Last updated 2026-06-27
Key Takeaways
One searchable table for every upgrade type in Paint My Keyboard. Filter by category, filter by game stage, sort any column, or type a name to narrow it down. Paint ROI scores are included so you can spot the best value at a glance without switching between pages.
The database covers all six paint tiers, six keyboard expansion sizes, and six rebirth milestones. Use the preset views to jump to a common filter, or build your own with the search box, category chips, and stage chips below.
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| Category | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk | Paint | Free | x1 | -- | Start | Default starting paint. No unlock cost. Replace with Acrylic at $1,500. |
| Starter Board | Keyboard | Free | -- | -- | Start | Default board size. No purchase needed. Sets the income baseline. |
| Acrylic | Paint | $1.5K | x2.5 | 16.67 | Early | Best ROI of any paid paint tier. First buy for most players. |
| Small Expansion | Keyboard | $5.0K | +35% | -- | Early | +35% keys vs starter. Affordable first area upgrade once Acrylic is live. |
| Neon | Paint | $12.0K | x6 | 5.00 | Early | First major income shift. Check roller payback before buying. |
| Rebirth 1 | Rebirth | $25.0K | +0.5x | -- | Early | First rebirth. Low cost, short break-even. Rebirth early and often. |
| Medium Expansion | Keyboard | $40.0K | +75% | -- | Early | +75% keys vs starter. Solid mid-early buy between Neon and Metallic. |
| Metallic | Paint | $90.0K | x15 | 1.67 | Mid | Late-mid milestone. Triples Neon output. Opens the late-game arc. |
| Rebirth 2 | Rebirth | $125.0K | +0.8x | -- | Early | Second stack. Good ratio if income is rising from Neon or beyond. |
| Large Expansion | Keyboard | $300.0K | +120% | -- | Mid | +120% keys vs starter. Best area purchase in the mid-game window. |
| Rebirth 3 | Rebirth | $500.0K | +1.5x | -- | Mid | Mid-game milestone. Compound effect becomes visible after this. |
| Galaxy | Paint | $650.0K | x40 | 0.62 | Mid | Last paint before Rainbow. Roughly doubles Metallic income. |
| XL Expansion | Keyboard | $2.00M | +175% | -- | Late | +175% keys vs starter. Scales late-game income with Galaxy or Rainbow. |
| Rebirth 4 | Rebirth | $2.00M | +2.5x | -- | Mid | Large gain but high cost. Use the rebirth calculator before deciding. |
| Rainbow | Paint | $5.00M | x120 | 0.24 | Late | End-game apex. Highest multiplier in the game at $5M unlock. |
| Rebirth 5 | Rebirth | $8.00M | +3x | -- | Late | Requires Galaxy paint or better to fund without a very long grind. |
| XXL Expansion | Keyboard | $10.00M | +250% | -- | Late | +250% keys vs starter. Endgame board. Pair with Rainbow for max output. |
| Rebirth 6 | Rebirth | $20.00M | +4x | -- | Late | Max rebirth tier. Rainbow paint plus a large board needed to sustain. |
ROI Score = (paint multiplier / unlock cost) x 10,000. Paint-only column. Higher means more multiplier per coin. Keyboard and rebirth values are estimates -- confirm in-game before spending.
Paint tiers are the main income lever in Paint My Keyboard. Each tier applies a flat multiplier to every key you paint. The ROI score in the database uses the formula (multiplier / unlock cost) x 10,000 to compare how much multiplier you gain per coin spent.
Acrylic at $1,500 leads the ROI chart because it jumps from the free x1 Chalk baseline to x2.5 for a very low cost. Every tier after Acrylic has a lower ROI score, which means you get less multiplier per coin as you progress. The correct question is not "which paint has the best ROI" but "does the ROI justify the cost given my current income rate."
For the detailed payback comparison between individual paint tiers, the best paints efficiency table shows each tier's bar chart and sorts by efficiency score. The paint tier list groups them S to C with stage context. The wiki database lets you cross-filter all six tiers with other upgrade types in one view.
