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The Rainbow Pool

At the beginning of the rainbow lies the Rainbow Pool, a place where any pet with a Paint Brush can bathe in the waters and transform into another colour! Rather spiffy, eh?

Painting A Pet

From drab... to fab!

Step 1: Obtaining a Paint Brush

Whether you want your pet to sprout wings with the aid of a Faerie Paint Brush or grow scales and fins with a Maraquan Paint Brush, you're going to have to get a brush!

Paint Brushes can be gained from random events, contest prizes, the Quest Log (depending on which prizes are in rotation), and even some dailies. The Hidden Tower also sells four exclusive Paint Brushes (Baby, Darigan, Maractite and Royal), but the most reliable way of getting a Paint Brush is to buy one off another user. Many brushes must be found on the Trading Post since they're so expensive, but the Shop Wizard may also be a good place to look for the cheaper ones.

Additionally, the One-Use Robotification Zappermajig functions as a Paint Brush for the Robot colour.

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However, there are some colours that aren't available through Paint Brushes.

• Colours that are (mostly) exclusive to the Lab Ray:
• Burlap
• Ice
• Mosaic
• MSP
• Sponge
• Lab Ray or Fountain Quest exclusives:
• Alien
• Chocolate
• Clay
• Coconut (except Chias have a Magical Chia Pop available, see more below)
• Custard
• Garlic
• Jelly
• Mallow
• Snot
• Item-exclusives (technically, these are similar to Paint Brushes, but you use them through your inventory rather than the Rainbow Pool; they can also be obtained at the Lab Ray or Fountain Faerie):
• 8-Bit: Use the 8-bit Power-Up Potion. (Not available via the Fountain Faerie.)
• Fruit & Veggie (Chias only): Feed a Magical Chia Pop to a Chia.
  • The Magical Chokato Chia Pop can additionally be used on a Kiko.
• Mutant: Use a Transmogrification Potion.
• Magma: exclusive to the Magma Pool.

Step 2: Going to the Rainbow Pool

This part is pretty straightforward. First, go to Neopia Central then click on the small pool with the rainbow coming down into it.

Once you get there, you will see the Paint Brushes you have in your Inventory. Your pets will be listed at the bottom of the page with a dropdown in which you will find the colours available for that particular pet.

To paint your pet, just click on the colour underneath the list and press submit. (Make sure you check the right colour, because there's no warning for this!)

And voilà! Once your pet has been blow dried, you're instantly taken to the Quick Reference page where you can see your pet in all its new glory!

So, see? Painting a pet is as easy as pie! Getting the Paint Brush is the hardest part.

If you're having trouble deciding which colour to paint your pet check out Jellyneo's Rainbow Pool! You can preview all pet colours currently available. If you just want to look at Paint Brushes, check out this search in our Item Database!

This page was written by DragonBeak and last updated on July 26, 2024.