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{{Hatnote|"Paint" redirects here. For the weapon patterns, see [[War Paint]].}}
{{Hatnote|"Paint Tin" redirects here. For other uses of tin, see [[Tin|Tin (disambiguation)]].}}
{{Item infobox
| type               = tools
| image              = Backpack Paint Can.png
| released           = [[Mann-Conomy Update]]
| availability       = Variable (see [[#Colors|below]])
| trade              = yes
| gift               = yes
| craft              = no
| numbered           = no
| loadout            = yes
  | item-kind        = Tool
  | item-level       = 5
  | item-description = Used to paint other items.
  | item-uses        = 1
| market             = yes
}}

{{Quotation|'''The Soldier''' on paint misunderstanding|See? Red! Oh, wait... that's blood.|sound=ThatsBlood.wav}}

The '''Paint Can''' is a [[tool]] that allows players to change the coloring of most [[cosmetic items]]. Paint Cans are available in 29 different colors, and can either be purchased from the [[Mann Co. Store]], found via the [[item drop system]], obtained by opening certain [[Mann Co. Supply Crate]]s or using a [[Mann Co. Painting Set]], received as a bonus item when opening [[Mann_Co._Supply_Crate#Bonus_drops|cases]], or acquired through either the [[Trading]] or [[Steam Community Market]] systems.

Two types of Paint Cans exist; single-colored and team-colored. Items painted with single-color paints retain the appearance of one color regardless of the player's team, whereas a team-colored paint will switch between [[RED]] and [[BLU]] variant colors.

Paint can be removed from an item to restore it to its default color by selecting the item in the [[Backpack]] and clicking 'Restore'. However, the paint used on the item will not be returned to the player.

The Mann Co. Painting Set can be used to receive up to three single-color paints.

{{Weapon Demonstration}}

{{anchor|Paint-able Hats and Misc. Items|Paint-able item previews|Previews}}

== Paintable item previews ==
The following pages display previews of items painted with Paint Cans. Hover over any image to display the name of the paint that was used.

:'''Note''': Images may not exactly match the examples depicted here, as in-game lighting conditions may vary. For team-colored items, the RED model skin has been used, meaning that the painted item may appear differently when worn on the BLU team (with the exception of team-colored paints, in which both the RED and BLU versions are displayed).

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== List of unpaintable items ==
The following cosmetic items cannot have paint applied to them using Paint Cans.
{{Unpaintable items list}}

{{Paint Can}}

== Update history ==
{{Update history|
'''{{Patch name|9|30|2010}}''' ([[Mann-Conomy Update]])
* Added paints: A Deep Commitment to Purple, Aged Moustache Grey, Australium Gold, Color No. 216-190-216, Indubitably Green, Mann Co. Orange, Muskelmannbraun, Noble Hatter's Violet, Peculiarly Drab Tincture, Radigan Conagher Brown, Ye Olde Rustic Colour, Zephaniah's Greed, An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge, and A Distinctive Lack of Hue.
* {{Undocumented}} Added message for DirectX 8 users on painted hats that paint will not display correctly on their system.

'''{{Patch name|10|6|2010}}'''
* Added Remove Paint features.

'''{{Patch name|11|19|2010}}'''
* Added paint: Team Spirit.

'''{{Patch name|12|2|2010}}'''
* Fixed an issue where team-colored hats were showing up improperly when previewing the Team Spirit paint on them.

'''{{Patch name|12|10|2010}}'''
* {{Undocumented}} Added paints: Pink as Hell, A Color Similar to Slate, Drably Olive, The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime, The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants and Dark Salmon Injustice .

'''{{Patch name|4|14|2011}}''' ([[Hatless Update]])
* Fixed bug where DirectX 8 users could not view painted items.

'''{{Patch name|6|23|2011}}''' ([[Über Update]])
* Added paints: An Air of Debonair, Balaclavas Are Forever, Cream Spirit, Operators Overalls, The Value of Teamwork, and Waterlogged Lab Coat. 
* {{Undocumented}} Fixed painted items that stay on ragdolls losing their custom color upon their owner's death.

'''{{Patch name|6|27|2011}}'''
* Fixed a problem with team paints not being displayed properly when playing.

'''{{item schema|7|1|2011|id=a6d3dfa34a1ce0a57b1753274bca8c6a019e4b24}}'''
* Changed spelling of Zeph'''a'''niah's Greed to Zeph'''e'''niah's Greed.

'''{{Patch name|7|20|2011}}'''
* Fixed a display issue with team color paints.

'''{{Patch name|7|29|2011}}'''
* Fixed a problem with the application of team-colored paints.

'''{{Patch name|8|2|2011}}'''
* Fixed a bug that caused team color paints to appear to be coming out of the wrong cans for the store icons.

'''{{Patch name|1|17|2012}}'''
* Fixed paint preview not working for Mann Co. Store items.

'''{{Patch name|1|26|2012}}'''
* Fixed a bug that would cause some Team Spirit painted hats to show as black-painted in the Steam Community.

'''{{Patch name|2|23|2012}}'''
* Fixed Mann Co. Store item previews for paints.
* Updated item descriptions to contain the name of the paint used to color them.
* {{Undocumented}} Added paints: A Mann's Mint and After Eight.

'''{{Patch name|2|1|2013}}'''
* Fixed team paint previews not showing the colors in the backpack/store icons.

'''{{Patch name|3|12|2013}}'''
* {{undocumented}} Added Mann Co. Painting Set.

