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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*On May 15th, 2002, the Baby colour won the first Paint Brush competition.
*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 (colour)| Tartan]], Mystery [[Island]] and [[Pirate]] colours went live on May 16th, 2002. Pirate won the majority with 194,375 total votes.
*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]].
*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 rumoured that the Lutari Island paintbrush will be called the Tropical Paintbrush.
*It is rumoured that the Lutari Island paintbrush will be called the Tropical Paintbrush.

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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 Neopets. Paint Brushes were originally found by Random Events, which means they can be bought from other user's shops 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 as 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.

  • 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 - ?
  • 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
  • Glowing Paint Brush - May 10, 2000
  • Golden 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
  • Maraquan Paint Brush - June 17, 2003
  • Mystery Island Paint Brush - June 26, 2002
  • Orange Paint Brush - September, 20 2002
  • Pink Paint Brush - September, 20 2002
  • Pirate Paint Brush - May 28, 2002
  • Plushie Paint Brush - November 26, 2002
  • Purple Paint Brush - May 9, 2000
  • Rainbow Paint Brush - ?
  • Red Paint Brush - May 10, 2000
  • Relic Paint Brush - April 1, 2010
  • Royal Paint Brush - February 3, 2004
  • Scritchy Sketchy 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 - ?
  • Transparent Paint Brush - September 25, 2010"
  • Tyrannian Paint Brush - January 8, 2002
  • Usuki Paint Brush - August 20, 2003
  • White Paint Brush - May 10, 2000
  • Woodland Paint Brush - June 26, 2010
  • Yellow Paint Brush - ?
  • Zombie Paint Brush - October 25, 2007

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 until a Tyrannian version was made for each of them. The list of retired brushes is:


  • Glass - Glass coloured pets were automatically repainted the Tyrannian colour.)
  • Jelly - The Jelly Paint Brush is a special case as the item was never released and, most likely, never will be , despite the fact that the image can be found in the image database.
  • Shadowed - Now the Shadow colour.
  • Lutari - A colour similar to Mystery Island. No pets were ever released in this colour, so the item is not usable. It does not "paint" a pet into a Lutari.
  • Stars - Now the Starry colour.
  • Stone - Stone coloured pets were automatically repainted the Mystery Island colour.
  • Unicorn - Replaced by the Unicorn Gem, later renamed to the Uni Gem, Neopets who were painted Unicorn were changed to a red version of that pet.
  • Ice - The Ice Paint Brush can be found in the image database, but was never relleased as a Paint Brush

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 colours 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 Secret Laboratory, are available as a Paint Brush for Petpets, such as Robot or Mutant colours. However, there are also some Petpet colours that can only be obtained through the Petpet Laboratory, such as Chocolate.

As of March 2009, there are 38 different Petpet Paint Brushes...

Trivia

  • On May 15th, 2002, the Baby colour won the first Paint Brush competition.
  • The second 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 rumoured that the Lutari Island paintbrush will be called the Tropical Paintbrush.
  • The paint brush, Strawberry Fields Forever Paint Brush, is based on the Beatles song 'Strawberry Fields Forever'.

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