From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpaint something ↔ out phrasal verbREMOVEto cover part of a picture or sign with paint so that it can no longer be seen The name of the firm had been partially painted out. → paint→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
paint out• Denoyer tells him not to worry, the painting is just out on loan to a gallery in Cannes.• We are not the common drifters they paint us out to be. 