not as black as one is painted
not as bad as one is said to be
adj
Coated with paint.
Large-scale projects such as motion-picture production use huge sets with seamless painted walls, cycs, and floors—not to mention a vast array of lights.
Depicted in paint.
Sometimes the spatters extend a significant distance above other painted figures.
Colorful, as if painted.
the painted desert
painted turtle
Wearing makeup.
GET OFF THE STREET, YOU PAINTED JEZEBEL.
Superficial or cosmetic, without underlying depth of feeling.
He had his mouth close to Lily's ear, hoping that this might be interpreted as affection. He felt Lily go rigid beneath the arm he had clasped about her, but that painted smile stayed on her face.