Paint

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Paint
General
Category	Item
Encumbrance	5.0
Function	Paint walls
Capacity	4 units
Technical details
item ID	Base.Paint[Colour]

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Used to paint plastered walls. Requires paintbrush.

— In-game tooltip

Paint is a decorative item.

Usage

Used with a paint brush to paint plastered walls. One full can of paint can be used to paint up to four walls.

Once a can of paint has been used, it will be replaced with an empty paint bucket, which currently has no use.

Distribution

Paint can come in 15 different colours including: black, blue, brown, cyan, green, grey, light blue, light brown, orange, pink, purple, red, turquoise, white, and yellow.

Paint is usually found in crates.

Code

From newitems.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/)

Empty Paint Bucket Retrieved: Build 39.67.5

	item PaintbucketEmpty
		Weight			= 0.5,
		Type			= Drainable,
		DisplayName		= Empty Paint Bucket,
		Icon			= PaintbucketEmpty,
		MetalValue		= 20,

From items.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/)

[Colour] Paint Retrieved: Build 39.67.5

	item Paint[Colour]
		Weight			= 5,
		Type			= Drainable,
		ReplaceOnUse		= PaintbucketEmpty,
		UseWhileEquipped	= FALSE,
		UseDelta		= 0.25,
		DisplayName		= [Colour] Paint,
		Icon			= Paint_[Colour],
		Tooltip			= Tooltip_Paint,

See also

• Carpentry
• Bucket
• Paintbrush