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{{Redirects here|Paint|War Paint}}
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{{Redirects here|Paint Tin|Tin|l1=Tin (disambiguation)}}
 
{{Item infobox
 
{{Item infobox
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| type              = tools
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| type              = tool
 
| image              = Backpack Paint Can.png
 
| image              = Backpack Paint Can.png
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| released          = [[Mann-Conomy Update]]
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| released          = {{Patch name|9|30|2010}}
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| availability      = Purchase, Drop<ref name="Team Spirit drop">"Team Spirit" paint does not randomly drop and is only available through the in-game store.</ref>, [[Crate#Series .231|Uncrate (All series)]]
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| released-major    = Mann-Conomy Update
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| availability      = {{avail|drop|purchase|case-bonus}}
 
| trade              = yes
 
| trade              = yes
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| gift              = yes
 
| craft              = no
 
| craft              = no
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| rename            = no
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| numbered          = no
 
| loadout            = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
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   | level           = Level 5 Tool
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   | item-kind        = {{item kind|Tool}}
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   | item-description = Used to paint other items.
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  | item-level       = 5
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   | item-description = {{item description|Paint Can}}
 
   | item-uses        = 1
 
   | item-uses        = 1
 
}}
 
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{{Quotation|'''The Sniper''' on recolored items|Well, I'll be stuffed!|sound=Sniper_award10.wav}}
 
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'''Paint Cans''' are tool items that allow you to change the color scheme of hats. Paint cans were implemented in the [[Mann-Conomy Update]] on [[September 30, 2010 Patch|September 30, 2010]]. Paint is available in 15 different colors, and all but two of these colors can be obtained in the [[Mann Co. Store]]. The other two colors, 'An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge' and 'A Distinctive Lack of Hue' may only be found via the [[Item Drop System]] or through chance from an opened [[Crate#Series .231|Series #1]], [[Crate#Series .233|Series #3]] or [[Crate#Series .234|Series #4 Mann Co. Supply Crate]].
 
  
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Since the [[October 6, 2010 Patch]], hats can have their paint removed, restoring them to their original color. In doing so, however, the Paint Can will '''not be returned to the player.'''{{anchor|Paintable Hats and Misc. Items}}
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{{Quotation|'''The Soldier''' on paint misunderstanding|See? Red! Oh, wait... that's blood.|sound=ThatsBlood.wav}}
  
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Valve has stated via the Steam forums that there are plans to implement painting with [[weapons]], but current development priority rests on increased player interest. <ref name="Steam Forum">[http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1456468  Steam Users' Forums: Painting Weapons in the Future (Provided That We Want It)] ] </ref>
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'''Paint Cans''' are [[Tools|tool]] items. They are represented by one or two metal cans with a label on the side, filled with paint of its designated color; some of the paint ran down the exterior and created a small puddle. Single cans have a blank label, while double cans have one with the [[RED]] logo and the other one with the [[BLU]] logo on their labels.
  
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The "Team Spirit" paint can, added in the [[November 19, 2010 Patch]], changes the painted item's color depending on the player's team. The listed price for "Team Spirit" is currently {{Item price|all|item=Team Spirit}} as opposed to the regular {{Item price|all}} and cannot be obtained by random drops.  
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Paint Cans allow players to change the coloring of most [[cosmetic items]]. They are available in 29 different colors, and can be purchased from the [[Mann Co. Store]], found via the [[item drop system]], obtained by opening certain [[Mann Co. Supply Crate]]s, 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.
  
