your pet, 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 pet, the colour scheme that the brush represents must be one that the pet can become. The pet must be taken to the Rainbow Pool, where its waters allow the brush to work. Paint brushes can only be used once.

List of Paint Brushes

The list of available (that is, active) paint brushes. Non-tradable brushes are in italics.

• Purple Paint Brush
• White Paint Brush
• Red Paint Brush
• Yellow Paint Brush
• Green Paint Brush
• Blue Paint Brush
• Rainbow Paint Brush
• Silver Paint Brush
• Glowing Paint Brush
• Striped Paint Brush
• Shadow Paint Brush
• Split Paint Brush
• Invisible Paint Brush
• Cloud Paint Brush
• Disco Fever Paint Brush
• Electric Blue Paint Brush
• Fire, Fire, Your Pants On Fire Paint Brush
• Glass Paint Brush
• Speckled Paint Brush
• Scritchy Sketchy Paint Brush
• Skunk Paint Brush
• Stone Paint Brush
• Strawberry Fields Forever Paint Brush
• Starry Paint Brush
• Spotted Paint Brush
• Checkered Paint Brush
• Halloween Paint Brush
• Christmas Paint Brush
• Faerie Paint Brush
• Golden Paint Brush
• Lost Desert Paint Brush
• Brown Paint Brush
• Tyrannian Paint Brush
• Baby Paint Brush
• Pirate Paint Brush
• Mystery Island Paint Brush
• Orange Paint Brush
• Pink Paint Brush
• Ghost Paint Brush
• Plushie Paint Brush
• Darigan Paint Brush
• Maraquan Paint Brush
• Usuki Paint Brush
• Snow Paint Brush
• Royal Paint Brush
• Grey Paint Brush
• Starter Green Paint Brush
• Starter Red Paint Brush
• Starter Blue Paint Brush
• Starter Yellow Paint Brush
• Camouflage Paint Brush
• Biscuit Paint Brush

Non-Paintbrush Painting

Paint brushes can change a pet into most of its available colours, but not necessarily all. Some of the more elabourate colours are only available via the lab ray: robot, clay, and MSP being examples of such. Any colour (except Royal) can be given by the lab ray without need of a paint brush. Additionally, the only away of obtaining a mutant pet is to feed it a transmogrification potion.

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

Retired Paintbrushes

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 long remain it, although it is not known whether they revert to the basic colours or otherwise as this is such a rare occurrence. The list of retired brushes is:

• Unicorn (vanished completely)
• Glass (retired item)
• Stone (retired item)