Paint Brush

Examples of the 52 different 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). 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 - May 9, 2000 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 - September 1, 2000 Disco Fever Paint Brush Electric Blue Paint Brush Fire, Fire, Your Pants On Fire Paint Brush - September 1, 2000 Glass Paint Brush Speckled Paint Brush - September, 22 2002

Stone Paint Brush - September 1, 2000 Scritchy Sketchy Paint Brush - September 1, 2000 Skunk Paint Brush Strawberry Fields Forever Paint Brush - September 1, 2000 Starry Paint Brush - September, 20 2002 Spotted Paint Brush - October, 5 2000 Checkered Paint Brush - September 1, 2000 Halloween Paint Brush - November 2, 2001 Christmas Paint Brush - November 28, 2000 Faerie Paint Brush - January 16, 2001 Golden Paint Brush - March 2, 2001 Lost Desert Paint Brush - June 23, 2001 Brown Paint Brush - September 6, 2001 Tyrannian Paint Brush - January 8, 2002 Baby Paint Brush - May 16, 2002 Pirate Paint Brush - May 28, 2002

Mystery Island Paint Brush - June 26, 2002 Orange Paint Brush - September, 20 2002 Pink Paint Brush - September, 20 2002 Ghost Paint Brush - October 23, 2002 Plushie Paint Brush - November 26, 2002 Darigan Paint Brush - April 10, 2003 Maraquan Paint Brush - June 17, 2003 Usuki Paint Brush - August 20, 2003 Snow Paint Brush - December 2, 2003 Royal Paint Brush - February 3, 2004 Grey Paint Brush - April 9, 2004 Starter Green Paint Brush Starter Red Paint Brush Starter Blue Paint Brush Starter Yellow Paint Brush Camouflage Paint Brush - July 27, 2005 Biscuit Paint Brush - February 8, 2006

Non-Paint Brush Painting

Paint brushes can change a pet into most of its available colours, but not necessarily all. Some of the more elaborate 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, there is no Mutant paint brush; the only away of obtaining a mutant pet is to feed it a transmogrification potion, or to get it through the lab.

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, This item was replaced with Uni Gem)
• 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, and others are retired, but may still be used and The Neopets Team continue to make these these designs 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.

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.

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 Paint Brush Library
• Neocolours in German, English (UK)