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KolourPaint is a free and open-source raster graphics editor by KDE. It is similar to Microsoft Paint before the version shipped with Windows 7, but has some additional features such as support for transparency, color balance and image rotation.

Key facts

Software.name
KDE Applications
Software.title
KolourPaint
Software.logo
Breezeicons-apps-48-kolourpaint.svg
Software.screenshot
KolourPaint screenshot.png
Software.developer
KDE
Software.programming language
C++
Software.operating system
Unix-like
Software.genre
Raster graphics editor
Software.license
BSD license, LGPL-2.0+, GFDL-1.2

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KolourPaint is a free and open-source raster graphics editor by KDE. It is similar to Microsoft Paint before the version shipped with Windows 7, but has some additional features such as support for transparency, color balance and image rotation.

It aims to be conceptually simple to understand, providing a level of functionality targeted towards the average user. KolourPaint is designed for casual work such as: Painting: drawing diagrams and "finger painting" Image Manipulation: editing screenshots and photos; applying effects Icon Editing: drawing clipart and logos with transparency

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “KolourPaint” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.