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== Paintable item previews ==
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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 switches between [[RED]] and [[BLU]] variant colors.
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{{main|List of paintable items}}
 
  
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== Colors ==
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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 is ''not'' returned to the player.
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{| class="wikitable grid"
 
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! class="header" | Image
 
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! class="header" | Name
 
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! class="header" | Color
 
  
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! class="header" | Image
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Certain medals awarded during community [[Tournament Medal|tournaments]] and [[Promotional items#Community 2|events]] have custom paint colors that are automatically applied through the [[item schema]], which display a colored splat when viewed in the backpack and [[Customize items#Loadout and Taunt slots|loadout]] screens, identical to the ones that appear when using a Paint Can. These medals can still be painted with Paint Cans, if the option is enabled. Restoring a re-painted medal reverts it back to its originally applied custom paint colors, removing only the applied Paint Can's colors; the custom colors applied through the item schema cannot be removed.
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! class="header" | Name
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! class="header" | Color
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The Mann Co. Painting Set can be used to receive up to three single-color paints.
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| [[File:Paint Can 7D4071.png|80px]]
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The Paint Can colors and names for the Operator's Overalls, Waterlogged Lab Coat, Balaclavas Are Forever, An Air of Debonair, The Value of Teamwork, and Cream Spirit were provided by {{steamid|76561198009301413}}.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110603192833/http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1704282 Steam User Forums], archived.</ref>
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| A Deep Commitment to Purple
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| style="background:#7D4071" | <font color="white">#7D4071</font>
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{{Weapon Demonstration}}
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| [[File:Paint Can A57545.png|80px]]
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| Muskelmannbraun
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== {{anchor|Paint-able Hats and Misc. Items|Paint-able item previews|Previews|Paintability categories|Paint categories|Item paintability|Paintability}} Item paintability ==
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| style="background:#A57545" | #A57545
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The following categories list, in order, items which are paintable using Paint Cans, items which are '''not''' paintable, and items that are set up for paint to be applied, but the option to do so is disabled:
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| [[File:Paint Can 7E7E7E.png|80px]]
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{{Item paintability}}
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| Aged Moustache Grey
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{{Paint Can}}
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| style="background:#7E7E7E" | #7E7E7E
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| [[File:Paint Can 51384A.png|80px]]
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== Update history ==
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| Noble Hatter's Violet
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{{Update history|
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| style="background:#51384A" | <font color="white">#51384A</font>
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'''{{Patch name|9|30|2010}}''' ([[Mann-Conomy Update]])
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* 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.
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| [[File:Paint Can E7B53B.png|80px]]
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* {{Undocumented}} Added message for DirectX 8 users on painted hats that paint will not display correctly on their system.
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| [[Australium]] Gold
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| style="background:#E7B53B" | #E7B53B
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'''{{Patch name|10|6|2010}}'''
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| [[File:Paint Can C5AF91.png|80px]]
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* Added Remove Paint feature.
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| Peculiarly Drab Tincture
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| style="background:#C5AF91" | #C5AF91
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'''{{Patch name|11|19|2010}} #1'''
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* Added paint: Team Spirit.
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| [[File:Paint Can D8BED8.png|80px]]
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| Color No. 216-190-216
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'''{{Patch name|12|2|2010}} #1'''
