Paints

Type	Consumable
Rarity
Buy / Sell	25 / 5

A table painted multiple colors.

Wood shown painted all available colors.

Paint is used to modify the color of objects. Nearly anything can be painted, including blocks, background walls, and furniture, along with non-collectable environment objects like trees, tall grass, flowers, and other ambient growth. Basic Paint is purchased from the Painter NPC. Two of the same color can be combined at a Dye Vat to create "Deep" color versions, which are required in order to paint certain objects.

Paint is applied to blocks and furniture with the Paintbrush, and to walls with the Paint Roller, with each tile consuming one bucket of Paint. The Paint Sprayer will automatically paint items when placing them. Paint can be removed with the Paint Scraper, although it will never be retrieved upon doing so. Destroying a painted block will not drop the Paint item either.

If more than one color is present in the player's inventory, the color in the earliest inventory slot is used first (starting from the top-left slot).

Variations[edit | edit source]

The basic Paint is purchased from the Painter for 25 per bucket (except Shadow Paint (50 ) and Negative Paint (75 ) which are only available in Hardmode).

	Deep		Notes
Red Paint Internal Item ID: 1073		Deep Red Paint Internal Item ID: 1085
Orange Paint Internal Item ID: 1074		Deep Orange Paint Internal Item ID: 1086
Yellow Paint Internal Item ID: 1075		Deep Yellow Paint Internal Item ID: 1087
Lime Paint Internal Item ID: 1076		Deep Lime Paint Internal Item ID: 1088
Green Paint Internal Item ID: 1077		Deep Green Paint Internal Item ID: 1089
Teal Paint Internal Item ID: 1078		Deep Teal Paint Internal Item ID: 1090
Cyan Paint Internal Item ID: 1079		Deep Cyan Paint Internal Item ID: 1091
Sky Blue Paint Internal Item ID: 1080		Deep Sky Blue Paint Internal Item ID: 1092
Blue Paint Internal Item ID: 1081		Deep Blue Paint Internal Item ID: 1093
Purple Paint Internal Item ID: 1082		Deep Purple Paint Internal Item ID: 1094
Violet Paint Internal Item ID: 1083		Deep Violet Paint Internal Item ID: 1095
Pink Paint Internal Item ID: 1084		Deep Pink Paint Internal Item ID: 1096
Black Paint Internal Item ID: 1097	n/a
Gray Paint Internal Item ID: 1099	n/a
White Paint Internal Item ID: 1098	n/a
Brown Paint Internal Item ID: 1966	n/a
Shadow Paint Internal Item ID: 1967	n/a		Costs 50 , only sold during Hardmode. Darkens blocks further than Black Paint.
Negative Paint Internal Item ID: 1968	n/a		Costs 75 , only sold during Hardmode. Turns blocks the opposite of their natural color.

Tools[edit | edit source]

The following tools can be used to apply or remove paint:

From the Painter	Spectre (+3 range)
Paintbrush	Spectre Paintbrush
Paint Roller	Spectre Paint Roller
Paint Scraper	Spectre Paint Scraper

From the Traveling Merchant
Paint Sprayer

Notes[edit | edit source]

Painted blocks and walls will show up in the minimap, letting you mark the map (assuming you use enough Paint of the designated color).
Painting doors costs less Paint if painting the doors while they are closed, (3 Paint for closed door, 6 for open).
- It is also possible to apply Paint to 3 random spots of an open door, close it, and re-open it. This will paint the entire door.
Painting a light source will not change the color of the light.
Deep Paint is a more vivid version of its base color, and is also required in order to paint certain objects. These include Statues, trees, and certain background walls (e.g. Cloud Walls), except in the case of White and Gray, which can be used on those objects without crafting the Deep variety first. Objects which are normally white or gray (e.g. Switches) will be at best very faintly colored, unless Deep paints are used.
Regular and Deep Paint appear to apply their color differently – regular Paint appears to "re-tint" objects, changing existing colors to the new color, while Deep Paint seems to apply its color on top of the object. The inability to paint "monochrome"-colored objects like Gray Bricks with normal Paint seems to be a result of this behavior.