Neon at $12,000 has the second-best ROI of any paid tier. The jump from x2.5 to x6 is significant, but the unlock cost is 8x higher than Acrylic. At that price point, compare Neon against a roller speed upgrade. Use the upgrade planner to find which one pays back faster with your current income.
Galaxy and Rainbow have ROI scores well below Neon and Metallic. They are still worth buying: their raw multiplier jumps are large. The low ROI score just means you need a high income rate before the unlock cost becomes practical. Check the wiki database sorted by "Cheapest Unlocks" to see which tiers are in range now.
Keyboard expansions increase the number of keys on your board, which raises the cash captured per painting cycle. The site models this as a cash-per-key gain. A 35% key increase means roughly 35% more income per cycle, assuming your roller covers the full board and your paint tier stays the same.
Expansion costs in the wiki are estimates built from typical progression pacing. They increase steeply from Small ($5,000) to XXL ($10,000,000). The early expansions often compete with Neon and Metallic paint for your save fund. The right call depends on which upgrade has the shorter payback time at your stage.
A useful rule from the expansion guide: buy expansion when the board feels cramped and your roller has grown beyond what the current key count can fill. If the roller is still slow relative to board size, buy roller speed first.
Each rebirth costs a cash threshold and grants a permanent multiplier that stacks on top of all previous rebirths. The wiki lists six milestones from Rebirth 1 ($25,000, +0.5x) through Rebirth 6 ($20,000,000, +4x). These are estimates based on early-game play data. Confirm exact costs in the in-game rebirth menu.
The key number is break-even time: rebirth cost divided by the income boost per minute. A Rebirth 1 break-even at a $2,500/min income rate works out to around 20 minutes, which is worth it in any session longer than that. A Rebirth 5 at $8,000,000 with a $3x gain takes far longer to fund and requires at least Galaxy-tier paint to reach in a normal play session.
The rebirth calculator handles the exact break-even math. Paste your current income, the rebirth cost, and the multiplier gain to get a "rebirth now" or "keep grinding" verdict with the net gain over your session length.
Short answers for launch-day Paint My Keyboard planning.
It is a searchable, filterable table of every upgrade type in the game: all six paint tiers, keyboard expansion sizes, and rebirth milestones. You can sort by cost, multiplier, or ROI score and filter by category or game stage to find what matters for your current setup.
ROI Score equals the paint multiplier divided by unlock cost, multiplied by 10,000. A higher score means more multiplier per coin spent. Acrylic has the best ROI of any paid paint tier. Keyboard and rebirth entries do not have ROI scores because their gains are not a direct multiplier.
There are six paint tiers: Chalk (free, x1), Acrylic ($1,500, x2.5), Neon ($12,000, x6), Metallic ($90,000, x15), Galaxy ($650,000, x40), and Rainbow ($5,000,000, x120). Acrylic has the best ROI; Rainbow is the end-game target.
Rebirth costs increase with each tier, starting around $25,000 for the first rebirth and reaching $20,000,000 or more for the sixth. Each rebirth grants a permanent multiplier that stacks. The exact cost shown in the wiki is an estimate -- always check the in-game rebirth menu for the current number.
Keyboard expansions add more keys to your board, which increases cash earned per painting cycle. The wiki shows six expansion sizes from the default Starter Board to the XXL Expansion at a rough +250% key count increase. Costs and percentages are estimates based on typical game progression.
Acrylic at $1,500 is almost always the right first paid paint. It has the highest ROI of any tier and more than doubles your income. After Acrylic, compare Neon against a roller upgrade using the payback calculator before committing $12,000.
The wiki tracks six rebirth milestones. The earlier rebirths have short break-even times and are worth doing as soon as you hit the cost. Later rebirths cost tens of millions and require end-game paint and keyboard setups to fund in a reasonable session.
The best paints page is a single ranked table for paint tiers only, optimized for comparing efficiency scores side by side. The wiki combines paints, keyboard expansions, and rebirths in one searchable interface so you can look up any upgrade type by name, stage, or cost.
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