Paint

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Paint
General
Category	Item
Weight	5.0 (Full) 1.0 (Empty)
Function	Paint wooden wall
Capacity	10 units
Technical details
Base ID	Base.Paint[Colour]

“	“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 ten walls or signs.

Once a can of paint has been used, or if the paint is poured out, it will be replaced with an empty paint bucket, which can be used to collect rain water.

Distribution

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

Paint is usually found in crates.

Code

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

Retrieved
Version 41.51

    item PaintbucketEmpty
    {
        Weight	=	1.0,
        Type	=	Normal,
        DisplayName	=	Empty Paint Bucket,
        Icon	=	PaintbucketEmpty,
        MetalValue = 20,
        StaticModel = Bucket,
        CanStoreWater	=	TRUE,
        ReplaceOnUseOn	=	WaterSource-WaterPaintbucket,
        RainFactor = 1,
        Tooltip = Tooltip_item_RainFromGround,
        EatType = Bucket,
    }

[Colour] Paint
From items.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/)

Retrieved
Version 41.51

    item Paint[Colour]
	{
		Weight	=	5,
		Type	=	Drainable,
		ReplaceOnDeplete = PaintbucketEmpty,
		UseWhileEquipped	=	FALSE,
		UseDelta	=	0.1,
		DisplayName	=	[Colour] Paint,
		Icon	=	Paint_[Colour],
		Tooltip = Tooltip_Paint,
		StaticModel = Bucket,
	}

See also

• Carpentry
• Bucket
• Paint Brush