# Painting

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Buy paint cartridges at <https://dot.fan/shop>
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## Paint Cartridges

Every paint cartridge has a unique palette of colors containing either 2, 4, 8, or 16 colors out of the 256 colors that exist in the Dot Matrix.

You need a paint cartridge to paint on Dot. Once you have purchased paint cartridges, it is free to paint and publish Dot cards.

<div align="center"><figure><img src="https://3162658251-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fc9fD08ctF4wzEoOtVVbS%2Fuploads%2FQ9GzOAQ4QgESrpqVtgrH%2F3060f93d8bc10ae78336c5207d0d27fe.avif?alt=media&#x26;token=357e7120-06f8-4bec-bbb9-419fe6dd8c7e" alt=""><figcaption><p>4 Color Cartridge</p></figcaption></figure> <figure><img src="https://3162658251-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fc9fD08ctF4wzEoOtVVbS%2Fuploads%2FUGmaZ32lHQ76OOd85wHN%2Fc31611b4895a21408e08c75d456c4fd7.avif?alt=media&#x26;token=ba42a0de-1d90-41a9-ac1a-5f7f58fdc072" alt=""><figcaption><p>16 Color Cartridge</p></figcaption></figure> <figure><img src="https://3162658251-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fc9fD08ctF4wzEoOtVVbS%2Fuploads%2Fnm3QuA0IKhV4IZFs22Pi%2F7a4f933e062869036a8dfb17e5414c6e.avif?alt=media&#x26;token=5419b43f-e4f6-4437-b6fc-4c995389ead1" alt=""><figcaption><p>8 Color Cartridge</p></figcaption></figure></div>

| Palette Size | % Chance | Rarity     |
| ------------ | -------- | ---------- |
| 16           | 4.9%     | Rare       |
| 8            | 45%      | Common     |
| 4            | 50%      | Common     |
| 2            | .01%     | Super Rare |

## Using Paint Cartridges

[create](https://guide.dot.fan/painting/create "mention")&#x20;

[cartridge-cult](https://guide.dot.fan/cartridge-cult "mention")