Paint Can
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| Basic Information | |
| Released: | Mann-Conomy Update |
| Availability: | Variable (see below) |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | No |
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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).
Colors
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A Color Similar to Slate | #2F4F4F |
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Mann Co. Orange | #CF7336 |
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A Deep Commitment to Purple | #7D4071 |
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Muskelmannbraun | #A57545 |
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A Distinctive Lack of Hue | #141414 |
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Noble Hatter's Violet | #51384A |
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Aged Moustache Grey | #7E7E7E |
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Peculiarly Drab Tincture | #C5AF91 |
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An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge | #E6E6E6 |
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Pink as Hell | #FF69B4 |
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Australium Gold | #E7B53B |
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Radigan Conagher Brown | #694D3A |
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Color No. 216-190-216 | #D8BED8 |
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The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime | #32CD32 |
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Dark Salmon Injustice | #E9967A |
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The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants | #F0E68C |
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Drably Olive | #808000 |
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Ye Olde Rustic Colour | #7C6C57 |
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Indubitably Green | #729E42 |
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Zepheniah's Greed | #424F3B |
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| Image | Name | Color | Availability | Image | Name | Color | Availability |
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An Air of Debonair | #654740 |
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Team Spirit | #B8383B |
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| #28394D | #5885A2 | ||||||
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Balaclavas are Forever | #3B1F23 |
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The Value of Teamwork | #803020 |
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| #18233D | #256D8D | ||||||
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Cream Spirit | #C36C2D |
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Waterlogged Lab Coat | #A89A8C |
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| #B88035 | #839FA3 | ||||||
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Operator's Overalls | #483838 |
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Drop
- 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.
- Hats can now have their paint removed.
- Added Team Spirit paint.
- Fixed an issue where team-colored hats were showing up improperly when previewing the Team Spirit paint on them.
- Many hats have had their appearance while painted improved. Paintable hats should now appear less like solid blobs of color and retain more of the character and texture of the hat.
- Made the following items paintable: Sergeant's Drill Hat, Pyro's Beanie, Dangeresque, Too?, Whiskered Gentleman, Safe'n'Sound, Trophy Belt, Frenchman's Beret, Camera Beard, Max's Severed Head, Alien Swarm Parasite, Ellis' Cap, and the Horrific Headsplitter.
- [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").
- Fixed the new Shogun hats not being grayed out when paint is being used.
- Made the Blighted Beak paintable.
- Potato Hat was made paintable.
April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)
- Fixed bug where DirectX 8 users could not view painted items.
May 3, 2011 [Item schema update]
- The Hetman's Headpiece was made paintable.
- The Janissary Ketche was made paintable.
- The Conjurer's Cowl was made paintable.
- The Superfan, Essential Accessories, and Hero's Hachimaki were made paintable.
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.
- Fixed a problem with team paints not being displayed properly when playing
- [Item schema update] Changed spelling of Zephaniah's Greed to Zepheniah's Greed.
- Fixed a display issue with team color paints
- Fixed a problem with the application of team-colored paints.
- Fixed a bug that caused team color paints to appear to be coming out of the wrong cans for the store icons.
- Fixed paint preview not working for Mann Co. Store items
- Fixed a bug that would cause some Team Spirit painted hats to show as black-painted in the Steam Community.
- Updated item descriptions to contain the name of the paint used to color them
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.
External links
- TF2Gallery – Online gallery showing in-game pictures of painted, non-painted, and unusual items
- http://tf2stats.net/hats/ – TF2Stats Listing displaying paint statistics per item.
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