


Next, the user must place the paint brush in their inventory and then travel to the Petpet Puddle. To use a paint brush on a Petpet, the user must first attach the Petpet to one of their Neopets. The user must select the paint brush from this drop down box and then click the Submit button to use the paint brush. If the paint brush in the user's inventory can be used on one of displayed Neopets, then a drop down list containing the name of the paint brush will appear below that Neopet. At the Rainbow Pool, the user will be shown a picture of each of their Neopets. 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. Because the demand for paint brushes within the Neopets economy is so high, users can often sell their paint brushes for tens of thousands or even millions of neopoints. This means that paint brushes can be purchased from other users using the Auction House, the Trading Post, or user shops. Users also have a small chance of receiving a paint brush when they redeem a gold key in Key Quest.Įxcluding the four starter paint brushes that are included inside of newbie packs, all paint brushes are tradable. On top of that, the Advent Calendar has been known to occasionally give out paint brushes. Paint brushes are also sometimes available as prizes for participating in plots or winning certain contests. Instead, users must obtain paint brushes by winning them from certain games of chance, such as the Fruit Machine and the Alien Aisha Vending Machine, or by receiving them as part of a Random Event. With the exception of a few select paint brushes that are sold at the Hidden Tower, paint brushes cannot be purchase from official Neopian shops. If the paint brush's name does not contain the word "Petpet", then it can only be used on Neopets. If the paint brush's name contains the word "Petpet", then it can only be used on Petpets. Users can determine which group a paint brush belongs to by examining the name of the paint brush. 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.

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. Paint brushes disappear after they are used and, as such, each paint brush can only be used once. 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. The colour that a Neopet or Petpet becomes after painting depends on which paint brush is used. Within the Neopets community, the act of using a paint brush is called "painting". The first paint brushes were released on May 9, 2000. A few examples of the many paint brushes that can be found around Neopia.Ī paint brush is a special type of item that can be used to change the colour of a Neopet or Petpet.
