paintpot noun2 •A pot for holding paint.Mr. Ruskin, in a famous libel case, said that a man had no right to throw a paintpot at a canvas and call it a picture. — 1885 •(old-fashioned) A lever on a telecine machine that controls the range of colors in an image.[…] vertical joystick or 'paintpot' may be used, that will pivot hemispherically to any degree within a color circle. — 2013 formspaintpots