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| style="background:#D8BED8" | #D8BED8
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* Fixed an issue where team-colored hats were showing up improperly when previewing the Team Spirit paint on them.
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| [[File:Paint Can 694D3A.png|80px]]
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| [[Radigan Conagher]] Brown
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'''{{Patch name|12|10|2010}}'''
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| style="background:#694D3A" | #694D3A
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* {{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.
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| [[File:Paint Can 729E42.png|80px]]
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'''{{Patch name|4|14|2011}}''' ([[Hatless Update]])
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| Indubitably Green
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* Fixed not being able to see the correct colors for painted hats when running with DX8.
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| style="background:#729E42" | #729E42
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| [[File:Paint Can 7C6C57.png|80px]]
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'''{{Patch name|6|23|2011}}''' ([[Über Update]])
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| Ye Olde Rustic Colour
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* Added paints: An Air of Debonair, Balaclavas Are Forever, Cream Spirit, Operator's Overalls, The Value of Teamwork, and Waterlogged Lab Coat.
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| style="background:#7C6C57" | #7C6C57
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* {{Undocumented}} Fixed painted items that stay on ragdolls losing their custom color upon their owner's death.
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'''{{Patch name|6|27|2011}}'''
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* Fixed a problem with team paints not being displayed properly when playing.
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'''{{Item schema|7|1|2011}}'''
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* Changed spelling of Zeph'''a'''niah's Greed to Zeph'''e'''niah's Greed.
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'''{{Patch name|7|20|2011}}'''
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* Fixed a display issue with team color paints.
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'''{{Patch name|7|29|2011}}'''
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* Fixed a problem with the application of team-colored paints.
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'''{{Patch name|8|2|2011}}'''
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* Fixed a bug that caused team color paints to appear to be coming out of the wrong cans for the store icons.
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'''{{Patch name|1|17|2012}}'''
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* Fixed paint preview not working for [[Mann Co. Store]] items.
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'''{{Patch name|1|26|2012}} #1'''
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* Fixed a bug that would cause some Team Spirit painted hats to show as black-painted in the [[Steam|Steam Community]].
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'''{{Patch name|2|23|2012}}'''
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* Fixed Mann Co. Store item previews for paints.
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* Updated item descriptions to contain the name of the paint used to color them.
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* {{Undocumented}} Added paints: A Mann's Mint and After Eight.
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'''{{Patch name|2|1|2013}}'''
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* Fixed team paint previews not showing the colors in the backpack/store icons.
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'''{{Patch name|3|12|2013}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Added Mann Co. Painting Set.
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'''{{Patch name|3|19|2013}}'''
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* Fixed custom paint not showing in the tool tip when you mouse-over an item in your backpack.
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'''{{Patch name|3|27|2013}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Added A Mann's Mint and After Eight to the Mann Co. Store.
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'''{{Patch name|7|24|2013}} #1'''
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* Fixed paint can icons not showing the Red/Blue colors correctly.
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'''{{Patch name|5|1|2020}}'''
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* Fixed confirm dialog showing the error model for some items when using paint cans.
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== Bugs ==
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* When using the {{code|+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 ({{code|+quickswitch}} only shows one entry per item to prevent duplicates taking excessive space) and just one entry appears in the panel.
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== Trivia ==
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* 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>
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* The "216-190-216" paint is a reference to the [[w:RGB color model|RGB]] representation of the hue.
