Matsuro

The Girl (Painting), commonly referred to as Matsuro within the community, is a major character in the game Death Palette (Matsuro Palette). She is unnamed, like many of the other characters within the game. The Painting's appearance has also been mentioned to be based off of the Model, and consequently, the Older Sister's as well. Appearance: The girl's appearance changes throughout the gameplay as you add more colors to her portrait. For the majority of the game, the girl has a pale white complexion and wavy gray hair that's just past chin-length. The painting wears a gray dress with a white collar, a shawl (usually draped over her shoulders), a brooch, and black bow on the chest. In her hair, she sports a flower (this is revealed to be a replica of a bungled flower hair ornament that the Old Man made). She is drawn with a small, skinny frame and youthful features. The only aspect of the painting that is actually colored instead of using the same monochrome palette are her eyes, which are afflicted with heterchromia (the right one is red, while the left is white).

As the game goes on, a variety of colors are added to the painting for a short period of time, before disappearing in the next day. It isn't until Day 5 that her actual colors are revealed. Instead, the painting is shown to have light orange hair and a paler complexion (though not stark white). As the game goes on, a variety of colors are added to the painting for a short period of time, before disappearing in the next day. It isn't until Day 5 that her actual colors are revealed. Instead, the painting is shown to have light orange hair and a paler complexion (though not stark white). Her eyes are kept the same, while her dress is colored dark red. Meanwhile, she sports a dark green bow, yellow brooch, purple shawl, and blue hair ornament. In Day 6, the player is able to choose one of four earrings to paint onto the Painting, in a variety of colors.

The girl is portrayed with a very picky, impatient and childish personality; shown with her temperamental behavior and frequent mood swings, especially in the beginning of the gameplay. However, despite her childish personality, she is very particular about things such as placement and color, as shown in Day 1+ and Day 1 respectively. She is also portrayed as quite cold and apathetic (even going so far as to describe herself as morose), yet creative in the number of deaths she comes up with to punish the main character for not carrying out her orders as she likes.

As the game progresses, though, a more forgiving and almost caring part of her personality is revealed. She becomes more trusting towards the player and divulges her secrets: (informing the player about the story of her model, how she died, and how the old man punished her for straying in any way from how his late sister had looked or acted). This reveals that the reason why the Model was so picky in the first place is because she was fearful that, once a portrait that fit the Old Man's standards was finished, she would be discarded.

In Day 7, however, it is revealed that this isn't actually the Painting's personality: she was actually mostly imitating her Model's personality in hopes that it would bring her a step closer to completion, as she was lacking any individuality of her own.

Despite being made as a portrait (and regarded as the First Painter's masterpiece, despite the countless landscape paintings that were deemed as failures by critics and others alike), the Painting was locked away in the First Painter's basement, never to see the light of day due to the painful memories it brought back to her creator. This, however, fuels her desire to be 'completed,' thinking that if she were, perhaps she would accomplish what the First Painter couldn't do.

It is still quite unclear as to what sparked the Painting's motivation to become completed.

After that, she proceeded to build herself a reputation as a haunted painting by dragging all seven of her owners into another studio-like space that she created, beginning from the landlord of the First Painter's studio, to the Sculptor, then to the Art Gallery Owner, the Researcher, the Art Collector, the Art Trader/Buyer, and finally, the Final Painter (the Player character).

It is also mentioned within the Researcher's notes that the Painting is a part of a series of other portraits, dubbed 'The Girl with the Blue Flower' due to their similar models and the iconic blue flower in their hair.

Teleportation (or some kind of Transportation ability): Shown in the end of the Prologue when the Painting brought the Final Painter into the studio pocket space. It is also implied to have been used when they trapped the other six victims into the space with them. Levitation: As shown multiple times, the Painting is capable of pulling the Painter from place to place by dragging them with an unknown force. It is actually comparable to a poltergeist's ability to move objects Materialization: By accessing her memories of the events that she observed between the First Painter and the Model, the Painting is capable of materializing her motif's into existence within the pocket space. This is shown with Day 2 and Day 2+ when she materialized the macarons, the knife, and then dematerialized them as well Soul Extraction: Shown in Day 1, the Painting is capable of extracting her victims' souls in order to use them as a variety of useful things. In Day 1, the Painting uses the Final Painter's soul as a solution when they asked for paints in order to color, and in Day 4, is used to light the unlit lamp so that the Final Painter would be able to access the replica of the Old Man's private room. Alluring Aura: Although it is not directly seen in the game, it is hinted at in the first accessible note from the Sculptor and from the character backstory notes located within the gallery section of the game. This ability is explicitly shown in the Landlord and the Sculptor's notes, when they start referring to the Painting as a 'her' instead of an 'it' before becoming obsessed with obtaining it.