Paint Brush
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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.
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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.
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'.
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