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* Muskelmannbraun is the German word for "muscleman brown".
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* 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.
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* "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.
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* "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.
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* 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 is not present in the VPK, but the textures are.
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* The paint Zepheniah's Greed is referencing the rich [[Non-player characters#Zepheniah Mann|Zepheniah Mann]], father of [[Non-player characters#Blutarch and Redmond Mann|Redmond and Blutarch]], the owners of teams RED and BLU, respectively.
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* The paint After Eight is based on the 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.
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== Gallery ==
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=== Single color paints ===
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<gallery perrow="6" widths="64px">
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File:Paint Splat E6E6E6.png|In-game paint display for An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge
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File:Paint Splat D8BED8.png|In-game paint display for Color No. 216-190-216
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File:Paint Splat C5AF91.png|In-game paint display for Peculiarly Drab Tincture
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File:Paint Splat 7E7E7E.png|In-game paint display for Aged Moustache Grey
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File:Paint Splat 141414.png|In-game paint display for A Distinctive Lack of Hue
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File:Paint Splat 2D2D24.png|In-game paint display for After Eight
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File:Paint Splat 694D3A.png|In-game paint display for Radigan Conagher Brown
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File:Paint Splat 7C6C57.png|In-game paint display for Ye Olde Rustic Colour
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File:Paint Splat A57545.png|In-game paint display for Muskelmannbraun
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File:Paint Splat CF7336.png|In-game paint display for Mann Co. Orange
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File:Paint Splat E7B53B.png|In-game paint display for Australium Gold
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File:Paint Splat F0E68C.png|In-game paint display for The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
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File:Paint Splat E9967A.png|In-game paint display for Dark Salmon Injustice
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File:Paint Splat FF69B4.png|In-game paint display for Pink as Hell
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File:Paint Splat 7D4071.png|In-game paint display for A Deep Commitment to Purple
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File:Paint Splat 51384A.png|In-game paint display for Noble Hatter's Violet
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File:Paint Splat 2F4F4F.png|In-game paint display for A Color Similar to Slate
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File:Paint Splat 424F3B.png|In-game paint display for Zepheniah's Greed
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File:Paint Splat 808000.png|In-game paint display for Drably Olive
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File:Paint Splat 729E42.png|In-game paint display for Indubitably Green
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File:Paint Splat 32CD32.png|In-game paint display for The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime
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File:Paint Splat BCDDB3.png|In-game paint display for A Mann's Mint
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</gallery>
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=== Team color paints ===
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<gallery perrow="6" widths="64px">
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File:Paint Splat AnAirOfDebonair.png|In-game paint display for An Air of Debonair
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File:Paint Splat BalaclavasAreForever.png|In-game paint display for Balaclavas Are Forever
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File:Paint Splat CreamSpirit.png|In-game paint display for Cream Spirit
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File:Paint Splat OperatorsOveralls.png|In-game paint display for Operator's Overalls
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File:Paint Splat TeamSpirit.png|In-game paint display for Team Spirit
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File:Paint Splat TheValueOfTeamwork.png|In-game paint display for The Value of Teamwork
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File:Paint Splat WaterloggedLabCoat.png|In-game paint display for Waterlogged Lab Coat
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</gallery>
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=== Medal custom colors ===
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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
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| '''Table automatically collapsed to preserve space. Click "[Expand]" to uncollapse it. '''
 
