MrP
Steampunker
A Builder's Resource
Each swatch shows how the various paints look on a particular block and its corresponding wall (where applicable; some are block-only or wall-only). On the left is a 4×4 chunk of the regular block, and on the right is a 4×2 chunk of the same block actuated.
Paint colours are arranged as follows:
Top: Unpainted
Row 1: Red and Deep Red; Orange and Deep Orange; Yellow and Deep Yellow
Row 2: Lime and Deep Lime; Green and Deep Green; Teal and Deep Teal
Row 3: Cyan and Deep Cyan; Sky Blue and Deep Sky Blue; Blue and Deep Blue
Row 4: Purple and Deep Purple; Violet and Deep Violet; Pink and Deep Pink
Row 5: Black; Gray; White; Brown; Shadow; Negative
The Swatches
Browse the whole gallery (287 swatches)
Soil: Dirt • Grass (Regular • Corrupt • Crimson • Hallowed • Jungle • Mushroom) • Mud • Clay • Sand (Regular • Ebonsand • Crimsand • Pearlsand) • Hardened Sand (Regular • Ebonsand • Crimsand • Pearlsand) • Silt • Ash
Stone: Regular (Active/Inactive) • Marble (Smooth) • Granite (Smooth) • Ebonstone • Crimstone • Pearlstone • Obsidian (with natural Obsidian Back Wall) • Hellstone • Gemmed (Amethyst • Topaz • Sapphire • Emerald • Ruby • Diamond) • Mossy (Blue • Chartreuse • Purple • Red • Teal • Fire) • Sandstone (Regular • Ebonsandstone • Crimsandstone • Pearlsandstone) • Fossil (Desert • Sturdy)
Ores: Pre-Hardmode (Copper • Tin • Iron • Lead • Silver • Tungsten • Gold • Platinum • Demonite • Crimtane • Meteorite) • Hardmode (Cobalt • Palladium • Mythril • Orichalcum • Adamantite • Titanium • Chlorophyte • Luminite)
Frozen: Snow • Ice (Regular • Thin • Purple • Red • Pink) • Slush
Natural Walls: Dirt (Cave • Cracked • Crumbling • Layered • Rocky • Rough • Wavy) • Stone (Craggy • Fractured • Mottled • Old • Stalactite • Worn) • Spider • Grass (Ivy • Lichen) • Jungle (Leafy • Vine) • Corrupt (Growth • Mass • Pustule • Tendril) • Crimson (Blister • Crust • Scab • Teeth) • Hallowed (Cavern • Crystalline • Prism • Shard) • Lava (Cinder • Ember • Magma • Smouldering Stone)
Wood: Regular • Boreal • Dynasty (with white and blue walls) • Ebonwood • Palm • Pearlwood • Rich Mahogany • Shadewood • Spooky • Living (Regular • Leaf • Mahogany • Mahogany Leaf)
Other plants: Cactus • Glowing Mushroom • Hay • Pine Tree • Pumpkin • Flower Wall • Thorns (Jungle • Corrupt • Crimson) • Vines (Regular • Jungle • Crimson • Hallowed)
Bricks: Gray • Red • Iridescent • Mudstone • Ice • Snow • Sandstone • Ebonstone • Pearlstone • Hellstone • Obsidian (both player-placed and natural walls) • Rainbow • Lihzahrd
Ore bricks: Pre-Hardmode (Copper • Tin • Silver • Tungsten • Gold • Platinum • Demonite • Crimtane • Meteorite) • Hardmode (Cobalt • Palladium [Column] • Mythril • Orichalcum [Bubblegum Block] • Adamantite [Beam] • Titanium [Titanstone] • Chlorophyte • Luminite)
Fences: Wooden (Regular • Boreal • Ebonwood • Palm • Pearlwood • Rich Mahogany • Shadewood) • Metal (Iron • Lead)
Plating: Copper • Tin • Shroomite • Martian Conduit
Dungeon: Blue Brick (Slab • Tiled) • Green Brick (Slab • Tiled) • Pink Brick (Slab • Tiled)
Glass: Regular • Stained (Purple • Yellow • Blue • Green • Red • Multicolored) • Gemspark (Amethyst • Topaz • Sapphire • Emerald • Ruby • Diamond • Amber) • Animated (Waterfall • Honeyfall • Lavafall • Sandfall • Snowfall • Confetti • Midnight Confetti)
Wallpaper: All year (Bubble • Copper Pipe • Ducky • Fancy Gray • Ice Floe • Music • Purple Rain • Rainbow • Sparkle Stone • Starlit Heaven) • Christmas (Bluegreen • Candy Cane • Christmas Tree • Festive • Grinch Finger • Krampus Horn • Ornament • Snowflake • Squiggles • Stars)
Ropes and spikes: Chain • Rope (Regular • Silk • Vine • Web) • Streamers (Blue • Green • Pink) • Spikes (Dungeon • Wooden)
Other building materials: Planked Wall • Slab (Stone • Sandstone [shown with Stone Slab Wall]) • Stucco (Red • Yellow • Green • Gray) • Dynasty Shingles (both red and blue) • Sunplate Block (and Disc Wall) • Asphalt
Purchased: Non-wallpaper walls (Arcane Rune • Sail) • Team blocks (Red • Green • Blue • Yellow • Pink • White) • Mechanical (Cog • Conveyor Belt)
Weird: Flesh • Bone • Cobweb • Slime (Regular • Pink • Frozen) • Bees! (Hive • Honey • Crispy Honey) • Coralstone • Living Fire (Regular • Cursed • Demon • Frost • Ichor • Ultrabright)
Whimsical: Candy Cane (both red and green) • Cloud (Regular • Rain • Snow) • Smoke • Bubble • Crystal Block • Silly Balloon (Green • Pink • Purple) • Lunar Fragments (Nebula • Solar • Stardust • Vortex)
What? Why? How?
