Paint Blocks
Every builder eventually hits the same wall: you need a specific shade, and vanilla Minecraft simply does not have it. Concrete gets close, terracotta gets moody, and wool gets fuzzy. Paint Blocks solves that problem by handing you a palette of 139 solid colors pulled straight from the CSS color list, so the exact shade in your head can finally exist as a placeable block. Whether you are shading a pixel art portrait, color-coding a storage room, or laying down a rainbow road, this add-on turns color selection into a two-second job instead of a twenty-minute compromise.
What Paint Blocks Adds to Your World
At its core, Paint Blocks is a color library you can build with. Each of the 139 CSS colors becomes its own block, ready to be crafted, placed, and combined. There are no textures to fight with and no resource packs to juggle. The blocks are clean, solid, and consistent, which makes them ideal for modern architecture, abstract builds, map-making, and any project where precision matters more than noise.
A Searchable Color Menu
The headline feature is the selection menu. Open it with a customizable key bind, then type what you are looking for in the search box. Want "crimson"? Type it. Want "teal"? Type it. The list filters as you go, so you never have to scroll through a wall of swatches. When you find the right color, select it and get back to building. It is the kind of small quality-of-life touch that quietly saves hours across a large project.
Smart Block Swapping
Paint Blocks includes a few shortcuts that speed up repetitive work:
- Color Alternating Block: Right-click to replace a block with the currently selected paint block.
- Middle-click: Grab 64 of the selected paint block instantly (not available in Creative Mode).
- Reset shortcut: Type "reset" in the search box, case insensitive, and press ENTER to clear your selection.
These controls make recoloring a wall or swapping a floor pattern feel almost automatic, which is exactly what you want when a build spans hundreds of blocks.
Block Tags for Modpack Authors
For players who tinker under the hood, the add-on exposes two block tags: #paintblocks:paint_blocks and #paintblocks:paint_blocks_with_rainbow. These are handy for crafting recipes, loot tables, and datapack logic, letting pack creators treat the entire color set as one group rather than listing every shade by hand.
Supported Versions and Loaders
Paint Blocks is built for modern Minecraft and is distributed as a Fabric mod, which means you will need the Fabric loader installed before dropping it into your mods folder. It targets recent Minecraft releases, so check the version list on the project page and match it to your game build. Running an older world? Back it up first, as you should with any mod addition. If you play on a server, everyone connecting will need the mod installed for the blocks to render and behave correctly.
If you would rather skip the manual file shuffling, the foxygame.net launcher handles the busywork for you: it detects your installed Minecraft version, pulls a matching build of Paint Blocks from its add-on catalog, and keeps everything updated automatically so a game update never leaves you hunting for a fresh download.
How to Install Paint Blocks
Getting started is straightforward. First, install the Fabric loader for your Minecraft version. Next, download Paint Blocks for Minecraft from the official project page and confirm the file matches your game version. Then place the .jar file into your mods folder, which lives inside your Minecraft directory. Launch the game, load a world, and check that the mod appears in your mod list. Once inside, bind the color menu key, open it, and start experimenting. If the game crashes on startup, the usual culprit is a version mismatch, so double-check that your loader, the mod, and Minecraft itself are all on compatible builds.
Why Builders Keep It Installed
Paint Blocks is not a flashy content mod. It does not add bosses, biomes, or machines. What it does is remove a limitation that has annoyed builders for years: the shortage of exact colors. With 139 CSS shades, a fast search menu, and quick swap controls, it fits naturally into both survival projects and creative megabuilds. The LGPL v2.1 license also means pack authors can include it without legal headaches. If color accuracy matters to your builds, this is one small add-on that earns its place in your mods folder.