Paint Tool Mastery Guide

The paint tool is the core of Paint and Seek. Winning as a Hider depends on matching color, texture, and light direction — not just picking a similar shade.

Eyedropper Sampling

Point the 3D eyedropper at the exact surface you will hide against — not a similar wall across the room. Lighting changes color more than you expect. Sample at the same height and angle where your body will be positioned.

HSV and RGB Fine-Tuning

After sampling, nudge Value (brightness) and Saturation to match shadows and highlights. A sampled color is a starting point, not a finished match. If you are in a shadow, lower Value. If under direct light, raise it slightly.

Metallic and Roughness

These sliders control how your body catches light. A perfect color on a glossy body still shines wrong against a matte wall. Lower roughness for shiny surfaces like marble or glass. Raise roughness for concrete, wood, and fabric.

Directional Lighting

Paint the lit side of your body brighter and the shadowed side darker, matching the room's light source. Seekers look for lighting inconsistencies — a uniformly painted body in a directionally lit room reads as wrong even when the hue is exact.

Common Mistakes

Sampling from the wrong surface. Ignoring roughness on matte walls. Moving after prep ends. Picking a standing pose in a crouch-only spot. Using taunts as Hider. Fix these before learning advanced map-specific strategies.