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Classic Colors

Clone of Paint

Free paint program for Unix systems, inspired by the Windows 95-98 version of Paint. You build it yourself on Linux, BSD or Mac.

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Image: Classic Colors

What works the same as Paint

  • Brush, pencil, spray and eraser.
  • Line, square, oval and polygon shapes, with stroke, fill or both.
  • A fill bucket, a dropper to pick colors, a magnifier and a text tool.
  • Select an area with a rectangle or a lasso.
  • A color palette with two large squares for the left and right mouse buttons.

What is missing

  • It does not warn you about unsaved changes.
  • Animated GIFs and XPM files are not supported.

How to get started

  1. There is no installer: you build it from source on a Unix system.
  2. Install the Motif and X11 libraries first; on Ubuntu, run sudo apt install libmotif-dev libxpm-dev libxext-dev.
  3. In the project folder run ./configure, then make and make install.

Compatible files

Paint files (.bmp, .png, .jpg, .gif) According to the project

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Project created in September 2021. Data from version 1.1.1, November 12, 2025.