Paint Brush

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An example of some of the 52 Paint Brushes

A paint brush is a special type of item that can be used to change the colour of a Neopet or Petpet. Within the Neopets community, the act of using a paint brush is called "painting". There are many different paint brushes in Neopia, and 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.

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 Rainbow Pool. At the Rainbow Pool, the user will be shown a picture of each of their Neopets. If the paint brush in their inventory can be used on one of their 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 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 Petpet Lab Ray cannot be painted.

Neopet 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 Neopet 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
• Black and White - This was the old name for the Skunk 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 brushes

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...

Black - January 14, 2002 Blue - October 2, 2001 Brown - October 18, 2001 Checkered - February 6, 2008 Christmas - December 12, 2001 Clay - May 11, 2005 Cloud - January 25, 2002 Custard - July 20, 2005 Darigan - November 22, 2005 Disco - August 31, 2004

Dung - June 9, 2004 Electric - September 23, 2009 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 - October 29, 2001 Invisible - November 5, 2003

Island - October 1, 2003 Lost Desert - September 26, 2007 Maraquan - April 21, 2004 Mutant - January 28, 2002 Orange - September 24, 2003 Pink - October 2, 2001 Pirate - January 15, 2004 Plushie - December 23, 2003 Purple - November 14, 2001 Rainbow - March 26, 2003

Red - December 18, 2001 Robot - March 7, 2002 Sketch - June 16, 2004 Snow - December 13, 2003 Spotted - April 18, 2002 Starry - October 12, 2005 Tyrannian - May 10, 2002 White - ? Yellow - October 3, 2001

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. The tartan colour would've been for the Aisha and Moehog. Also later on the Island Colour was released later on on Neopets after the victory for the election of the Pirate Colour.
• 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'.

External links

• Complete List of Paint Brushes
• Neopets TCG: Rainbow Paint Brush, Blue Paint Brush, Red Paint Brush, Yellow Paint Brush, Darigan Paint Brush, Green Paint Brush, Starry Paint Brush, Island Paint Brush, Snow Paint Brush, Spotted Paint Brush, Maraquan Paint Brush, Lost Desert Paint Brush, Cloud Paint Brush, Faerie Paint Brush, Darigan Paint Brush (2nd Print), Island Paint Brush (2nd Print), Lost Desert Paint Brush (2nd Print), Maraquan Paint Brush (2nd Print), Rainbow Paint Brush (2nd Print), Snow Paint Brush (2nd Print), Starry Paint Brush (2nd Print), Blue Paint Brush (2nd Print), Green Paint Brush (2nd Print), Red Paint Brush (2nd Print), Yellow Paint Brush (2nd Print)
• Help File: Changing Your Neopets Appearance FAQ, Once you paint a Petpet does it stay that colour?, Once you paint a petpet, how do you get it back to its original colour?, Why cant I use the Glass or Stone paint brushes?
• Selected Petpages: The Paintorium