The Colors! Gallery has a crowd-sourced monitoring system in place to help prevent abusive paintings. In this system, a painting can be flagged as "18+". This means that the painting might be not be suitable for children.

Logged-in users who have opted in to see 18+ paintings on their account page will be still be able to see such paintings, but other users as well as non-logged-in visitors will not.

By default, all new paintings are visible to everyone. New paintings will have "Flag as 18+" button where people can suggest it as a 18+ painting. If enough people press this button, the painting will automatically be flagged as 18+.

Collecting Smiles will normally screen all such content within 48 hours and decide if the painting should have the 18+ flag or not. We use the following guide: "Does this painting contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, blood, gambling, and/or strong language?"

Apart from 18+ tagging, Collecting Smiles also remove paintings that break the code of conduct during the moderation process, as well as send out warnings and bans to abusive users. You can read more about the code of conduct in our Terms of Use.

Please note that art and creativity are highly subjective, and it is up to you to decide whether this site is appropriate for your own use.