What is probably worth noting for both hunters and crafters is the current mu on paints.
Orange has usually got some decent mu (currently around 340 to 350%) on it because it is used in making the Viceroy Armour and also in may of the Aakas keys in large quantities.
Yellow (165 to 168%) and blue paint (130-135%) are the same 0.0 skill level to use, so worth collecting those for skilling'
As soon as you achieve level 8 switch to green which is even cheaper
in my experience blue and green are relatively plentiful. However when targeting mobs for paint, remember it usually drops in waves, often only a few minutes per hour, this is especially noticeable on Ark. SO if you don't get any try again later at a different time
and Good Luck to all those wishing to skill, colour/texture it's a long hard road. But fun once you can make outfits or colour vehicles and others admire them/buy them
and hats off to those few high level colourers/texturers in game