Painter

The Painter is an NPC who sells Paint and painting Tools, as well as Paintings and Wallpaper. He will arrive after at least 8 other Town NPCs have been acquired, and a suitable House is available.

The paintings that the Painter has for sale change based on the biome he is living in, and based on the Moon phase. During the Christmas season, the Painter sells a variety of holiday-themed wallpaper.

In actuality, the Painter requires 4 other NPCs to be present in order to spawn, however the Old Man is counted as one of these. Since the Old Man is present on world generation, only 3 other Town NPCs are required initially. Once Skeletron is defeated, the Old Man despawns permanently, and the Painter will not arrive until 8 Town NPCs are first present. As of the 1.3 update, he will shoot enemies with a paint-gun.

Names
The Painter may have the following names:

Quotes

 * "I'm all out of titanium white, so don't even ask."
 * "Check out [Name of Party Girl]. Now that's a girl who can paint the town red! (Only if Party Girl is present) (Probably a reference to the phrase "Paint the town red" meaning to go to different places in a town and party.)
 * "I know the difference between turquoise and blue-green. But I won't tell you."
 * "Try swirly pink and purple, it works, I swear!" (But it doesn't really work.)
 * "I hope it doesn't rain again until this paint dries. That would be a disaster!"
 * "No, no, no... There's TONS of different grays! Don't get me started..." (Possibly a reference to the book "Fifty Shades of Gray")
 * "Once you enter hallowed land, you will see a rainbow in the sky. I can help you with painting that if you want." (Referring to the rainbow in the background of The Hallow)

Trivia

 * It is apparent that most of his names are references to famous artists.
 * Two of the names, Mario and Luigi, are the two main characters of the Super Mario Brothers video games.
 * He is most likely Italian, considering most of his names and some of his dialogue is Italian.
 * Sprited by former artist William "Waffles" Data.
 * The name "Darren" is a reference to a letter sent to Red by a person whose friend "Darren" passed away. Red then put "Darren" in the pool of possible painter names.
 * The name "Luigi" is a possible reference to Luigi Nono, who is a famous painter.