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| [[File:Paint Can CF7336.png|80px]]
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|<gallery class="dark" widths="64px">
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| [[Mann Co.]] Orange
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File:Paint Splat DAA520.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Titanium Tank Gilded Giver 2020}}
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| style="background:#CF7336" | #CF7336
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File:Paint Splat 2CB9CD.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Starched Silliness Curious Carbon 2021}}
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| [[File:Paint Can 424F3B.png|80px]]
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File:Paint Splat 7D4070.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Hexadecimal Horrors Moonlit Magnate 2021}}
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| [[Non-player characters#Zepheniah Mann and Company|Zephaniah]]'s Greed
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File:Paint Splat 17D58.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Binary Blackout Juvenile's Jade 2021}}
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| style="background:#424F3B" | #424F3B
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File:Paint Splat B5E8FF.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Binary Blackout Marvellous Moonstone 2021}}
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File:Paint Splat FFBAFD.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Peculiar Pandemonium Tungsten Robot of Leaded Lunacy}}
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| [[File:Paint Can E6E6E6.png|80px]]
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File:Paint Splat DAA1E8.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Peculiar Pandemonium Luxurious Lepidolite}}
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| An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge
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File:Paint Splat FF9BC0.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Peculiar Pandemonium Mesmerizing Morganite}}
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| style="background:#E6E6E6" | #E6E6E6
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File:Paint Splat FF9FE4.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Peculiar Pandemonium Pink Diamond}}
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| [[File:Paint Can 141414.png|80px]]
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File:Paint Splat FCD400-035BBC.png|In-game paint display for donor medals used in {{common strings|Operation Rewired Rampage}}
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| A Distinctive Lack of Hue
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File:Paint Splat 2DB9C8-D26E37.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Rewired Rampage Reverse-Engineered Ruby}}
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| style="background:#141414" | <font color="white">#141414</font>
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File:Paint Splat 281538.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Anniversary Annihilation Soul-Binding Star 2022}}
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File:Paint Splat 56000B-269.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Anniversary Annihilation Caregiving Corundum 2022}}
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| rowspan=2 | [[File:Paint Can TeamSpirit.png|80px]]
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File:Paint Splat 730051-6B80.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Anniversary Annihilation Heroistic Heart 2022}}
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| rowspan=2 | Team Spirit
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File:Paint Splat 8A1D1D-8187.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Anniversary Annihilation Dastardly Diamond 2022}}
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| style="background:#b8383b; height:40px;" | #B8383B
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File:Paint Splat A081FC.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Holographic Harvest Haunted Scrap Canteen 2022}}
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File:Paint Splat 926F52-0D380D.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Holographic Harvest Carbon Compassion 2022}}
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File:Paint Splat 141414-E6E6E6.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Holographic Harvest Zebra Zirconia 2022}}
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| style="background:#5885a2; height:40px;" | #5885A2
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File:Paint Splat CF7336-141414.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Holographic Harvest Lahsuniya Ratna 2022}}
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File:Paint Splat 2CB9CD-3333FF.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Operation Last Laugh Copper Chicanery 2023}}
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File:Paint Splat 9C5D3E.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Operation Last Laugh Happy Spud 2023}}
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File:Paint Splat 6C45BF.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Operation Last Laugh Bruised Johnstone 2023}}
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File:Paint Splat 24D400.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Operation Last Laugh Alluring Artifact 2023}}
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File:Paint Splat E5D3E.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Operation Voltaic Violence Verdant Vexatious Vivianite of Vanity 2023}}
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File:Paint Splat EEB416.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Operation Voltaic Violence Volcanic Vesuvianite of Valor 2023}}
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File:Paint Splat E6C200.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Operation Galvanized Gauntlet Shimmering Souvenir 2023}}
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File:Paint Splat 6B000.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Operation Galvanized Gauntlet Bejeweled Bounty 2023}}
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File:Paint Splat E52A6F-3349.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Operation Galvanized Gauntlet Opulent Ornament 2023}}
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File:Paint Splat FFFFFF.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|AsiaFortress Invite Participant}} medal
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File:Paint Splat A86B.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|AsiaFortress International Jade Medal}}
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File:Paint Splat 40FF9C.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Operation Firmware Frenzy Star of the Company 2023}}
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File:Paint Splat F596FF.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Operation Firmware Frenzy Purehearted Purple 2023}}
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File:Paint Splat 43C6FF.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Operation Firmware Frenzy Bountiful Benevolence 2023}}
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File:Paint Splat D27800.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Operation Firmware Frenzy Giver in Gold 2023}}
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File:Paint Splat 64FF82.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Operation Firmware Frenzy Supercritical Selflessness 2023}}
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File:Paint Splat 3B1F23-18233D.png|In-game paint display used for the {{item name|Supreme Strategist's Sigil of Status}}
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== Trivia ==
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=== Other ===
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* The "216-190-216" in the name of Color No. 216-190-216 is the RGB representation of the color that items are painted with.
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* Zephaniah's Greed is misspelled; it should have said "Zepheniah's Greed".
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File:Paintcan texture.png|Paint Can texture found in the game's files.
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* Muskelmannbraun is German for "Muscleman brown".
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* Painted items would not work under DirectX 8; they would be the ordinary colored item instead. When running the game under DirectX 8, the item descriptions for the Paint Cans as well as the "carrying" descriptions for other players' painted items would warn you of this fact. Painted items also had red text beneath the item's description stating, "Paint will not be visible on your computer (DX9+ required)". It has now been fixed in the [[December 2, 2010 Patch]].
 
