Paint Brush

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). 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.

List of Paint Brushes

The list of available (and 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-Paint brush 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, Pirate and Baby) 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 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 (vanished completely)
• Glass (retired item)
• Stone (retired item)

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 Gold Paint Brush are retired (along with many more in the list above) (rarity 180), but may still be used, and The Neopets Team are constantly making these paint brushes useable on more and more Neopets.

Petpet Paint brush

A paint brush for petpets. Includes Mutant and Robot versions.

Trivia

• ...to be added...

External Links

• Complete List of Paint Brushes
• 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?
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