I think the first time I tried Terraria's paints was when using Pumpkin Wall to simulate curtains. To see how it looked (and more importantly, to help me choose "curtain" colours), I made a swatch much like the ones in this post. I got the idea from the official Terraria wiki, which has this swatch of painted wood; you'll notice I used the same 4×4 size and layout (with, eventually, actuated blocks added).
Once I was done with the Pumpkin swatch, I dismantled it, but then later built another one for Candy Cane Blocks, because I wanted a diagonally striped material for building a shipwreck, and since I was checking it out anyway I figured I'd do like I did with the Pumpkin Wall, and experiment with all the paint colours.
At this point, I knew I wanted to (eventually) make a lot more swatches to showcase the looks of different materials. But I was (am) something of a building purist, making everything in-game, and building and rebuilding swatches was an off-putting amount of work. Actually, I was thinking that the block replacement feature that 1.3.6 is bringing might be just what I needed; but it's a pity that it apparently won't keep paint in place.
I think it was seeing someone use painted Grinch Finger Wallpaper in a build that finally prompted me to do this for real. I'd always considered that a rather ugly wall, but when painted blue it looked very nice. So I finally installed TEdit and started using it to make swatches, and flying around them in-game to get the screenshots. (I have background and entities turned off in the screenshot tool, to keep distractions out. But you may notice at least one swatch where the top of a Strange Plant still managed to sneak into frame…)
The results were fascinating. Not only did I find that Grinch Finger is even more striking with negative paint, but I found a bunch of other colour combinations that started me thinking how and where I could use them. (I also found out other things, like how painted grass blocks have some odd interactions with the long grass and other plants that spontaneously grow on them.) So I decided that, when I had a bit of time, I'd share the swatches here.
After steadily expanding the set, I now have every available block and wall here (including the unobtainable ones, for TEdit-using builders). As for other paintable items… who knows? Maybe that'll be in a different thread, or someone else's project.
Once I was done with the Pumpkin swatch, I dismantled it, but then later built another one for Candy Cane Blocks, because I wanted a diagonally striped material for building a shipwreck, and since I was checking it out anyway I figured I'd do like I did with the Pumpkin Wall, and experiment with all the paint colours.
At this point, I knew I wanted to (eventually) make a lot more swatches to showcase the looks of different materials. But I was (am) something of a building purist, making everything in-game, and building and rebuilding swatches was an off-putting amount of work. Actually, I was thinking that the block replacement feature that 1.3.6 is bringing might be just what I needed; but it's a pity that it apparently won't keep paint in place.
I think it was seeing someone use painted Grinch Finger Wallpaper in a build that finally prompted me to do this for real. I'd always considered that a rather ugly wall, but when painted blue it looked very nice. So I finally installed TEdit and started using it to make swatches, and flying around them in-game to get the screenshots. (I have background and entities turned off in the screenshot tool, to keep distractions out. But you may notice at least one swatch where the top of a Strange Plant still managed to sneak into frame…)
The results were fascinating. Not only did I find that Grinch Finger is even more striking with negative paint, but I found a bunch of other colour combinations that started me thinking how and where I could use them. (I also found out other things, like how painted grass blocks have some odd interactions with the long grass and other plants that spontaneously grow on them.) So I decided that, when I had a bit of time, I'd share the swatches here.
After steadily expanding the set, I now have every available block and wall here (including the unobtainable ones, for TEdit-using builders). As for other paintable items… who knows? Maybe that'll be in a different thread, or someone else's project.
Future Changes (Maybe)
- Trim excess space around older wall-only swatches
- Add new and updated blocks and walls from 1.4 "Journey's End"
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