Big Paint Star

The Big Paint Stars are the source of color that appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash. They are larger versions of the Mini Paint Stars. There are six of them in the game and each one is in a different color: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Each one is guarded by a Koopaling (except for Roy). Collecting all six restores color to Prism Island and allows Mario and Huey to go to Rainbow Road to face Bowser at Black Bowser's Castle.

Bowser, possessed by the black paint, throws them far away from Port Prisma. Each Big Paint Star, when rescued from the Koopalings, repaints big areas which can't be painted by Mario's hammer normally and tells a little part of the game's story, although disordered. Finally, when the last one is obtained, it reveals what actually happened to Bowser. The red Big Paint Star, which helps repaint the large gate entrance in Sunglow Ridge, the yellow Big Paint Star, which helps repaint the giant coin in Mondo Woods, the blue Big Paint Star, which helps repaint the whole ocean in Violet Passage, the purple Big Paint Star, which helps repaint the gigantic sinkhole in Mustard Cafe, the orange Big Paint Star, which helps repaint the fossil version of Draggadon resulting in transforming into the real monster, and the green Big Paint Star, which helps find Luigi somewhere on Prism Island and repaints his kart.

Trivia

 * The Big Paint Stars resemble the Grand Stars from Super Mario Galaxy and Shine Sprites from Super Mario Sunshine.
 * The jingle played when collecting a Big Paint Star is remixed from the first few notes of Paper Mario's opening theme.