  
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Revision as of 13:33, 5 January 2024

"Paint" redirects here. You may have been looking for War Paint.
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“
See? Red! Oh, wait... that's blood.
Click to listen
— The Soldier on paint misunderstanding
 ”

Paint Cans are tool items. They are represented by one or two metal cans with a label on the side, filled with paint of its designated color; some of the paint ran down the exterior and created a small puddle. Single cans have a blank label, while double cans have one with the RED logo and the other one with the BLU logo on their labels.

Paint Cans allow players to change the coloring of most cosmetic items. They are available in 29 different colors, and can be purchased from the Mann Co. Store, found via the item drop system, obtained by opening certain Mann Co. Supply Crates, using a Mann Co. Painting Set, received as a bonus item when opening 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 switches 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 is not returned to the player.

Certain medals awarded during community tournaments and events have custom paint colors that are automatically applied through the item schema, which display a colored splat when viewed in the backpack and loadout screens, identical to the ones that appear when using a Paint Can. These medals can still be painted with Paint Cans, if the option is enabled. Restoring a re-painted medal reverts it back to its originally applied custom paint colors, removing only the applied Paint Can's colors; the custom colors applied through the item schema cannot be removed.

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

The Paint Can colors and names for the Operator's Overalls, Waterlogged Lab Coat, Balaclavas Are Forever, An Air of Debonair, The Value of Teamwork, and Cream Spirit were provided by Mnemo .[1]

Demonstration

Item paintability

The following categories list, in order, items which are paintable using Paint Cans, items which are not paintable, and items that are set up for paint to be applied, but the option to do so is disabled:

Paintability categories:
  Paintability list Paintable.png · Paintability list Unpaintable.png · Paintability list Unused.png

Colors

Single colors
Picture Name Color Availability Picture Name Color Availability
Paint Can 2F4F4F.png A Color Similar to Slate HEX #2F4F4F

RGB 47 79 79

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 Paint Can 729E42.png Indubitably Green HEX #729E42

RGB 114 158 66

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Paint Can 7D4071.png A Deep Commitment to Purple HEX #7D4071

RGB 125 64 113

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 Paint Can CF7336.png Mann Co. Orange HEX #CF7336

RGB 207 115 54

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Paint Can 141414.png A Distinctive Lack of Hue HEX #141414

RGB 20 20 20

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 Paint Can A57545.png Muskelmannbraun HEX #A57545

RGB 165 117 69

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Paint Can BCDDB3.png A Mann's Mint HEX #BCDDB3

RGB 188 221 179

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 Paint Can 51384A.png Noble Hatter's Violet HEX #51384A

RGB 81 56 74

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Paint Can 2D2D24.png After Eight HEX #2D2D24

RGB 45 45 36

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 Paint Can C5AF91.png Peculiarly Drab Tincture HEX #C5AF91

RGB 197 175 145

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Paint Can 7E7E7E.png Aged Moustache Grey HEX #7E7E7E

RGB 126 126 126

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 Paint Can FF69B4.png Pink as Hell HEX #FF69B4

RGB 255 105 180

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Paint Can E6E6E6.png An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge HEX #E6E6E6

RGB 230 230 230

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 Paint Can 694D3A.png Radigan Conagher Brown HEX #694D3A

RGB 105 77 58

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Paint Can E7B53B.png Australium Gold HEX #E7B53B

RGB 231 181 59

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 Paint Can 32CD32.png The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime HEX #32CD32

RGB 50 205 50

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Paint Can D8BED8.png Color No. 216-190-216 HEX #D8BED8

RGB 216 190 216

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 Paint Can F0E68C.png The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants HEX #F0E68C

RGB 240 230 140

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Paint Can E9967A.png Dark Salmon Injustice HEX #E9967A

RGB 233 150 122

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 Paint Can 7C6C57.png Ye Olde Rustic Colour HEX #7C6C57

RGB 124 108 87

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Paint Can 808000.png Drably Olive HEX #808000

RGB 128 128 0

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 Paint Can 424F3B.png Zepheniah's Greed HEX #424F3B

RGB 66 79 59

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Team colors
Picture Name Color Availability Picture Name Color Availability
Paint Can 654740.png An Air of Debonair HEX #654740

RGB 101 71 64

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 Paint Can B8383B.png Team Spirit HEX #B8383B

