Items that count as paint

In Project Zomboid Build 42, 15 items carry the base:paint tag. Recipes and actions that ask for "any paint" accept any of them, so you can use whichever one you have.

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Items with this tag

Item	Category	Weight
Paint - Black	Paint	5
Paint - Blue	Paint	5
Paint - Brown	Paint	5
Paint - Cyan	Paint	5
Paint - Gray	Paint	5
Paint - Green	Paint	5
Paint - Light Blue	Paint	5
Paint - Light Brown	Paint	5
Paint - Orange	Paint	5
Paint - Pink	Paint	5
Paint - Purple	Paint	5
Paint - Red	Paint	5
Paint - Turquoise	Paint	5
Paint - White	Paint	5
Paint - Yellow	Paint	5

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Quick answers

Which items count as paint in Project Zomboid?

15 items: Paint - Black, Paint - Blue, Paint - Brown, Paint - Cyan, Paint - Gray, Paint - Green, Paint - Light Blue, Paint - Light Brown, Paint - Orange, Paint - Pink, Paint - Purple, Paint - Red and more.

Figures on this page are read from the Build 42 game files (42.22, November 2026). Chances are relative weights inside each loot table, not exact drop rates. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.