Neopets Petpet Paint Brush Colors
Neopets Paint Brush Colours
Neopets Paintbrush Colors

The Rainbow Fountain is one way of changing a Neopet's colour.

Colour is an attribute of a Neopet that affects its appearance. When a user creates a Neopet using the Create a Neopet feature, they can choose one of four basic colours for their new Neopet: Blue, Yellow, Green, or Red. After the Neopet has been created, the user can change the colour of their Neopets using one of several different methods detailed below. The colour of a Neopet is always displayed on that Neopet's pet page.

A paint brush is a special type of item that can be used to change the colour of a Neopet or Petpet.The first paint brushes were released on May 9, 2000. Within the Neopets community, the act of using a paint brush is called 'painting'. The Glass, Stone, and Unicorn Paint brushes were usable at one point until those colours has been retired, automatically converting Unicorn Neopets to Red Neopets, Glass Neopets to Tyrannian Neopets, and Stone Neopets to Island Neopets. For some odd reason, the Unicorn Paintbrush was retired and scrapped completely from Neopets.

The term colour is also used in reference to Petpets; however, the mechanics by which Petpets change colour are quite different from those of Neopets. Since Petpets are items, changing the colour of a Petpet will change that Petpet into a completely different item. For example, if a user changes the colour of their Babaa to Blue, their Babaa item will become a Blue Babaa item. In order to change a coloured Petpet back into its original form, users have to change the colour of that Petpet back to the natural colour of its species. For example, to change the aforementioned Blue Babaa item back into a Babaa item, the user would have to change to the colour of the Babaa back to White, which is the natural colour of the Babaa species.

Not all Neopets and Petpets are available in every colour.

1Changing a Neopet's colour
2Changing a Petpet's colour
3Changing a PetPetPet's Colour
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Changing a Neopet's colour[edit]

Paint Brushes[edit]

Main Article: Paint Brush

The most common way to change a Neopet's colour is to paint it with a Paint Brush at the Rainbow Pool. To do this, a user must first have one or more Paint Brushes in their inventory. Next they must go to the Rainbow Pool main page, where they will be shown a picture of each of their Neopets. Beneath each Neopet, there will be a drop down box containing each of the Paint Brushes in the user's inventory that can be used on that particular Neopet. The user must then select their desired Paint Brush and click the submit button to paint their pet. However, they Glass, Stone, and Lutari Paintbrushes are unusuable and cannot be used to paint your neopets. The Glass, Stone, and Unicorn Paint brushes were usable at one point until those colours has been retired, automatically converting Unicorn Neopets to Red Neopets, Glass Neopets to Tyrannian Neopets, and Stone Neopets to Island Neopets. For some odd reason, the Unicorn Paintbrush was retired and scrapped completely from Neopets.

Morphing Potions[edit]

Main Article: Morphing Potion

A morphing potion is a potion that will change the Neopet's species/colour to the specified Neopet in the potion's name. They are sold at the Neopian Magic Shop and can be purchased from other users in their shops, trading post, or auctions. A Transmogrification Potion is a type of morphing potion that morphs the pet it's used on into a Mutant Neopet. These potions are not sold at the Magic shop but are given out in random events and from a few games. While permanent, the pet's colour and species can be changed at any time using any of the various colour changing methods.

Secret Laboratory[edit]

Main Article: Secret Laboratory

There are nine map pieces you can get from a Random Event or from a user's store. When the lab ray is used on the selected pet it can raise or lower the Neopet's stats, change the gender, or change the species and/or colour of the selected pet. The Lab does have limitations: it can't zap Neopets into Baby, Pirate, Plushie, Quiguki, Royal, or Usuki.

Magma Pool[edit]

Main article: Magma Pool

When the Magma Pool is visited, your Neopet will change to a Magma Neopet. Unfortunately, there is a MagmaTonu blocking the entrance, and will not let you in, however, he might be dozing off on the job and you can pass by him. For most people, this will happen at a certain time, but it won't be the same for every user. It also has been rumoured that only the well-versed can enter the magma pool by being a participant in the Atlas of the Ancient plot, buying a book from Moltara, and buying a PetPet from Moltara. And if a user sends a Magma-coloured Neopet to the pound, it will convert to a Red Neopet.

Random Events[edit]

Main Article: Random Event

Though they occur rarely, certain Random Events can change the colour of a user's Neopet. These Random Events will only change the colour of the user's active Neopet, and as of April 16, 2010, they will not affect unconverted Neopets.

There are currently five colour-changing Random Events. In the first of these events, a torrent of multi-coloured water falls on the user's Neopet and changes it to a random colour. In another, Boochi fires his ray gun at the user's Neopet and changes its colour to Baby, but rest assured, he can also miss the hit. There is also a Random Event in which the colour of the user's Neopet spontaneously changes to Invisible. Lastly, there are two colour-changing Random Events that can only occur if the user's Neopet is unhappy. The first of these will turn the unhappy pet Blue and the other will turn it Red.

Magical Chia Pops[edit]

Main Article: Magical Chia Pops

Chia Pops are generally sold for more than 1,000,000 neopoints and if your Chia eats one of these, the Chia will transform into a uniquely coloured Chia. Kikos can also be turned Chokato if they eat the Magical Chokato Chia Pop. Interestingly, while both Kikos and JubJubs can be zapped into Garlic, this colour does not exist for Chias at all. Also, if you want to make your JubJub or Kiko look like a pumpkin neopet, you would have to paint it with a HalloweenPaint Brush. The Juppieswirl and Strawberry Chia Pops were going to be released at one point, but they were rejected and scrapped in the makings.

Magical Plushies[edit]

Main article: Plushies

Magical plushies are sold in the Plushie Palace along with regular plushies. Any Neopet plushie with the word 'Magical' in it's name is considered a unique item that acts similar to a Morphing Potion and will actually change the pet that played with it into that named/coloured pet. The item is only good for one use and, after, the magic will be used up and the item will become a simple, non-magical plushie.

Rainbow Fountain[edit]

Main Article: Rainbow Fountain

The Rainbow Fountain was introduced to Neopets

Neopets Paint Brush Colors