RGB 184 56 59

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HEX #28394D

RGB 40 57 77

HEX #5885A2

RGB 88 133 162

Paint Can 3B1F23.png Balaclavas Are Forever HEX #3B1F23

RGB 59 31 35

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 Paint Can 803020.png The Value of Teamwork HEX #803020

RGB 128 48 32

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HEX #18233D

RGB 24 35 61

HEX #256D8D

RGB 37 109 141

Paint Can C36C2D.png Cream Spirit HEX #C36C2D

RGB 195 108 45

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 Paint Can A89A8C.png Waterlogged Lab Coat HEX #A89A8C

RGB 168 154 140

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HEX #B88035

RGB 184 128 53

HEX #839FA3

RGB 131 159 163

Paint Can 483838.png Operator's Overalls HEX #483838

RGB 72 56 56

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HEX #384248

RGB 56 66 72

Notes: The availability column shows the standard conditions. Any special, time-limited promotions that may be occurring in the Mann Co. Store are not and should not be included.


Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch (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.

October 6, 2010 Patch

  • Added Remove Paint feature.

November 19, 2010 Patch #1

  • Added paint: Team Spirit.

December 2, 2010 Patch #1

  • Fixed an issue where team-colored hats were showing up improperly when previewing the Team Spirit paint on them.

December 10, 2010 Patch

  • [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.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

  • Fixed not being able to see the correct colors for painted hats when running with DX8.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

  • Added paints: An Air of Debonair, Balaclavas Are Forever, Cream Spirit, Operator's 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.

June 27, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed a problem with team paints not being displayed properly when playing.

July 1, 2011 [Item schema update]

  • Changed spelling of Zephaniah's Greed to Zepheniah's Greed.

July 20, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed a display issue with team color paints.

July 29, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed a problem with the application of team-colored paints.

August 2, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed a bug that caused team color paints to appear to be coming out of the wrong cans for the store icons.

January 17, 2012 Patch

January 26, 2012 Patch #1

  • Fixed a bug that would cause some Team Spirit painted hats to show as black-painted in the Steam Community.

February 23, 2012 Patch

  • 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.

February 1, 2013 Patch

  • Fixed team paint previews not showing the colors in the backpack/store icons.

March 12, 2013 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added Mann Co. Painting Set.

March 19, 2013 Patch

  • Fixed custom paint not showing in the tool tip when you mouse-over an item in your backpack.

March 27, 2013 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added A Mann's Mint and After Eight to the Mann Co. Store.

July 24, 2013 Patch #1

  • Fixed paint can icons not showing the Red/Blue colors correctly.

May 1, 2020 Patch

  • 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 panel.

Trivia

  • In late 2010, Valve had entertained the idea of extending the Paint Can feature to weapons.[2]
  • The "216-190-216" paint is a reference to the 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 James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever. A 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 is not present in the VPK, but the textures are.
  • 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 brand of after-dinner mint-fondant-filled chocolate-thins called After Eight. The paint hue is identical to the hue of the wrappers for these chocolates.

Gallery

Single color paints

  • In-game paint display for An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge

  • In-game paint display for Color No. 216-190-216

  • In-game paint display for Peculiarly Drab Tincture

  • In-game paint display for Aged Moustache Grey

  • In-game paint display for A Distinctive Lack of Hue

  • In-game paint display for After Eight

  • In-game paint display for Radigan Conagher Brown

  • In-game paint display for Ye Olde Rustic Colour

  • In-game paint display for Muskelmannbraun

  • In-game paint display for Mann Co. Orange

  • In-game paint display for Australium Gold

  • In-game paint display for The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants

  • In-game paint display for Dark Salmon Injustice

  • In-game paint display for Pink as Hell

  • In-game paint display for A Deep Commitment to Purple

  • In-game paint display for Noble Hatter's Violet

  • In-game paint display for A Color Similar to Slate

  • In-game paint display for Zepheniah's Greed

  • In-game paint display for Drably Olive

  • In-game paint display for Indubitably Green

  • In-game paint display for The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime

