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The Paint Can is a tool that allows players to change the coloring of most hats and Miscellaneous items. Paint Cans are available in 27 different colors, and can either be purchased from the Mann Co. Store, found via the item drop system, obtained by opening Mann Co. Supply Crates, or acquired through the Trading system.

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.

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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Colors

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

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram cross.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

Paint Can CF7336.png Mann Co. Orange #CF7336

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram tick.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

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

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram tick.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

Paint Can A57545.png Muskelmannbraun #A57545

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram tick.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

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

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram cross.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

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

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram tick.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

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

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram tick.png  Drop

Pictogram cross.png  Uncrate

Paint Can C5AF91.png Peculiarly Drab Tincture #C5AF91

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram tick.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

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

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram cross.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

Paint Can FF69B4.png Pink as Hell #FF69B4

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram cross.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

Paint Can E7B53B.png Australium Gold #E7B53B

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram tick.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

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

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram tick.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

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

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram tick.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

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

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram cross.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

Paint Can E9967A.png Dark Salmon Injustice #E9967A

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram cross.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

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

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram cross.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

Paint Can 808000.png Drably Olive #808000

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram cross.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

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

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram tick.png  Drop

Pictogram cross.png  Uncrate

Paint Can 729E42.png Indubitably Green #729E42

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram tick.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

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

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram tick.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

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

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram cross.png  Drop

Pictogram cross.png  Uncrate

Paint Can B8383B.png Team Spirit #B8383B

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram cross.png  Drop

Pictogram tick.png  Uncrate

#28394D #5885A2
Paint Can 3B1F23.png Balaclavas are Forever #3B1F23

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram cross.png  Drop

Pictogram cross.png  Uncrate

Paint Can 803020.png The Value of Teamwork #803020

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram cross.png  Drop

Pictogram cross.png  Uncrate

#18233D #256D8D
Paint Can C36C2D.png Cream Spirit #C36C2D

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram cross.png  Drop

Pictogram cross.png  Uncrate

Paint Can A89A8C.png Waterlogged Lab Coat #A89A8C

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram cross.png  Drop

Pictogram cross.png  Uncrate

#B88035 #839FA3
Paint Can 483838.png Operator's Overalls #483838

Pictogram tick.png  Purchase

Pictogram cross.png  Drop

Pictogram cross.png  Uncrate

#384248
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 paint cans.
    • "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" were added to the game.
  • [Undocumented] Added message for DirectX 8 users on painted hats that paint will not display correctly on their system.

October 6, 2010 Patch

  • Hats can now have their paint removed.

November 19, 2010 Patch

  • Added Team Spirit paint.

December 2, 2010 Patch

December 10, 2010 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added 6 new Paint colors. ("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").

March 11, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed the new Shogun hats not being grayed out when paint is being used.

March 21, 2011 Patch

April 7, 2011 Patch

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

  • Fixed bug where DirectX 8 users could not view painted items.

May 3, 2011 [Item schema update]

June 3, 2011 Patch

June 14, 2011 Patch

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

  • "An Air of Debonair", "Balaclavas Are Forever", "Cream Spirit", "Operators Overalls", "The Value of Teamwork", and "Waterlogged Labcoat" were added to the game.
  • [Undocumented] Fixed painted items that stay on ragdolls losing their custom color upon their owner's death.
  • [Undocumented] "A Distinctive Lack of Hue", "An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge", "Pink as Hell", "Dark Salmon Injustice", "The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime", "The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants", "A Color Similar to Slate" and "Drably Olive" were added to the Mann Co. Store.

June 27, 2011 Patch

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

July 1, 2011 Patch

  • [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

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

February 23, 2012 Patch

  • Updated item descriptions to contain the name of the paint used to color them
  • Added A Mann's Mint and After Eight paints

Bugs

  • When using the +quickswitch command to change a user's load-out, painted items are not differentiated from regular items; this means that if a user has multiple painted variants of the same hat, 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

  • The "216-190-216" in the name of Color No. 216-190-216 is the RGB representation of the color.
  • 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, and "An Air of Debonair" from the Spy's suit. "Operator's Overalls" was also sampled from the Engineer's overalls.
  • "Team Spirit" and "Cream Spirit" are both based on the coloring of the the icon and backgrounds of the Class badges, respectively.
  • "Balaclavas Are Forever" is a reference to the Template:W movie Template:W. A Template:W is the type of mask the Spy wears.

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