# Right-click on item and select 'Paint'.
Paintable items include: building walls, fences, chests, barrels, buckets, signs, carts, catapults, pottery, lanterns, statues, armors, shields, certain types of clothing, and boats. Note that certain types of clothing items may be dyedwill not show the color when equipped, but the colour will only show when the item is placed or dropped on the ground, not when it is equipped. This includes shields.
The amount of dye used depends on the item being painted. If you do not have enough dye activated, you will get the message {{event|inline|You need more dye to colour that item - at least <# amount> g of dye.}}