'''{{Patch name|3|19|2013}}'''
* Fixed custom paint not showing in the tool tip when you mouse-over an item in your backpack.

'''{{Patch name|3|27|2013}}'''
* {{undocumented}} Added A Mann's Mint and After Eight to the Mann Co. Store.

'''{{Patch name|7|24|2013}}'''
* Fixed paint can icons not showing the Red/Blue colors correctly.

'''{{Patch name|5|1|2020}}'''
* Fixed confirm dialog showing the error model for some items when using paint cans.
}}

== Bugs ==
* When using the +quickswitch command to change a user's loadout, painted items are not differentiated from regular items; this means that if a user has multiple painted variants of the same cosmetic, all the variants are ignored (+quickswitch only shows one entry per item to prevent duplicates taking excessive space) and just one entry appears in the +quickswitch panel.

== Trivia ==
* In late 2010, Valve had entertained the idea of extending the Paint Can feature to weapons.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20101008055340/http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1456468 Email From Robin - Painting Weapons in the Future (Provided That We Want It)]", [[Steam Users' Forums]] post by Pebr, October 1, 2010.</ref>
* The "216-190-216" paint is a reference to the [[w:RGB_color_model|RGB]] representation of the hue.
* Muskelmannbraun is the German word for "muscleman brown".
* The [[Über Update]] added several Paint Can colors that were sampled from the existing player models. "The Value of Teamwork" was sampled from the cross on the [[Medic]]'s backpack, "Waterlogged Lab Coat" from the Medic's coat, "Balaclavas Are Forever" from the [[Spy]]'s mask, "An Air of Debonair" from the Spy's suit, and "Operator's Overalls" from the [[Engineer]]'s overalls.
* "Team Spirit" is based on the team-colored parts of the class icons, while "Cream Spirit" is based on the orange and yellow coloring on the class icons.
* "Balaclavas Are Forever" is a reference to the [[w:James Bond|James Bond]] movie ''[[w:Diamonds_Are_Forever_(film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]''. A [[w:Balaclava_(clothing)|balaclava]] is the type of mask the Spy wears.
* The backpack image for the brown paint can (which can be seen on [[Mann Co. Catalog]]) is a screenshot of a brown paint can model. The model was not distributed in the VPK, yet the textures are present.
* The paint Zepheniah's Greed is referencing the rich Zepheniah Mann, father of Redmond and Blutarch, the owners of teams RED and BLU, respectively.
* The paint After Eight is based on the famous brand of after dinner mint-fondant-filled chocolate-thins called [[w:After_Eight|After Eight]]. The paint hue is identical to the hue of the wrappers for these chocolates. After Eight chocolates were designed for eating after dinner, hence the After Eight (P.M.) name.
** A Mann's Mint is presumably also based on After Eight Chocolates.

== Gallery ==

=== Single color paints ===
<gallery perrow="6" widths="64px">
File:Paint Splat E6E6E6.png| In-game paint display for An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge
File:Paint Splat D8BED8.png| In-game paint display for Color No. 216-190-216
File:Paint Splat C5AF91.png| In-game paint display for Peculiarly Drab Tincture
File:Paint Splat 7E7E7E.png| In-game paint display for Aged Moustache Grey
File:Paint Splat 141414.png| In-game paint display for A Distinctive Lack of Hue
File:Paint Splat 2D2D24.png| In-game paint display for After Eight
File:Paint Splat 694D3A.png| In-game paint display for Radigan Conagher Brown
File:Paint Splat 7C6C57.png| In-game paint display for Ye Olde Rustic Colour
File:Paint Splat A57545.png| In-game paint display for Muskelmannbraun
File:Paint Splat CF7336.png| In-game paint display for Mann Co. Orange
File:Paint Splat E7B53B.png| In-game paint display for Australium Gold
File:Paint Splat F0E68C.png| In-game paint display for The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
File:Paint Splat E9967A.png| In-game paint display for Dark Salmon Injustice
File:Paint Splat FF69B4.png| In-game paint display for Pink as Hell
File:Paint Splat 7D4071.png| In-game paint display for A Deep Commitment to Purple
File:Paint Splat 51384A.png| In-game paint display for Noble Hatter's Violet
File:Paint Splat 2F4F4F.png| In-game paint display for A Color Similar to Slate
File:Paint Splat 424F3B.png| In-game paint display for Zepheniah's Greed
File:Paint Splat 808000.png| In-game paint display for Drably Olive
File:Paint Splat 729E42.png| In-game paint display for Indubitably Green
File:Paint Splat 32CD32.png| In-game paint display for The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime
File:Paint Splat BCDDB3.png| In-game paint display for A Mann's Mint
</gallery>

=== Team color paints ===
<gallery perrow="6" widths="64px">
File:Paint Splat AnAirOfDebonair.png| In-game paint display for An Air of Debonair
File:Paint Splat BalaclavasAreForever.png| In-game paint display for Balaclavas Are Forever
File:Paint Splat CreamSpirit.png| In-game paint display for Cream Spirit
File:Paint Splat OperatorsOveralls.png| In-game paint display for Operator's Overalls
File:Paint Splat TeamSpirit.png| In-game paint display for Team Spirit
File:Paint Splat TheValueOfTeamwork.png| In-game paint display for The Value of Teamwork
File:Paint Splat WaterloggedLabCoat.png| In-game paint display for Waterlogged Lab Coat
</gallery>

=== Other ===
<gallery>
File:Paintcan texture.png|Paint Can texture found in the game's files.
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{Color themes}}
== References ==
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