Fresco
Fresco adds brush-like painting tools to the game, letting players paint, copy, spray and blend pixels onto block surfaces.
What it does
Fresco is built on the Pigmentum canvas API, so Pigmentum must be installed alongside it. The mod targets only Minecraft 1.21.1 and is distributed for NeoForge, which it needs in order to load.
The tools include paintbrushes, stamps, spray cans and cloths. Dye items set the brush color, and an Ink Sac gives black, while a Palette stores its last color and an empty slot leaves the pixels white. Right-clicking a block with a dye in the offhand tints a spray can, and the tinted dye stays in the can's internal container until it is retrieved. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is open source under the MIT License, and public links to the source, issue tracker and wiki are available.
Shift and right-click on the tools open a configuration screen where brush size, opacity, feather, blend mode and tint can be adjusted. Blend modes include overwrite, add, multiply and erase. A stamp can be crafted to clear stored data, and a color lock tool picks up a triangle's angle and paint. Files are published for NeoForge only, and the latest build, 1.0.7, was released on 2026-10-14.
Key features
Paint, copy and spray
Brushes, stamps and spray cans place pixels onto block faces, and a copy tool takes only the canvas pixel data.
Blend modes
Overwrite, add, multiply and erase modes control how each stroke combines with the pixels already on the surface.
Stored faces
A block can store the pixels of a face, so the stored face is preserved when it is placed multiple times.
Per-tool settings
A configuration screen opened with shift and right-click adjusts the size, opacity, feather and tint of each tool.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
True Colors is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.4 under All rights reserved, while Fresco targets 1.21.1. Pixel Painter is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 that is also client and server, but it is closed source under All rights reserved. MCPaint covers Forge and NeoForge for 1.12.2 – 1.20.1 and is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, so it targets an older range than Fresco.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresco | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-14 |
| True Colors | NeoForge | 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-10-23 |
| Pixel Painter | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-18 |
| MCPaint | Forge and NeoForge | 1.12.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-08-22 |
Questions
Does Fresco require Pigmentum?
Does Fresco have to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft versions does Fresco support?
In the catalog
Fresco is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,201 Decoration mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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A NeoForge content mod for Minecraft 1.21.1, built on top of the Pigmentum canvas API. Fresco adds a set of brush-like tools — paintbrushes, stamps, spray cans, and cloths — that let players paint, copy, spray, and blend pixels on any block surface. Shift + right-click opens a config screen where you can adjust brush…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fresco
- Owner
- lys.2026485907
- Published
- 2026-06-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15