  • In-game paint display for A Mann's Mint

Team color paints

  • In-game paint display for An Air of Debonair

  • In-game paint display for Balaclavas Are Forever

  • In-game paint display for Cream Spirit

  • In-game paint display for Operator's Overalls

  • In-game paint display for Team Spirit

  • In-game paint display for The Value of Teamwork

  • In-game paint display for Waterlogged Lab Coat

Medal custom colors

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  • In-game paint display used for the Titanium Tank Gilded Giver 2020

  • In-game paint display used for the Starched Silliness Curious Carbon 2021

  • In-game paint display used for the Hexadecimal Horrors Moonlit Magnate 2021

  • In-game paint display used for the Binary Blackout Juvenile's Jade 2021

  • In-game paint display used for the Binary Blackout Marvellous Moonstone 2021

  • In-game paint display used for the Peculiar Pandemonium Tungsten Robot of Leaded Lunacy

  • In-game paint display used for the Peculiar Pandemonium Luxurious Lepidolite

  • In-game paint display used for the Peculiar Pandemonium Mesmerizing Morganite

  • In-game paint display used for the Peculiar Pandemonium Pink Diamond

  • In-game paint display for donor medals used in Operation Rewired Rampage

  • In-game paint display used for the Rewired Rampage Reverse-Engineered Ruby

  • In-game paint display used for the Anniversary Annihilation Soul-Binding Star 2022

  • In-game paint display used for the Anniversary Annihilation Caregiving Corundum 2022

  • In-game paint display used for the Anniversary Annihilation Heroistic Heart 2022

  • In-game paint display used for the Anniversary Annihilation Dastardly Diamond 2022

  • In-game paint display used for the Holographic Harvest Haunted Scrap Canteen 2022

  • In-game paint display used for the Holographic Harvest Carbon Compassion 2022

  • In-game paint display used for the Holographic Harvest Zebra Zirconia 2022

  • In-game paint display used for the Holographic Harvest Lahsuniya Ratna 2022

  • In-game paint display used for the Operation Last Laugh Copper Chicanery 2023

  • In-game paint display used for the Operation Last Laugh Happy Spud 2023

  • In-game paint display used for the Operation Last Laugh Bruised Johnstone 2023

  • In-game paint display used for the Operation Last Laugh Alluring Artifact 2023

  • In-game paint display used for the Operation Voltaic Violence Verdant Vexatious Vivianite of Vanity 2023

  • In-game paint display used for the Operation Voltaic Violence Volcanic Vesuvianite of Valor 2023

  • In-game paint display used for the Operation Galvanized Gauntlet Shimmering Souvenir 2023

  • In-game paint display used for the Operation Galvanized Gauntlet Bejeweled Bounty 2023

  • In-game paint display used for the Operation Galvanized Gauntlet Opulent Ornament 2023

  • In-game paint display used for the AsiaFortress Invite Participant medal

  • In-game paint display used for the AsiaFortress International Jade Medal

  • In-game paint display used for the Operation Firmware Frenzy Star of the Company 2023

  • In-game paint display used for the Operation Firmware Frenzy Purehearted Purple 2023

  • In-game paint display used for the Operation Firmware Frenzy Bountiful Benevolence 2023

  • In-game paint display used for the Operation Firmware Frenzy Giver in Gold 2023

  • In-game paint display used for the Operation Firmware Frenzy Supercritical Selflessness 2023

  • In-game paint display used for the Supreme Strategist's Sigil of Status

Other

  • Paint Can texture found in the game's files.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Steam User Forums, archived.
  2. ↑ "Email From Robin - Painting Weapons in the Future (Provided That We Want It)", Steam Users' Forums post by Pebr, October 1, 2010.
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